Rock music of West Bengal

Music of India
A Lady Playing the Tanpura, ca. 1735 (Rajasthan)
Genres
Traditional Classical Carnatic Hindustani Folk Baul Bhajan Odissi Rabindra Sangeet Thumri Dadra Ghazal Qawwali Chaiti Kajari Sufi Modern Bhangra Filmi Pop Rock Bengali Raga Blues Jazz Trance
Media and performance
Music awards	Filmfare Awards Punjabi Music Awards Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
Music festivals	Saptak Festival of Music Chennai Music Season Dover Lane music festival Tyagaraja Aradhana
Music media	Sruti The Record Music Magazine
Nationalistic and patriotic songs
National anthem	Jana Gana Mana
Regional music
Andaman and Nicobar Islands Andhra Pradesh Arunachal Pradesh Assam Bihar Chhattisgarh Goa Gujarat Haryana Himachal Pradesh Jammu and Kashmir Jharkhand Karnataka Kerala Madhya Pradesh Maharashtra Manipur Meghalaya Mizoram Nagaland Odisha Punjab Rajasthan Sikkim Tamil Nadu Ancient Tripura Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand West Bengal

Bengali rock in India
Stylistic origins	Rock and roll, electric blues, folk music, country, blues
Cultural origins	1960s-1970s, West Bengal (India), Tripura (India) and Assam (India)
Typical instruments	Vocals, electric guitar, bass guitar, drums, synthesizer, keyboards
Derivative forms	Bengali language and rock music
Subgenres
Alternative rock – art rock – baroque pop – beat music – Britpop – emo – experimental rock – garage rock – glam rock – grindcore – Group Sounds – grunge – hard rock – heartland rock – heavy metal – instrumental rock – indie rock – jangle pop – krautrock – madchester – post-Britpop – power pop – progressive rock – protopunk – psychedelia – punk rock – rock noir – soft rock – southern rock – surf – symphonic rock (complete list)
Fusion genres
Aboriginal rock – Afro-rock – Anatolian rock – bhangra rock – blues rock – country rock – flamenco-rock – folk rock – funk rock – glam punk – indo-rock – industrial rock – jazz fusion – pop rock – punta rock – raga rock – raï rock – rap rock – rockabilly – rockoson – samba-rock – space rock – stoner rock – sufi rock
Regional scenes
West Bengal, Bangladesh (Bangladeshi rock)
Other topics
backbeat – rock opera – Bengali band – hall of fame – social impact

Rock music of West Bengal originated in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. The first known Bengali rock band, and India's first rock band, was Moheener Ghoraguli. In modern times, in this type of music distorted electric guitars, bass guitar, and drums are used, sometimes accompanied with pianos and keyboards. In early times the instruments used in modern times were also accompanied by saxophone, flute, violin and bass violin.

Bengali rock in Kolkata originated when the first band Moheener Ghoraguli was formed and played in many concerts. The band was inspired by Bob Dylan and many other western artists. Their music was a mixture of a wide variety of influences, including the Baul and folk traditions of Bengali and rock.

Most of the Bengali rock bands in Kolkata were formed after the 1990s. The bands in this era started using many types of effects like distortion, wah wah, flanger, phaser, and delay in their music.

Krosswindz, a Bengali rock band based in Kolkata, India, was formed in 1990, and have played all over India and abroad, helping to urbanize and popularize the rock music of Bengal. Krosswindz have recorded ten albums, the highest number ever recorded by a Kolkatan rock band. The legendary Bengali rock band Abhilasha was also formed during this period. Their first album, a mixture of delightful rock and melody, was released by the original band members in 1997. Many bands like Bhoomi, Cactus, Parash Pathar, Chandrabindoo, Hip Pocket, Fossils, and Lakkhichhara were formed later in this era. Fossils and Cactus have also brought Bengali metal into this era. Both Fossils and Cactus are regarded as the best Bengali hard rock bands, and they have toured all over India and abroad. All their albums and singles have been successful.

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