page_title: Iranian rock
section_title: Hypernova and the globalization of Iranian rock music
hierarchical_section_title: Iranian rock / After the 1979 Revolution / Hypernova and the globalization of Iranian rock music
caption_attribution_description: Iranian Rock band Kiosk live 2007
context_page_description: Iranian rock refers to rock music produced by Iranian artists. Rock music has been popular in Iran since the late forties, with the emergence of singers such as Kourosh Yaghmaei, Farhad Mehrad, Fereydoon Foroughi and Habib Mohebian, but was largely forgotten after the Cultural Revolution. Like most rock styles, electric guitar and bass guitar and drums are the main instruments in this type of music. In some groups, the keyboard also has the task of adjusting the rhythms and symbols.
  Iranian rock music is influenced by English rock, American rock and European styles. Because of the Iranian performers of this music, all kinds of Iranian rhythms and tones in this genre are separated from other rock genres. Iranian rock is not yet recognized as a legal style in Iran. Most bands and singers of this genre operate underground. The movie "No One Knows About Persian Cats" is about this.
  Iranian rock began in Iran as British Invasion began. The Beatles, Dave Clark Five, Bill Haley & His Comets, and later Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple, had a great impact on Iranian rock.
context_section_description: Hypernova was formed in 2006 by King Raam. This band can be called the flagship of Iranian rock, not only because it is Iranian but also accepted by some of the most famous rock bands in America. Hypernova was the first Iranian rock band to make an album with an American music company. King Raam and Kodi Najm are both successful singers who began their work with the band. King Raam's father, Kavous Seyed-Emami, died in 2018 suspiciously, and King Raam left Iran permanently.
caption: Kiosk Band Running
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