It Started with The Bugs ~ by Khalid Fatah

© Legendary Musicians of Karachi On the Island We grew up at the naval compound in Manora – a small peninsula located just south of the Port of Karachi.  It was pretty much like living on an island… secluded and being a naval community, all the amenities were nearby. I was not the studious type

Joe Menezes ~ Jazz and Cabaret

Calfskins and Clay pots Music came naturally to me and as far as I remember I would play the drums on mum’s cooking pots, the wooden staircase, the electricity poles with two stones or anything where I could make a noise.   I was so keen on music that I would go to the Goan Club

Jimmy Jamshaid – JJ of the Bugs with ldg

  The band that we are talking about today is none other than ‘The Bugs’. An evocative name that has lingered fondly amongst our Karachi music lovers of the 60s and 70s- with a lethal combination of outstanding talent and charming personalities – these guys were a force to reckon with. The Karachi gals of