Boyan Chowdhury
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Boyan Uddin Chowdhury was the lead guitarist
of English
rock
band The Zutons
. Chowdhury left the band due to "musical differences" in July 2007.
descent, born to Bengali
parents and brought up in Liverpool
. When he was young he stayed with his family in rural Bangladesh
, there he sacrificed a cow as part of the religious ceremony of Eid al-Adha.
Chowdhury has recorded solo material as well as his work with The Zutons, available on his MySpace
page, but it is unknown if he plans to embark on a solo career. He is now a member of the band The Venus Fury, with ex members of Liverpool indie band The Dead 60's
, and London based electronic pop band, Mancini.
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
of English
England
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rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band The Zutons
The Zutons
The Zutons are an English indie rock band from Liverpool. They were formed in 2001 but did not release their first album, Who Killed...... The Zutons?, until May 2004. They achieved their biggest hits with "Why Won't You Give Me Your Love?" and "Valerie", both taken from their second studio album...
. Chowdhury left the band due to "musical differences" in July 2007.
Biography
Chowdhury is of BangladeshiBritish Bangladeshi
A British Bangladeshi is a person of Bangladeshi origin who resides in the United Kingdom having emigrated to the UK and attained citizenship through naturalisation or whose parents did so; they are also known as British Bengalis...
descent, born to Bengali
Bengali people
The Bengali people are an ethnic community native to the historic region of Bengal in South Asia. They speak Bengali , which is an Indo-Aryan language of the eastern Indian subcontinent, evolved from the Magadhi Prakrit and Sanskrit languages. In their native language, they are referred to as বাঙালী...
parents and brought up in Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
. When he was young he stayed with his family in rural Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...
, there he sacrificed a cow as part of the religious ceremony of Eid al-Adha.
Chowdhury has recorded solo material as well as his work with The Zutons, available on his MySpace
MySpace
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page, but it is unknown if he plans to embark on a solo career. He is now a member of the band The Venus Fury, with ex members of Liverpool indie band The Dead 60's
The Dead 60s
The Dead 60s were an English ska punk band from Liverpool. The band's sound is a mixture of punk rock, ska, dub and reggae. They have taken influences from artists such as King Tubby, Jackie Mittoo, Gang of Four and A Certain Ratio.-Band members:...
, and London based electronic pop band, Mancini.