Kula Shaker
The band are known for their interest in traditional Indian music, culture, and mysticism, with a number of their most famous songs, including "Tattva" and "Govinda", featuring lyrics written in Sanskrit. The name Kula Shaker was itself inspired by King Kulasekhara, an Indian emperor from the 8th century. In addition, many of the band's songs feature traditional Indian instruments, such as the sitar, tamboura, and tabla, juxtaposed with guitar-heavy, Western rock instrumentation. Despite achieving commercial success, Kula Shaker were unpopular with many critics, with "The Observer"'s Simon Price describing them in 2014 as a "joke band".
Fadl Shaker
Fadl Shaker married Nadia, a Palestinian, in 1989 when he was just 20. He had fallen in love with her after she attended one of his concerts. They have three children, Alhan (born in 1990), Muhammad (born in 1994) and Rana (born in 2002). The couple divorced after their third child, and she remarried another man. According to friends, when his wife Nadia left him, he would sob on stage as he sang, thinking of her.