Ali Azmat

Genre: Pop/Rock
Hometown: Pakistan

Ali was born in Lahore in 1970. Growing up on the streets of the oldest cultural centre in Pakistan, he imbibed the streetwise and happy go lucky attitude that is still shield against the world today. He's looking sharp these days. Kind of mean, smooth and clean-shaven and ready to launch his solo debut with 'Social Circus.' His early days as a bratty, energetic twenty something ingenue who suddenly catapulted into the spotlight with Jupiters and 'Dosti.' Ali was cocky even then; he just wasn't hip. That combination emerged about five years down the line with Junoon. Sufi pop, state disapproval during the Sharif ascendancy and a bohemian lifestyle made Ali Azmat iconic for a whole generation looking for rebellious role models. The wanderer from downtown Lahore was suddenly selling cd's faster than you could say Bulley Shah; not just in Pakistan but across the border, where the celebrity stakes were even higher. It was the 1990's and Ali Azmat and Junoon had arrived - with ethnic kurtas, defiantly long hair and a monster hit called 'Sayonee.'

But fortunes are bound to fluctuate in a fickle market; the world is no longer Junoon's oyster. Trouble appears to be brewing in the band with Brian O'Connell's departure and dwindling sales for the last few albums. Yet Junoon remains a cornerstone of Pakistani pop; everyone wants them to recover and rejuvenate their act again. But Salman Ahmed and Ali Azmat's forays into solo territory just add fuel to the fire. Is this the end of Junoon as we know it? Widen the picture. Junoon and Ali Azmat may well be able to live side by side. Certainly, Ali's new album, 'Social Circus' is not trespassing into Junoon territory.

Here are few songs from latest Album

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