O-Hum

O-Hum is an Iranian rock band from Tehran, Iran, formed in 1998. The band consists of Shahram Sharbaf (lead vocals, guitar), Nima Ramezan (guitar), Roozbeh Gholipour (drums, percussion), Pouya Shomali (bass), Saman Vandadi (tar, setar, kamanche, daf). O-Hum has released five albums: Nahal-e Heyrat (1999), Hafez Ashegh Ast (2001), Aloodeh (2005), E-Hum: O-Hum Remixes 1999-2009 (2010), In Kherghe Biandaz (2014). Their musical style is the mixture of western rock music with Persian traditional music, scales and Instruments. Shahram Sharbaf in an interview explained how the idea of the band emerged. He said "I met Shahrokh Izadkhah... and since the very first notes we played together I felt I’ve found the partner I always needed... We got together and made many albums and began dreaming of having a rock band in Iran. In fact, O-Hum’s first album was the fruit and natural continue of what we were doing between 1990 to 1999." O-Hum means "illusions" in Persian. Sharbaf states that the band name was chosen such that it wouldn't be a cliché after a while, and without any fixed meaning; also such that it could be spelled and written easily in Persian and English.