Meet Uncle Hussain

Eight years ago nobody cares who uncle Hussain was. Now everybody wants to Meet Uncle Hussain. Undoubtably one of Malaysia’s top rising acts in the local indie scene, Meet Uncle Hussain consist of Lan on vocals and guitar, Taja on guitar, Afatt on Bass and Kudux on drums.

Meet Uncle Hussain themselves are not new to the indie scene, but had recently hitched a ride on the fame train. Their big break happened when two of their songs were picked up to be featured in a hit teen TV series, K.A.M.I.

Meet Uncle Hussain is one of those bands that sounds good in recording, but sounds even better when performing live. You can see that clearly this band enjoys performing live.

The name ‘Meet Uncle Hussain’ is a peculiar name for a rock band, but they are not your ordinary indie rock band either. Most of their songs they sing in Malay, but this band refuse to be pigeonholed into becoming one of the local malay rock bands who sings sappy rock ballads.

Meet Uncle Hussain is not sappy at all. Listening to their songs, I can say that they draw influences from upbeat bands like Franz Ferdinand to The White Stripes and mellower sounds from bands like Radiohead. Their sounds are advance, radio friendly and very hard to dislike. No wonder the mainstream pick them up very fast.

Each time when asked, who is ‘Uncle Hussian’, the band replied with a different answer. Their answer ranges from an actual uncle that’s very close to the band, or wanting to sound uniquely local, and I’ve even read on a magazine that says it’s a tribute to Malaysia’s third Prime Minister Tun Hussein Onn who was granted the soubriquet Bapa Perpaduan (Father of Unity). Whatever it is, the name is catchy and unique which represent the sound of the band.

These are two songs picked up from the K.A.M.I soundtrack that start it all for this band.

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(Lagu Untukmu)

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(La La La Kerjalah)

Grab their first EP, ‘7 tahun 3 bulan 90 hari‘ at their shows. Check out their MySpace page for more of their music.

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