Bayaan
Bayaan are a five-member band from Lahore, Pakistan, bringing Urdu songwriting, alternative rock and pop together on records such as Suno and Safar.
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Overview
- Based in
- Lahore, Pakistan
- Members
- Asfar Hussain, Haider Abbas, Shahrukh Aslam, Muqeet Shahzad and Mansoor Lashari
- Breakout
- Winners of Pepsi Battle of the Bands Season 3 in 2018
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How it started.
The future members became friends during jam and recording sessions for the first season of Nescafé Basement. In a 2018 interview, they dated Bayaan’s formation to 2015. Music brought them together, along with a shared love of bad jokes and horror films.
Finding their audience.
Their early songs included Nahin Milta and Farda. Nahin Milta also appeared in the Pakistani film Yalghaar. Winning Pepsi Battle of the Bands in 2018 brought the group national recognition.
The sound and the songs.
Asfar Hussain sings, Haider Abbas plays bass, Shahrukh Aslam and Muqeet Shahzad play guitar, and Mansoor Lashari plays drums. Their debut album Suno arrived in 2020, pairing Urdu lyrics with alternative rock. Safar followed in 2024, widening their circle of collaborators.
Creditschronological, newest first
- 2026Maand (Acoustic)Artist, with Hasan Raheem and Rovalio
- 2024SafarSecond full-length album
- 2024MaandCo-composers and performers, with Hasan Raheem and Rovalio
- 2020SunoDebut full-length album
- 20194 SaalDebut EP
Awards
Quotes
With every composition, we try to explore a new musical and lyrical direction.Bayaan, Pakistan Today
The band described their approach to genre in a January 2018 interview.
Trivia
- Asfar Hussain suggested the name Bayaan, which the band described as meaning a narrative.
- In their 2018 interview, the band said Asfar had studied Musicology while the other members were self-taught.
- They recalled being moved by a German musician’s vocal and guitar cover of Farda, despite Urdu being unfamiliar to her.
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