5GRS Announce New Lineup
September 9, 2012, 12 years ago
Iranian thrash metallers 5GRS have recently announced a new lineup and released the following statement:
"We are proud to announce new members to the camp: Sanam5049 - vocal, Yashar Mojtahedzadeh - drums, Faraz Jabbari - bass and Arastoo Hanafi - guitar. The change is something we had to do in order to keep 5GRS a live playing entity!"Guitarist Pooyan Madadi commented: "I started 5grs in 2004 and during these years I have worked with many musicians, but most of the time it didn’t work at all and I am always looking for some stable guys to work with as a real band. When I was starting the third album I met Yashar and Faraz and after a side project which was a cover band named NIGHT CRAWLERS, I found that our attitude is so close together and we decided to work together in 5grs. Meanwhile we confirm the first Persian metal festival in Armenia and Sanam who was the studio singer and the second oldest member decided to sing for this festival for the first time upon the stage. And finally Arastoo joined us as the lead guitarist and I hope we can work together for a long time and I hope we can get what we deserve."
Drummer Yashar Mojtahedzadeh commented: "After working with some other bands, I've finally decided to join 5grs and the main reason was not necessarily their music but their perseverance and their approach to this music, which was totally amazing and that was exactly what I was looking for. You can feel a great and cool atmosphere in this band and I am sure with this attitude we can set our bar and goal higher and higher in the near future."
A video can be seen below:
5GRS are:
Sanam5049 - vocal
Pooyan Madadi - guitar
Yashar Mojtahedzadeh - drums
Faraz Jabbari - bass
Arastoo Hanafi - guitar
