Barobax are an underground

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band with all the three members (Khashayar Haghgoo, Keivan Haghgoo and Hamid Farouzmand) living in

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, Iran. Like many other forms of music in Iran, their music is censored domestically. Yet, they have an international following thanks to the Internet and Iranian satellite stations based outside Iran. Additionally, record labels such as

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and M4 Records have distributed their music internationally. Their album "Wag" was released in 2007. Filmed on location in Paris Café featuring Gamno, Barobax released ''Soosan Khanoom'' on January 16, 2010 which "inspired" the song featured in the Bollywood movie ''Agent Vinod - Pyaar ki Pungi'' by music director

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. Barobax filed a complaint of copyright infringement, however it was later withdrawn and an apology issued to Pritam Chakraborty with the statement "We do not want to get into any further legal issue and so we are withdrawing the case as we know that Mr. Pritam's lawyer is an expert in copyright laws and there will be strong criminal action otherwise made out against us...", some have suggested they were intimidated into withdrawing their complaint particularly due to the apologies wording though the matter appears settled for now.

Name

The name "Barobax" is a satirical reference to the pronunciation of the Persian ''bar-o-bach'' or ''bar-o-bacheha'' (بر و بچه‌ها, "guys" or "friends") by the wealthier uptown citizens of

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. This was later shortened to ''barobach'' (بروبچ) by uptown residents of Tehran and spread to downtown. The band used the sarcastic imitation of slang pronunciation by downtown folks ''barobax''.

Songs

Some of the inspiration for the lyrics of their earlier songs came from the lyrics of old Iranian children's songs that the band heard from others, in addition to those lyrics that they created and those from other songs that they changed.

References

External links

Barobax Official Website

Barobax on Iranian.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Barobax Iranian pop music groups Musical groups from Tehran

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