Our music industry often hit the headlines –for both bad and good reasons. However, the most prominent one is probably the melodramas musicians unleash every now and then. They often lock horns among band member, leave the group momentarily, some of them rejoin the band while some others form a new band in different dramatic developments. It seems the tantrums in the music industry is a constant source of entertainment for the people.

Instance number one -there was a time when people used to feel so enthralled if there was any performance by Warfaze, a heavy metal band. Their former vocalist Mizan earned repute among the rock lovers within a short period of time owing to his depth in voice. However,Mizan suddenly decided to quit the band in April 2016. The band at that time claimed that the decision was taken based on mutual understanding and there was no issue of misunderstanding or disagreement. In a facebook post the band said at the time of his departure, “The band remains grateful for his participation from 2000-2002 and 2007-2016 and wishes him all success in life. He will be missed on stage and in the studios; but we will surely move on Insha’Allah.” Later on, Mizan formed a new band in January 2017 named ‘Mizan& Brothers’ along with Shams-uz-Zaman and Himal Rahman on guitar, Arafat Shawon on keyboard, MritunjoyShetu on drums and Raajue Sheikh on bass guitar.

Instance number two -Shafin Ahmed has made headlines quite a few times because of melodramatic relation with the band ‘Miles’. In December 2017 Shafin decided to quit the band as there were some unresolved issues (according to his statement). At that time amidst controversy frontmanShafin Ahmed even issued a legal notice to stop the use of the band’s name in any concert without his approval and he claimed the ownership of the band. According to unofficial sources, there were some disagreements regarding the distribution of royalty and income incurred from concerts among the band members and even other members sided with his brother Hamin Ahmed. This infuriated Shafin. However, within a few days they settled the issues and Shafin joined Miles again.

Instance number three – ‘Shironamhin’, a band widely popular among youths, was formed in 1996 with some students from BUET and since thenTuhin has been the lead vocalist of this popular band. However, in 2017 TanzirTuhin parted his ways with the band due to internal conflict. During his illness in 2017 the band decided to perform in one of the gigs with another vocal in place of Tuhin. Such decision hurt him and consequently he decided to quit.Tuhinsaid in an interview that he had to take such a decision because he felt that his fellow band members preferred money to friendship.Just two months after his exit from ‘Shironamhin’ Tuhinformed another band named ‘Avash’.