33 Years of Strings: How the Pakistani Band Championed Rock Music in the Subcontinent
Having garnered a cult following across the subcontinent, the band hung up its boots last month.
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While Pakistan was reeling under the oppressive cultural clampdown of President Zia-ul Haq in the 1980s, a revolutionary rock music scene was brewing underground at universities and five-star hotels. Pop rock band Strings, formed in 1988 in Karachi, was a strong pillar of this movement, capturing the imaginations of millions not only in Pakistan, but across South Asia.
âEverything has to end. Thirty three years is a long time. It was going to be never ending. Right now, Strings is loved by all and everything is going well. So, this is a good time to say goodbye,â says vocalist Faisal Kapadia over the phone.