Salman Ahmad

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Salman Ahmad

eg, bvoc, *1963 PK, Punjab, Pakistan
Musician of Rock, World and Folk
A.k.a. سلمان احمد

Salman Ahmad (Urdu: سلمان احمد‎, b. 12 December 1963), is a Pakistani musician, rock guitarist, physician, activist, and professor at the City University of New York.He earned nationwide popularity in 1998 for his unique style of neoclassical playing in metal. An early engineer of the Vital Signs, he formed Junoon (lit. Obsession) in 1990 with American bassist Brian O'Connell and pioneered the Sufi influenced metal-rock music in Pakistan. He started his activism in mid-1990s and has been involved in two BBC documentaries concerning the issues in Pakistan such as society, education, religion and science.

Instruments

Electric guitar
Backing Vocals
Harmonium
Guitar
Acoustic guitar

Genres

Rock
World
Folk

Plays With

Junoon

Band Members

External Links

Home Page

Wikipedia

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