With Junoon’s 20th anniversary on its way, several local and young artists have been invited to revamp the band’s songs for an exclusive 20th Anniversary Album. The upcoming album will be an opportunity for rising artists to flaunt their signature styles globally through Junoon’s platform. Salman Ahmad, Junoon’s stalwart guitarist, researched and then contacted bands and artists through email encouraging them to contribute to the album.
Back in the 90s, Junoon was the voice of a generation that brought several musical innovations and provided rock anthems which eventually received international recognition. …

Pakistan music industry’s wild child and perhaps one of the most controversial personalities (courtesy of his dagger sharp words) on television, Junoon’s ex-vocalist and the rock icon, Ali Azmat was married on September 10 to Fariha Khan Chapra, a television producer, according to Koolmuzone.com.
The news came as a surprise to his fans who had presumed that the rock star would never settle for something as serious as a full-time commitment. The rumors that Azmat vowed to stay a bachelor all his life, told female fans to …

For every nation, every new generation holds the promise of a better tomorrow. A popular cold-war strategy among nations is to target the youth of one’s foes to make them vulnerable to corruption and hence weaken it from the inside.
In the past decade, Pakistan has opened up to the new world order or the concepts of the global village, as many like to dub it. Although the boons have been many, it also has its fair share of banes, such as new family values which have led to the new …

Two years after its “Passion for Peace” tour stop here rocked Miller Auditorium, Pakistani-American rock group Junoon is back in town with the same goal in mind: To use its music to unite people across ideological and religious divides.
The trio, consisting of founding members Ali Azmat on vocals, guitarist Salman Ahmad and bassist Brian O’Connel, plays the State Theater on Monday as part of its current U.S. tour.
Azmat and Ahmad are Pakistani Muslims, while O’Connel is an American Catholic. They formed Junoon, which means “passion” in Urdu, in 1990, but …

Yes, it’s now official. The pioneers of rock music in Pakistan, Junoon, have ‘fired’ their leading bass guitar player Brian O’Connell, setting the entire future of the band into uncertainly. Although the rumors of the split had been around for quite some time, the situation became obvious when during a press conference in the mid of last July, Salman and Ali both vehemently avoided any questions regarding the status of their former band mate. In fact, Ali got so infuriated by a fellow journalist’s persistent questions regarding Brian’s health that …