Music
Roxen was formed back in September 2002 with initial line up of Mustafa Zahid a.k.a. musti, Jawad a.k.a. Jodi and Omar & came out with their debut song Yaadein which labeled them as "another Jal-wannabe band" but gained immense popularity.
After a couple of months they came out with web release of another song called Tau Phir Aoo with its demo version. The song registered over 65000 downloads in one month. After adding another young talent Haider from Lahore underground the band started working on their debut album at Xth Harmonic in October 2005 and later came out with another audio/video of their track Sapnay directed by Ahmed Ali Butt.
With tints of pop and dark shades of rock too, Roxen hit the market with their debut album on August 31, 2006, titled Rozen-E-Deewar, released under Fire Records in Pakistan, Hom Records in India & Sangeet Records in USA, Canada, the Middle east & the rest of the world.
2006 Roxen was nominated for the best debut band at MTV. 2007 Roxen had three nominees including Best Pakistani Band,Song of the year and most popular band at Pakistani Music Awards.
Roxen did first Bollywood venture with Mahesh Bhatts Awarapan in 2007 and with tracks like Toh Phir Aoo and Tera Mera Rishta Purana on the soundtrack the album did wonders both in India and Pakistan.The tracks became anthems for the masses and Roxen came out with the video of Toh Phir Aoo featuring Emraan Hashmi.
In 2009, Roxen released a single "Bujh Hai Gaya," which gained a lot of popularity and is considered a perfect come back for the pop rock band. Later on Roxen came out with another Bollywood song 'Khuda Key Liya' on the soundtrack of movie Runway.
The year 2011 also brought a change to the bands lineup as Jodi and Omar departed and Shahan Khan joined the band on Guitars. In 2011, Roxen released two demo songs from their upcoming album 'Bhoola Samundar'.Both tracks 'Kaisay Jiyein' and 'Mere Sathiya' are extremely popular on web and among youngsters already. Late 2011 ROXEN collaborated with the legendary singer Bunny and revamped his old song 'Dil Main tum'. The song topped all the charts and proved one more time that when it comes to rock n roll,Roxen is probably the best Pakistani band. As the news go around Roxen also has some great Bollywood projects under their belt so one would expect a lot more from them in current future. Roxen's second album 'Bhoola Samundar' is expected to be released in Winter 2013.
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