One Buck Short
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One Buck Short (OBS) are a
Summary
In 2008, One Buck Short released their debut album
The band went on to open for acts including
In January 2012, the band released their second album entitled Kampong Glam. Their sophomore release was their first full Malay album, with 7 tracks including the single "Carilah Duit".[citation needed]
After a long hiatus, the band announced their return to the scene earlier this year[when?] as well as the comeback of Rockaway Festival,[1] the local rock festival the band founded and has been hosting since 2009.[citation needed]
Releases and Rockaway
The band was founded by Hafiz and Rahul in high school. Hafiz and Rahul started out by jamming after school to bands like
In 2003, One Buck Short released their debut EP, Where's The Mouse?! via FYI Entertainment, a local underground and independent label. The EP was recorded, mixed and mastered at the now defunct Syncrosound Studios in
It was at Syncrosound Studios where the band ended up meeting and eventually working with their longtime friend and collaborator Greg Henderson[3] (ARIA & AIM award-winning producer & sound engineer). The first project Greg and One Buck Short worked on together was a single for a charity Christmas album compilation (A MusicCanteen Christmas) called Christmas Morning which also ended up getting heavy air play Malaysian radio. The band having enjoyed working with Greg decided to start work on their debut album Halal & Loving It with him not long after. Throughout this period, One Buck Short continued to play shows across Asia while the band wrote and recorded the album. The band's live and energetic shows started attracting attention from promoters across Asia and Australia which put them in a position to be handpicked by a long list of international touring bands, including Fall Out Boy in Singapore and Good Charlotte, Panic! at the Disco, My Chemical Romance and Sum 41 in Kuala Lumpur. On top of supporting many artists on their tours in Asia, OBS was also featured in prominent music festivals in the region. In 2006, the band was nominated for Best Rock and Best Live Act for the Malaysian English Top 10 Awards held on December 10, 2006.[4]
After various label and management changes,
One Buck Short had a number of hit singles from
Not long after, OBS signed on an endorsement deal with Jack & Jill Potato chips which ended in them conceptualizing and producing the band's very own music festival, Rockaway.[5] One Buck Short became the first band in Asia to successfully own, operate and produce their own music festival. The first edition of the festival saw over 15,000 people pack the heart of city in Kuala Lumpur and featured many of the band's friends. In conjunction with Rockaway 2009, the band released a single titled "Wait For It (Revolution)" produced by Luke Mason. Rahul continued to produce Rockaway along with The Livescape Group, turning it into Malaysia's largest rock festival.
OBS have been billed alongside
- My Chemical Romance
- Paramore
- Twenty One Pilots
- Fall Out Boy
- Good Charlotte
- Panic At The Disco
- Sum 41
- MXPX
- Mayday Parade
- The Used
- Dashboard Confessional
- Cobra Starship
- All Time Low
- Taking Back Sunday
- The Get Up Kids
- Third Eye Blind
- The Academy Is
- Gym Class Heros
and many many more!
References
- ^ Rockaway Festival
- ^ a b "One Buck Short of a new album". Sunday People. Archived from the original on 2007-08-30. Retrieved 2008-02-04.
- ^ Greg Henderson
- ^ "MET 10 Award". Hitz.fm. Retrieved 2008-02-04.
- ^ Rockaway
Sources
- Malaysian Bands Soar at Rockaway
- Making the most out of Malaysia
- Recent One Buck Short interview on Malaysian radio BFM
- WTF RU - One Buck Short interview on Juicy
- The Level features One Buck Short and Rockaway 2016
- I predict a riot! - OBS Redbull interview
- 6 PERKARA YANG ANDA MUNGKIN TIDAK KETAHUI MENGENAI OBS
External links
- Official