O-Hum

Formed in 1999 in Tehran, O-HUM is one of the alternative rock bands in Iran. The name of the band comes from an Arabic word meaning 'illusions'. O-HUM mainly uses poems of Hafez, a traditional Iranian poet who lived in 8th century A.H., and also adds elements of Iranian (Persian) music into its rock sound. For this, O-HUM has worked with bunch of guest Iranian traditional music instrument players thus far. O-HUM was started as Shahram Sharbaf (vocals, guitar), Shahrokh Izadkhah (guitar) and Babak Riahipour (Bass) in 1999. At the beginning they was just planning to record som...