Buddahead is a New York City based
indie rock
Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand in the early to mid-1980s. Although the term was originally used to describe rock music released through independent reco ...
band that was most active in the early 2000s for several years. While the band no longer tours it still writes and records.
The band was started and is led by Iranian born vocalist and songwriter
Raman Kia who spent his early years in war-torn
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) and also known as Persia, is a country in West Asia. It borders Iraq to the west, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia to the northwest, the Caspian Sea to the north, Turkmenistan to the nort ...
of the 1980s, before moving to England with his mother.
The other members of Buddahead included Simon Gibson on lead guitars, Toby Evers on bass guitar, and Rich Scannella on drums. In later years Bryan Smith was added on keyboards. Scannella replaced original drummer Al B in early 2004. The group also featured drummer Nigel Sifantus and Kansas City guitarist
Nick Schnebelen, who left in early 2005 after Buddahead's fall tour.
Discography
* Bonnaroo Music Festival 2003
Disc 2
12. Invisible (live)
* ''Crossing the Invisible Line'', 2004
# "When I Fall"
# "Holding Me Back"
# "Chains"
# "Strong"
# "Broken"
# "(You) Take It All Away"
# "Invisible"
# "How Does It Feel?"
# "Disappear"
# "Turn Away"
# "Outside"
* ''Connect Set'', 2005 (EP)
* ''Ashes'', 2008
# "Ruin"
# "Brake"
# "Sour Grapes"
# "Burning Out"
# "Standing Still"
# "Strangest Most Beautiful"
# "Rescue Us"
# "If I Tried"
# "Story of Our Lives"
See also
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Iranian rock
Iranian rock (also known as Rocka red) refers to rock music produced by Iranian artists. Rock music has been popular in Iran since 1960s, with the emergence of singers such as Kourosh Yaghmaei, Farhad Mehrad, Fereydoon Foroughi and Habib Moh ...
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Rock music groups from New York (state)
Iranian rock music groups
Iranian indie rock groups