page_title: Iranian rock
section_title: Habib Mohebian and Fereydoon Foroughi, pioneers of blues rock
hierarchical_section_title: Iranian rock / Early years / Habib Mohebian and Fereydoon Foroughi, pioneers of blues rock
caption_attribution_description: English: habib Mohebbian, Iranian vocalist and songwriter.
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: Fereydoon Foroughi began his work a year after Farhad Mehrad. His debut album Zendoone Del was one of the first albums of Iranian blues rock. Fereidun Foroughi's scratchy voice greatly contributed to his reputation. His most famous song is "yar dabestani man" sweetheart. Fereydoun Foroughi's work ended with this album. The bad sales of this album made it impossible to release another album. With the Iranian Revolution happening, the voice of Fereydoun Foroughi was never heard again. Although Fereydoon Foroughi's work was not long, his influence on rock music is significant. In 1977, Habib Mohebian began preparing his first album. Four months ago Habib's mother released the album. Habib sang a song called "Mother" because of her mother's death that was used in the album. Habib Mohebian has two other self-titled songs, "Lonely Night Man" and "My Shahla", both of which are on his first album. Until the Iranian Revolution, Habib only
  had the opportunity to release another album called Hello Neighbor. After the revolution, Habib stayed in Iran until 1983 and then moved to Los Angeles. His most notable work during this period was "Swamp Crabs", an important work in blues rock. Habib returned to Iran in 2009. Habib did little work until the end of his life and died in 2016.
caption: Habib in 1977
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