Estranged (band)

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Estranged

Estranged is one of a rock band in Malaysia. They started out in the year 2001 when Rich and Din were students in the International College of Music (ICOM) wanting to play rock music, therefore, they gathered a bunch of guys who had similar interest, thus, Estranged is formed. The band started off woth their first ever gig in year 2001 at TwelveSI and since then, the gigs kept on coming. The band has also gone throungh many changes in the line up, even to this day, original lead guitarist Adzrai had just departed with the band due to furthering his studies. New grunge-influenced guitarist Hanafi replaces him. Estranged participanted in the "Yamana Asian Beat Competition" for year 2001 and manage to finish 2^nd runners-up for the competition.

Right after Rock the World 4 (Malaysia's annual rock festival) the band got inspired to cut an album. And after endless effort and all sorts of obstacles, they completed an 11 tracks album. The recording precess took about 4 months (Oct - Dec 2004) to be completed. Thus, In Hating Memory is born. The debut album includes 10 English track and 1 Malay language track. The first single Velocity started receiving airplay since June 2005 followed by the second single Chocolate Syrup. Both singles were accompied by music videos directed by "Motion Notion" and Tan Chee Meng respectively.

More on the album, the band was very fortunate as they had a chance to work with two dedicated engineers, Mr. Norman Rashid and Mr. Eduardo Garcia. Mr. Norman did the recording sessions and is very esxperienced as he has work with many pop Malay artists. Mr. Garcia however hails from Colombia, temporarily in Malaysia, finalized the mixing and mastering, and has exceptional talent and even a Latin Grammy nominee to his name.

A little more on the video Chocolate Syrup, the vedio received heavy airplay as the vedio had a different storyline to it, compared to other clichè rock videos. It was shot and directed by Tan Chee Meng, a local music producer/vedio director (the list goes on!). The band wanted a whole new concept for the video compared to the common rock videos.

Reviews by some of local newspaper

TERRINA HUSSEIN, THE MALAY MAIL, 15^th JUNE 2005

Estranged's approach may seem middle ground, but there's still plenty of anger, as evident with plenty songs on In Hating Memory being about times.

Band's Recognized Shows

• 2003
  • Rock the World 4
  • MTV's Search for Linkin Park
  • AXN

• 2004
  • Asian X - Games
  • 8TV's late night talk show Latte@8

• 2005
  • AXN
  • Hitz.tv's birthday bash

• 2006
  • Hitz.tv's birthday bash
  • Konsert Gemilang Anugerah Era

• 2007
  • Rock the world 7
  • Hot FM Big Jam Kuala Lumpur
  • Konsert Akademi Fantasia Season 5 Episode 5
  • MTV LIVE with Good Charlatte
  • Muzik Muzik
  • Anugerah Planet Muzik
  • Festival Muzik Borneo
  • Hot FM's Mini Jam Tours
  • 8TV's Campus Tour
  • Muzik Muzik Semifinals
  • Anugerah Juara Lagu ke-22

Recognition

• 2006
  • Nominated for the Favourite Local English Artiste at the Anugerah Era
  • Won the Favourite Local English Artiste at the Anugerah Era
  • Nominated for two categories Best Rock & Best Video at the Hitz.fm Malaysian English Top 10 Awards
  • Won the Best Rock category at the Hitz.fm's Malaysia English Top 10 Awards
  • Won the Best Video category at the Hitz.fm's Malaysia English Top 10 Awards

• 2007
  • Nominated for the Favourite Rock Band category at the Anugerah Era
  • Nominated for the 'Favourite Rock Hit at the Anugerah Era
  • Finalist for 22^th Anugerah Juara Lagu
  • Won the Pop/Rock Category at the 15^th Anugerah Juara Lagu

• 2008
  • Won the Pop/Rock Category at the 22^th Anugerah Juara Lagu
  • Won the Best Song Award category at the 22^th Anugerah Juara Lagu
  • Won the Most Popular Group category at the Anugerah Planet Muzik
  • Won the Most Popular Song category at the Anugerah Planet Muzik
  • Nominated for the Best New Artiste category at the 15^th Anugerah Industri Muzik
  • Nominated for the Song of the Year category at the 15^th Anugerah Industri Muzik

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