Meera (Band)
Meera was an Iranian rock band from Tehran. She was one of the few officially recognized by the government of Iran music groups in the country and were among the pioneers of modern Iranian rock music.
History
Meera was founded in 1996 by guitarist and singer Babak Akhoondi Farzam Rahimi in Tehran. The band name Meera is a girl's name in a novel that Rahimi had read during his school days. The choice of the band name has no background. The band had to fight in the first years of its existence with the circumstances in their homeland. It was common for state-controlled music producers to artists bought from their music to make this record of well-known solo artists and publish later without further advertising under their names. The aim of Meera was to keep their music free of such influences. In 2004, it was possible to release the debut album " Meera " in Gienne Records in Iran and Australia. In the fall of 2004, there were protests against the publication of Iranian musicians policies of government and the associated restrictions for musicians, many Iranian bands - among them Meera - had to cancel their already planned concerts.
The band jammed first together with members of the Iranian Metal band DNA, without wishing to be stylistically turn to another genre. It was a contract concluded with the music manager Nicholas Pattison and Iranian beverage manufacturers Sanich (for the Rahimi was working ) had expressed interest in sponsoring the band. But in 2005 left alongside drummer Kasra Ebrahimi another two members of the band. Main songwriter Babak Akhoondi moved to Germany, Reza Moqqaddas to Canada. After bassist Dara Darayee chose for his work in the world music project RUMI, Meera was the end of 2005 only from singer Rahimi. The Iranian band manager Golnoosh Jaffari managed to get Meera. As a guitarist could 2006 Pouya Mahmoudi and Aydin Naeeni two former members of Barad be won. In June 2006, the debut album was released in North America. After several sold-out concerts, where musicians helped out of O- Hum, Farzam Rahimi emigrated to Canada. Since then, there were no publications and no more live performances. The band is considered to be resolved.
Style
The musicians wanted Although stylistically different from the national publications, but did not intend to pursue a particular style of rock music. Your written in Farsi and later in English texts cover partially religious themes such as the love of God, but also the connection to nature. Singer Farzam Rahimi described the band's music as " Persian alternative [ rock ] ". One reviewer compared the music with the early Dire Straits or Creed.
Discography
- Meera (2004, Gienne Records)