Love Runs Blind

LRB (Love Runs Blind) is a Bangladeshi rock band founded in 1991 by guitarist Ayub Bachchu. The group consists of Ayub Bachchu (lead vocal and guitar), Swapan (bass guitar), Masud (guitar) and Romel (drums).

The acronym LRB originally stood for Little River Band, but since another Australian band already had that name, Bachchu changed it to Love Runs Blind.

Bachchu was born in Chittagong, Bangladesh. He started his music career with a band called Feelings. Then Bachchu spent ten years with Souls, the legendary Bangladeshi rock band. At Souls, Bachchu played a key role in writing songs and having them performed. Souls was originally based in Chittagong but later moved to Dhaka, which is the capital of Bangladesh. Souls was formed in 1972 and its initial gigs were in hotels where they covered American pop music. Bachchu joined Souls as lead guitarist in 1976 and left in 1991 to start LRB. During this period, Souls produced five albums and performed in about 4,000 concerts, mostly in Bangladesh. Souls caught a huge break with the album Super Souls, the first rock album released in Bangladesh. Mon Shudhu Mon Chuyeche was the most notable track of the album. Although Souls still exists as a musical group, the founders have all started their own musical groups.

The original members of LRB were Ayub Bachchu (vocals and lead guitar), Saidul Hasan Swapan (bass guitar), Shahidul Islam Tutul (keyboard and backup vocals) and Joyy (drums and back up vocals). The band went through changes in personnel a few times in its history, but Bachchu and Swapan never left. Shamim Ahamed is the current band manager.

The following drummers were with the band in the past:

Ayub Bachchu's western musical idols are Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, Joe Satriani, Ritchie Blackmore and Brian May. Bachchu also played with Departo in the United Kingdom. Bachchu owns his own music studio named AB Kitchen and has a reputation for wearing a headdress at concerts."

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