Rock

Rock music has become very popular in Pakistan. A landmark event occurred in 2003 when the Pakistani group Strings's song, Najane Kyun became a featured single on the Urdu Soundtrack for Spider-Man 2. Rock music has developed so much in Pakistan, that it already has two sub-genres. The Pakistani band Junoon popularised a genre of music called Sufi rock (influenced from legend Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan) that blended traditional Pakistani folk and Sufi music with western rock. Also bands like Jal, Jehangir Aziz Hayat, Call, Mauj and Roxen has done great job over the years. Jal and Call had a decent fan following in India as well while Roxen`s soundtrack from Indian film Awarapan made everyone felt their presence on both sides of borders as well.Also Arif Lohar made a huge success with a rock folk album in 2006 called 21st century Jugni: this album was successful worldwide, and in India won 3 awards at the Alpha Punjabi Awards ceremony for best International Punjabi vocalist and best remixed and best folk rock album. The Pakistan rock industry has been getting large over the years, New bands are coming in and bringing their own style on the mainstream.Raeth’s smash hits Bhula Do and Tumharay Liye have positioned Raeth as one of the best new rock bands in Pakistan and India.Launch across India by the world’s largest music label.The next big thing from Pakistan after Junoon, Strings and Jal

The Pakistani rock industry can be sub-divided in various genres of rock such as progressive rock, metal, hard rock etc. More recently bands suck as Black Warrant, Takatak, Odyssey and Dementia have brought on a metal revolution in Punjab, specially Lahore, greatly spreading heavy metal music in the region. It ha spread outside of Pakistan through the diaspora too: most notably, Brit-Asian 21 Perspective's song entitled 'Rahila' was an excellent fusion of British and sub-Continental styles.