What is Pakistani rock?
'''Pakistani rock''' is a form of [[rock music]] from [[Pakistan]]. It mixes up Pakistani classical music with American rock. It has its own vibrant elements, with slightly different sounds and tunes. Pakistani rock is mostly sung in [[Urdu]], however large numbers of songs are also sung in languages such as [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]], [[Pashto language|Pashto]] and [[Seraiki language|Seraiki]]. Many new [[band|music bands]] are also now singing in [[English language|English]]. ==History== The rock music of Pakistan first began in the 1990s, with ''Vital Signs'' and ''Junoon'' as the first rock bands to come out. There were then some other bands like ''Strings'', which also began later. After the year [[2000]], there were suddenly hundreds of rock music groups across Pakistan that began to create. ==Popularity== Pakistani rock music has become massively popular among people in the country. It is listened to in countries such as [[Iran]], [[Bangladesh]], [[Afghanistan]], [[India]] and even as far as [[China]] and [[Japan]].<ref>http://www.pakistanmusic.info/rock.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106221403/http://pakistanmusic.info/rock.html |date=2010-01-06 }} Pakistani rock music - brief introduction]</ref> ==Sources== {{reflist}} {{World rock}} [[Category:Pakistani music]] [[Category:Rock music]]