Background
Zia was born on January 7, 1975 at Eskaton, Dhaka. His father"s name is Abdur Rahman and mother"s name is Mushida Rahman. He grew up at Nababpur road in Dhaka city.
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Ziaur Rahman Zia
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He completed his secondary education from Street Gregory"s School and higher secondary from Notre Dame college, Dhaka. He earned his Bachelor of Architecture degree from BUET.
Career
In addition, he plays MIDI sequences for the compositions and do the production for shironamhin band. Best known as Zia to young music enthusiasts, is one of today"s crop of rock musicians. Zia is married to Ahmed Jolly.
They have a daughter named Sarika Resh Rahman.
Zia has been a fan of music from his early childhood. He became a hardcore fan of metal music during his college life and used to collect VCPs of the music videos of popular bands.
Zia embarked on music composition in the early 90s with a few friends. In 1992 he established a thrash metal band named Thrash Hold and performed several stage shows.
However, the band had a short-lived existence.
According to him, "Those days we used to practice off-track music, a genre ahead of its times."
In 1996, Zia formed band Shironamhin along with friends Farhan, Tushar and Jewel. Later in 2000, Tanzir Tuhin joined the band. They used to sing at gossips at TSC, Dhaka University, in their BUET campus and wherever they got a chance.
Encouraged by the plaudits they released their first album Jahajee in 2004.
The group"s second album Ichchhe Ghuri released in 2006 and third, fourth and fifth album released in 2009, 2010 and 2013 respectively. In 2014, Zia with his band Shironamhin attended the Sri Lanka"s most famous musical festival titled Galle Music Festival where they enthralled the audiences with their music
Zia is skilled in playing Warwick infinity Northwest Territories, Ibanez SR5000E Prestige, Hartke bass attack, Morley Pedals. Additionally, he plays MIDI sequences for the compositions and do the production for Shironamhin band.
Foreign their self-titled album Shironamhin Shironamhin, he learnt playing violin, cello and contrabass.
