Today marks the 61st birth anniversary of late rock maestro Ayub Bachchu, known and admired by music lovers as a legendary singer, guitarist, composer, songwriter, musician and founding frontman of the popular band LRB.
Born on August 16, 1962, in Patiya, Chittagong to Ishaque Chowdhury and Nurjahan Begum, Bachchu graduated from Government Muslim High School in 1975.
He started his music career with the band ‘Feelings’ in 1977, where he played as the lead guitarist alongside his most popular contemporary rockstar James, another rock legend of the country, for the next two years.
In 1980, he joined and continued playing for the melodious band ‘Souls’ alongside famous singers and musicians such as Tapan Chowdhury, Naquib Khan, Kumar Bishwajit and more, continued as the band’s lead guitarist till 1990, and finally formed his own, full-fledged rock-themed band ‘LRB’ (Love Runs Blind) in 1991.
Aside from being the successful frontman of LRB, Bachchu was also extremely successful in his solo ventures including ‘Rokto Golap’ (1986), ‘Moyna’ (1988) and ‘Koshto’ (1995).
With a total of 16 solo albums, a full-fledged studio-turned production house named ‘AB Kitchen’, numerous super hit playbacks such as ‘Ammajaan’, ‘Sagorika’, ‘Ononto Prem’, ‘Ami to Preme Porini’ and many other scores in Bangladeshi commercial movies, Blockbuster hit singles and band scores such as ‘Koshto Pete Valobashi’, ‘Shei Tumi Keno Eto Ochena Hole’, ‘Ferari Ei Monta Amar’, ‘Cholo Bodle Jai’, ‘Ekhon Onek Raat’, ‘Hashte Dekho Gaite Dekho’ and more.
The rock maestro shocked the world on October 18, 2018, through his passing away due to a tragic heart attack.
