Bangla rock is Bengali-language rock, developed in Dhaka from the late 1970s. The trunk is blues/hard-rock LRB (Love Runs Blind), led by Ayub Bachchu — his Stratocaster-into-Marshall tone plus Bengali ballad lyrics defined the mainstream shape. Warfaze runs the Iron Maiden-derived twin-guitar metal branch; Miles is the softer keyboard-led pop-rock side; Aurthohin and Nemesis lean punk/hardcore; Artcell is prog-metal; Chirkutt (with female vocalist Sharmeen Sultana Sumi) writes folk-rock in the Baul lineage. Setups are 4-5 pieces, standard rock instruments plus occasional tabla or harmonium. Lyrics are Bengali and cover more than romance — the 1971 independence war, protest against the 1980s Ershad military regime, urban alienation.

Souls and Feedback (both 1977-79) began the scene as English-language cover bands. The catalytic moment was 1991, when Ayub Bachchu (1962-2018, from Chittagong) left Souls to form LRB. LRB's twin debut albums in 1992 broke the market open; 'Ghumonto Shohore' (1994) and 'Ferari Mon' (1996) marked the peak. Warfaze (1984) brought heavy metal; Miles (1979) the pop-rock side; James (Nagar Baul, 1996 rebrand) added a raw folk-rock voice that later crossed into Bollywood playback (Gangster 2006, Woh Lamhe 2006). Ayub Bachchu's sudden death on 18 October 2018 in Dhaka drew crowds in the tens of thousands to his funeral at Chandrima Udyan.

Follow Ayub Bachchu's guitar tone: Fender Stratocaster into Marshall JCM800, dry, no wah, blues-rock melodic solos over Bengali ballad phrasing. His solo on 'Sei Tumi' is the template. Warfaze's 'Ekti Chele' uses prog-rock meter changes (5/4 → 4/4 → 7/8). Chirkutt's 'Kanamachi' places a female voice over Baul-derived melody, a template that Coke Studio Bangla later formalized.

LRB 'Sei Tumi' and 'Ferari Mon', then Warfaze 'Ekti Chele' for the metal side, Miles 'Firey Elam' for the pop side, and Chirkutt 'Kanamachi' for the new-generation folk side.

Ayub Bachchu's Stratocaster is preserved in a museum in Dhaka. The Bangladeshi government renamed a Chittagong street 'Ayub Bachchu Sarani' after his death. Warfaze's guitarist Sanjoy is also a practicing physician.