Hurd (band)

Infobox musical artist
Name = Hurd / Хурд


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Origin = flagicon|Mongolia Mongolia
Genre = Heavy metal
Years_active = 1992 – present
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URL = http://www.hurdrockgroup.mn/
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Hurd ( _mn. Хурд/"khurd", "speed") is a Mongolian heavy metal band. Their music, which often features nationalist themes, is especially popular with people in rural areas, as well as Mongolian migrant workers in South Korea. [cite news|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/26/international/asia/26mongolia.html?pagewanted=2|publisher=The New York Times|title=Ulan Bator Journal: The Mongolians Are Coming to China! With Heavy Metal!|date=2004-11-26|accessdate=2007-09-23|last=Brooke|first=James] Their music employs pentatonic scales and Mongolian traditional melody types.Fact|date=September 2007 They are popular in China's Inner Mongolia province as well as their native country, to the extent that their sales figures for tapes and CDs are higher there than at home. When they first tried to enter into the Chinese market, they faced various problems; officials asked them to translate their lyrics from Mongolian into Chinese, and then banned some of them. [cite news|title=China Walls Out Mongolian Band|publisher=Radio Free Asia|date=2004-11-18|accessdate=2007-09-23|url=http://www.rfa.org/english/news/arts/2004/11/18/mongolia_music/]

The band toured several times in Inner Mongolia. They also had a concert in New York City in March 2007 [cite web
url = http://mongolianartist.com/photoessay.cfm?profileid=76
title = Photos: Hurd Concert NYC 2007
publisher = MongolianArtist.com
accessdate = 2008-02-16] and at least one in Germany, in August 2007. [cite web
url = http://www.mongolei-festival.de/festivalprogramm-2007.html
title = Mongolei-Festival 2007
publisher = Deutsch Mongolischer Kulturverein Rheingau-Taunus e.V.
language = German
accessdate = 2008-02-16]

Members

* D. Otgonbaatar. (from 1997) Drums
* D. Ganbayar, Percussion
* N. Naranbaatar, Bass, vocals
* T. Naranbaatar, Guitars
* D. Otgonbayar, Guitars, keyboards, vocals
* D. Tumurtsog, Guitars

Discography

* Black Wind (1997)
* Dark Concerts (1997)
* Day And Night (1999)
* Motherland (single, 1999)

References

External links

*cite web|title=Hurd: famous Mongolian rock band aims to cross-over
url=http://mongoluls.net/ger/hurd.shtml|publisher=Mongoluls.net|accessdate=2007-09-23