“I could have bought a very nice phone with the money I bought this guitar with,” said Joy Shahriar in The Daily Star’s canteen, proudly flaunting his baby Taylor guitar. “But I chose this expensive guitar. I don’t have unlimited funds, but I know my priorities.” In a way, this sums up the “Shotti Bolchi” singer’s entire career – a story of passion, strife, and street smarts.
Within just a week of the release of "Banglar Rock Metal", copies of the first print run of the book has already been sold out. After a positive response of such magnitude, another unveiling ceremony took place in the capital’s Farmgate area, with new copies from the second print run, on Friday.
The “Bangladeshi rock band encyclopaedia” is authored by music journalists Milu Aman and Haque Faruk, depicting the chronological history of 180 music bands in the country.