History Of Punjabi Bhangra
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The roots of Bhangra music date back to the late 1960s, when several Punjabi bands started experimenting with Western styles in addition to the traditional sounds from their homeland in Punjab. Chief amongst these were ‘The Black Mist’, ‘The Shots’, ‘The Jambo Boys’, and The Saathies.
80′s was the turning point for bhangra with the band Alaap triggering this influx of talent, and was no doubt the birth of bhangra.
Bhangra music was invented in the 1980s by Punjabi immigrants who took the folk sound of their home country and began experimenting by altering it using instruments from their host country. In a sense Bhangra music is one of the few immigrant music genres of the world in that it is absent in the home country. The new genre quickly became popular in Britain replacing the traditional music that every one was accustomed to.
The infusion of rock sounds and a need to move away from the simple and
repetitive Punjabi folk music was a big hit, and bands such as Alaap, Premi, A.S.Kang, and B18 were some of the many bands that kicked of Punjabi culture to the younger crowd. It signaled the development of a self-conscious and distinctively rebellious British Punjabi youth, and allowed this young generation the identity of Punjabi.
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