When a release of their third album Inquilaab (Revolution), Junoon had managed to gather the immense fan ensuing largely due to their distinct healthy which was the mixture of rock 'north' roll & traditional Pakistani folk music. A band were as well plough on per united states's virtually all influencial music critic, a eccentric Nadeem F. Paracha in the early stages of their career.Heavily influenced by rock bands like Led Zeppelin, Junoon aimed at combining loud guitar riffs with the tranquility of sufi poetry by the likes of Rumi and Baba Bulleh Shah.

Profits didn't are real life to Junoon when it tried to defy traditions inside the conservative united states rather Pakistan. Their politically influenced songs were typically subject to censorship, which led to the eventual ban from everthing state rerun television and radio during the rule of previous Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif. It was when you took this period that the band gained a wow as a consequence across out South Asia when they turned to neighbor India's private satellite & cable trend lines for coverage.

Around 1998, the b& took each India and Pakistan by storm by owning their hit only "Sayonee" which was part of their hugely successful 4th studio album Azadi (Freedom) freed by EMI Records. Within 1999, Junoon released their fifth studio album Parvaaz (The Flight), which was depending mostly on the poetry of Baba Bulleh Shah. Parvaaz was recorded & mixed at Abbey Road Studios in London and was hailed by critics as Junoon's finest act up to now.

Junoon freed Ishq around 2001 and Dewaar in 2003. Two albums were badly received by fans & critics like.

Within 2004, Brian O'Connell was asked to leave the band by Salman Ahmad. Pakistani guitar masterful Mekaal Hasan has been playing bass guitar for survive shows around his place.

Members

Salman Ahmad (Guitars)

Previously was in the band Vital Signs. Brought higher within Queens, New York. Appeared in the PBS documentary The Rockstar and the Mullahs. Made an appearance in Politically Incorrect with Bill Maher in 2001.

Ali Azmat (Vocals)

Former singer for the band Jupiters. Released the solo album titled Social Circus in 2005.

Brian O'Connell (Bass)

Was friends by using Salman Ahmad long before Junoon was formed. Joined a band in a period of the 2nd album Talaash in 1992. Was married to Pakistani actress & exemplary Ayesha Alam. Announced departure from either a band inside 2004

Nusrat Hussain (Keyboards)
Was antecedently using a band Vital Signs. Was a share of Junoon sole when you took a debut album. Went within to release the solo album in 1992.

Discography

Year	Studio Albums	Label
1991	Junoon	EMI: Pakistan
1993	Talaash (The Seek)	EMI: Pakistan
1996	Inquilaab (Revolution)	VCI
1997	Azadi (Freedom)	EMI Arabia / VCI
1999	Parvaaz (The Flight)	EMI Arabia / Lips Records
2001	Ishq (Love)	Lips Records
2003	Dewaar (The Wall)	Sadaf Stereo