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Most
of the 90s kid had the privilege of growing up listening to Atomic Bush in
their teenage years. They started out as an underground progressive rock band
in Kathmandu and soon became popular than the other mainstream bands. This
legendary band was formed back in 2006 and went on the set the bar high in the
progressive rock music genre in Nepal. While the rest of the world was tuning
up to Hip-Hop and Electronic Pop Music, Atomic Bush was experimenting with rock
music to give it a complete new meaning. Even though the band is no longer
active, the milestone set by the Atomic Bush still continues to inspire the generations
of music to come within the country and beyond.
Ballad
of ‘Sano Prakash’
Atomic
Bush hit the underground music with its groundbreaking, head banging epic progressive
ballad ‘Sano Prakash’. The song keeps you mesmerized for the complete 7 minutes
and 20 seconds with everything you want in progressive rock music. The first 60
seconds is the legendary riff played in ¾ beat that transitions into another 25
seconds of lead before opening up with the first verse. The lyrics are profound
in meaning. If you have contemplated over the lyrics of the song, you would
feel it. The second lead starts around 03:15 which sets the mood for the next
verse of the song to reach the climax. The final lead is the most amazing part
of the song.
If
you have been to the live performance of ‘Sano Prakash’ by Atomic Bush
organized by ktmRocks, then you must know what I mean. Bibhusan Basnet, the lead
vocalist of Atomic Bush plays the seconds solo so smooth and then makes the
crowd go crazy as he starts to shred and do vocals for the outro part. It just
gives us goosebumps. Back when Rock and Metal Music were trying to grow up and
get recognized in Nepal, ‘Sano
Prakash’ by Atomic Bush set the standard for the genre. The guitar solo
of ‘Sano Prakash’ is the most sought after guitar lessons in Nepal. It is one
of the best guitar solos ever created in the history of Nepalese Rock Music.
In
a sentence, ‘Sano
Prakash’ is the anthem of Nepali Rock Music.
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Chords
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Prakash’ in our Blog.
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Back
to Atomic Bush
When
it comes to Atomic Bush, Bibhusan Basnet (Guitar/Vocal) and Sunny Tuladhar
(Guitar) come to the scene, along with Rajan Shrestha (Bass), Abhisek Bhadra
(Keyboard), and Alec Sciamma (Drums). As mentioned earlier, Bibhusan stole the
show at ktmRocks with his simultaneous vocals and shredding skills. Beside ‘Sano
Prakash’ the band has composed other popular songs like Unfiled, Dance the
Night Away, Cool Corny, EG, Men at Work, Thai Chhaina, and few others. The band
had recorded their EP ‘P Jam’. The band was the winner of the Rockheads 2005, a
nationwide band competition which featured underground bands of Nepal.
However,
the fans didn’t get to hear enough from the band. In fact, the single ‘Sano
Prakash’ is taken as the only song that most of the people identify Atomic Bush
with. Then there came ‘Jindabaad’.
Is
Jindabaad the new Atomic Bush?
Many
people claim that Atomic Bush is Jindabaad and vice versa. This is true to some
extent because most of the members of Jindabaad were in Atomic Bush. Sunny Tuladhar,
Rajan Shrestha and Abhisek Bhadra were joined by Rohit Shakya (Vocals/Guitar)
and Kiran Shahi (Drums) to form Jindabaad. The only this this band seems to
miss is Bibhusan Basnet. Otherwise, Jindabaad could be called the new Atomic
Bush, but it isn’t.
Following
their journey to Global Battle of Bands (GBoB), the band quickly became popular
among Nepalese audience and gained heights with its singles like Rewind and
Shades of You. In 2011, Jindabaad released its first EP Plastic Heart. Even
though the band is in unofficial hiatus, the band members are still active in one
way or another.
Sunny
Tuladhar went on to start his own line of business making custom guitars named
ST Custom Guitars. Maybe that’s what keeping him busy these days. He has shared
his experiences on ‘The Storytellers’ which can be found on YouTube. Bibhusan
Basnet is engaged in film making as well as music. He has been working on
documentary films to express social agenda among public. “The Contagious
Apparitions of Dambarey Dendrite” is a short film directed by Bubhusan Basnet
and Pooja Gurung which is worth watching. It just amazes me to know of the
talents that he has. At the same time, he is active in music world via his band
called ‘Night’.
The
wave of Atomic Bush was so massive that it still continues to influence the new
generations of rock music in Nepal. This is rare occurrence in the history of
rock music where one single song made the band so popular which the other
mainstream bands could only dream of.
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Linkingthe Myths 2020: What happenedto the ‘Atomic Bush’? Sano Prakash. Sunny Tuladhar.
Bibhusan Basnet. Jindabaad.
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