Ayub Bachchu
August 16, 1962 –October 18, 2018
Musician, Record producer, Singer
Lived 56 years
- Born in
- Chittagong
- Passed away in
- Dhaka
Ayub Bachchu (Bengali pronunciation: [ai̯ub bat͡ʃːu]; 16 August 1962 – 18 October 2018) was a Bangladeshi rock guitarist, composer, singer and songwriter, who was the founder of the Bangladeshi rock band Love Runs Blind and earned success as the lead singer and the lead guitarist of the band. He is considered a rock and pop culture icon in Bangladesh. He was one of the pioneers of Bangladeshi rock and pop music.
Born in Patiya, Bachchu came to Chittagong with his family in the early 1970s. His first band name was "Spider" (Which is the first band of Chittagong city). He joined "Spider" in 1974. He played with the band as the lead guitarist from year 1974 to 1977. Then he formed his first band "Ugly Boys" in 1977, while studying in high school and joined rock band Feelings (now known as Nagar Baul) as the guitarist the same year. He played in the band from 1977 to 1980. In 1980, he joined the band Souls (band) where he played for ten years and appeared in four studio albums including Super Souls (1982), College Er Corridore (1985), Manush Matir Kachakachi (1987) and East and West (1988). In 1991, he left the band to form his own band LRB, where he was the vocalist and guitarist for 27 years, until his death in 2018. He released the first ever double album: LRB I and LRB II in 1992, with the band. LRB's third studio album was Shukh, which featured "Cholo Bodle Jai", which became an instant hit. He also received great success as a solo artist. His first solo album Rokto Golap was released in September 1986.
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