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Barobax

Barobax are an underground Iranian pop band with all the members living in Tehran, Iran. Like many other forms of music in Iran, their music is censored domestically. Yet, they have an international following thanks to the Internet and Iranian satellite stations based outside Iran.[1] Additionally, record labels such as Avang Music and M4 Records have distributed their music internationally.[2] Their album "Wag" was released on November 1, 2009. Filmed on location in Paris Café featuring Gamno, Barobax released Soosan Khanoom on January 16, 2010.

Name

The name "Barobax" is a satirical reference to pronunciation of the Persian bar o bacheh (بر و بچه, "kids" or "friends") by the wealthier uptown citizens of north Tehran.[3] The band changed the slang pronunciation barobach (بروبچ) to barobax.[4]

Songs

Some of the inspiration for the lyrics of their earlier songs came from the lyrics of old Iranian children's songs that the band heard from others, in addition to those lyrics that they created and those from other songs that they changed.[5]

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