Zubeen Garg: The Rockstar

He calls himself the moon in the sky as there are millions of stars in the sky but only one moon, which makes it unique in every way, so he is, the king of this northeastern region, who sang over 30,000 songs till date, yes, Zubeen Garg, whose voice resonates in everyone’s heart. The legend has turned 50 now having thirty years long musical career. When the Assamese music was evolving slowly into soft Rock genre, Zubeen Garg came into force and gave a new dimension to the Assamese music culture. Previously Arun Das, Jitul Sonowal was ruling the modern Assamese Music industry giving it a modern sound and musicality, but vocally they were not doing anything that could be recognized as something crazy like rock. While analyzing the songs of Zubeen Garg from his very first album to his last released songs, we can find that he could not hide the influence of rock style singing in his songs. So, he’s a true rockstar. Zubeen Garg’s voice attracted every ear immediately after releasing his first album “Anamika”, because, it had the unique elements of western style of vocal projection. Zubeen Garg’s best advantage was his voice, which is of tenor type yet having a little bit depth like a baritone type. And that’s, what made him use his voice to such an extent where others couldn’t even reach. While listening to songs like ‘DukharXagor’, ‘Jolila’ ‘AmanikhaSareAsu’, it is seen that he knows how to command the vocal cords to run the riffs, use vibrato, give rasp and distort at certain places. He did even growling which is so terrible and risky at the same time. And he also sings ‘Ya Ali’, ‘BedardiDuniya’, songs having Arabic music intonation, folks of different communities across the state of Assamand most importantly Borgeet. But still everywhere the tinge of rock could be felt listening to these numbers as well. So, ZubeenGarg undoubtedly is a real Rockstar. Arup Jyoti Das 1st semester Department of Communication and Journalism