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About the Band Koshi
''Early Years in Hawaii'''

Koshi Band is an Electro-Grunge alternative Nepali rock group in the United States. The band was originated in downtown Honolulu, Hawaii in the fall of 1995. A wild party at former drummer Stanley's house turned into a creation of musical group, the band Koshi. The band's official web site is http://www.KoshiMusic.com.

Prior to 2005, the band played neo alternative rock music in English only and established a solid American fan-base from the first album "In Mistletoe Garden". The band offered the songs freely online at http://www.KoshiMusic.com and had received over 110,000 downloads since 2003 thru 2008. The band's songs are still being aired on the Hawaiian TV Channel 55, 97.5 KPOI, Crater 94, KTUH to name a few. Koshi band toured Hawaiian islands, west coast, east coast and was originally managed under Tonori Productions.

'''Post-2005 Years'''
When the composer, and the band's vocalist, Rajan moved to Omaha, Nebraska in the summer of 2005 after parting from his girlfriend Mar from Spain, he started writing songs in Nepali. Rajan came to visit his family members, and relatives in Omaha.
New band members joined the group giving a new musical twist. This time the band members were all from Nepal. The band wrote debuted Nepali alternative songs "Ashish". New Nepali and English songs are still being recorded at Koshi Studio and the tracks are being compiled in their second album called "Love and tragedy". The band is determined not to stop composing songs in English in order to maintain their American fan base who have supported them for a decade. The band's producer is Rajan's younger brother, Nirajan Rai, who is the co-founder of NirvanaCareer.com and currently managing their album production from Sydney, Australia. The band is sponsored by NirvanaCareer.com
Koshi actively performed in Honolulu, Kaneohe, California, Nebraska, New York, New Jersey, Nebraska, Chicago, Iowa, and Washington DC along with professional Nepali artists such as Deepak Bajracharya Band, Mukti & Revival, and Harish Mathema. The band had interviews and was featured on  Nepalisite.com, Murchunga.com, CyberSansar.com, DCNepal.com and ANAYC.org

Source of Inspiration/Influenced by:
Incubus, Nirvana, Robin & Looza, Korn.
 


First Recorded Song: Ashish
First Album: Official Release: "Love and Tragedy" (Comming out in 2009)
Most Memorable Moment:
During American Nepalese Association in New York '06, While we were singing one of our Nepali songs "timi ko hau", Kalpu's bhenaju came and said.. "bhaiharu.. can you sing some of your nepali songs too?"
 


Concerts / Shows:
Koshi performed in numerous shows, bars and nightclubs. Some of the major venue performed are:
ANA 2008, July 4th Weekend in Maryland/Washington DC/Virginia (Visit us!)
ANMA 2007, Chicago
ANA 2006, New York
Spring Fest 2007, Iowa
Summer Concert 2007, Nebraska
Deepak Bajracharya Concert, 2007, Nebraska
Musician's Swap-Meet 2002, Honolulu, Hawaii
Utopian-Trip Promotion 2002, Honolulu, Hawaii
Grunge is Dead 2002, Honolulu, Hawaii
Mango's 2000, Kaneohe, Hawaii
Pier Bar 2000, Aloha Towers, Hawaii
Pier Bar1998, Aloha Towers, Hawaii
Ninja House - Valentines Night, 1997, Waikiki Hawaii
InterCultural Day 1996, Hawaii Pacific University, Honolulu, Hawaii
Awards/ Appreciations: No awards yet. Hope to enter Nepalese music industry with our debut Nepali album "love and tragedy" in 2009.
Message to fans/viewers: Love you all!


 

 

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