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from -lrb- vocal & guitar -rrb- , mushfeque jahan -lrb- guitar right -rrb- , mehmood tony -lrb- drums and percussion -rrb- , to '' ' '' ` charlz francis -lrb- bass -rrb- '' left ' : '' ` rubayet chowdhury rubayet -lrb- guitar -rrb- mehmood tony -lrb- drums and percussion -rrb- chowdhury charles francis -lrb- bass -rrb- -lrb- vocal & guitar -rrb- mushfeque jahan http://www.youtube.com/yourblacktube aashor , highway , soundgarden , stone temple pilots , pearl , jam , alice in chains , a perfect circle , purbo-poshchim tool , radio head , the watson brothers , indalo 1997 -- present g series black -lrb- bangladeshi band -rrb-
 yes jon khan mahmudul karim miraz shahriar sagar tamzid siddiq spondon asif kabir haque ahsan titu ashifur rahman chowdhury tahsan rahman group_or_band alternative rock , grunge rock 340px dhaka , bangladesh black -lrb- ব্ল্যাক -rrb-
black -lrb- bangladeshi band -rrb-

black -lrb- -rrb- is an bangladeshi rock band , formed in dhaka , bangladesh .
they were one of the very first bands to come out from the underground scene in dhaka and has over the years garnered a big enough fan-following to be considered a pioneer of alternative rock music in bangladesh .
the band has gained popularity over the years for their hook-laden rock compositions .
in 2004 , as a result of the band 's immense popularity around the time of the release of their second album , utsober por , black was appointed the brand ambassador for pepsi and djuice , a youth based phone plan from grameenphone and telenor .
childhood friends and schoolmates jon , jahan and tony always shared a similar passion towards music .
their time was mostly spent at each others ' houses listening to records from bands such as pearl jam , stone temple pilots and soundgarden .
pearl jam 's debut album ten had a profound effect on the three and is said to have been the tipping point at which they decided to take up music professionally .
after convincing each other about their musical skills the trio decided to form a band and soon enough they were jamming at their friends homes .
initially they decided to name their group dope smuglazz , as a wink to the irreverent parental fears of rock music and its supposed concurrent substance abuse , but soon enough shifted to the name black by a suggestion from fellow classmate and future band member asif haque .
black was formed in 1998 with the five members of jon in vocals , jahan in guitar , tony in drums , asif for additional guitar work and tamzid siddiq spondon in bass .
soon enough spondon and asif parted ways with the band to follow each others interests .
in april 20 , 2005 , returning home after successfully completing a tour in chittagong the bus in which the band was on , crashed near a ditch on the road .
the crash caused the death of imran ahmed choudhury mobin , a prominent sound engineer in the bangladesh music industry and a close friend of the band .
band members jon , jahan and tahsan suffered minor bruises and cuts while tony and miraz had to be hospitalized .
the members of the band announced a hiatus until further notice .
miraz had been diagnosed with a permanently damaged patella and had to leave the band indefinitely .
in mid 2006 , tahsan , got frustrated with the band 's relative inactivity , decided to follow a career as a solo musician .
after a mutual agreement with the rest of the band he departed and released three subsequent solo albums .
the incident was not taken lightly by fans with many accusations wavered towards tahsan as being `` insensitive '' , `` egotistic '' and `` exploitative '' and rumors swirling about internal dissent within the members of black .
though completely untrue , fans and detractors still debate over his departure from the band .
the subsequent years the three remaining members of black maintained activity , albeit at a much smaller scale , playing minor shows and concerts within dhaka and releasing singles through g-series ' many compilation records .
with no bass player to perform live with the band , jon himself tackled the position of playing bass while singing .
this proved to be strenuous to his health thus halting any and all activity for a short while .
in mid 2007 , black had found their fourth and final member in the form of shahriar sagar , a longtime friend of the band and mentor to black 's previous bass player miraz .
after the release of their third album ` abar ' shahriar sagar had to leave the band due to his work pressure and then came titu ahsan .
he was formerly in a band with tony named ` ashor ' .
with him black released their forth album , self titled ` black ' .
the album created enormous response among its solus fan base and is often considered by many fans as the heaviest studio album of all four produced by black so far .
after that jon kabir left the band for an unknown period of time and he was replaced by mashuk islam khan .
in the early stages of 2013 , black again changed their vocalist for unknown reason and ashifur rahman chowdhury was appointed as the new vocalist and songwriter .
post departure of jon , the fans did n't take this lightly at all and ashifur had a lot to prove to the world .
stepping in someone 's shoes whose shadows caste in the mind of the fans of black for over 14 years is an extremely difficult job to do .
later in the end of 2014 , the bassist ahsan titu took a break from music due to some personal reasons and then black replaced him with charlz francis -lrb- the ex-bassist from the band dark -rrb- .
being a huge fan of black , it was ecstatic for him and he takes it as an enormous opportunity to continue his passion for music with black .
at the beginning of 2015 , black and the vocal ashifur rahman chowdhury came to a mutual understanding on recruiting a new vocal as ashifur decided to part his ways for personal reasons .
later on black found rubayet chowdhury as the perfect replacement , who has impressed the fans of black and the music industry with his tremendous singing ability in the cover of cult number amar prithibi .
this is seen as the conduction of a great challenge for him both as vocal and songwriter .
currently , black is working on its 5th studio album while performing in different gigs all around bangladesh
