The Ways is a Rock music Band which was first formed by “Kaveh Afagh” & “Alireza Pourreza” in 2003. After a while, “Hamed Ghannad“, their old friend and talented composer joined them as an Electric, Acoustic and Bass guitar player. Then, in the summer of 2005 “I. Man (Morteza Mohammadi)” commenced his role as a Drummer & the last member of The Ways. The Ways supposes that has created or reached a special kind of pop-rock music. The Ways` members named their style, Oriental Rock, which is based on the creative artistic methods of the Old Persian artists. The Ways` members are:
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Kaveh Afagh (seyed kaveh Afaghi)
Composer , Singer , electric & acoustic Guitars
Born : May 1st, 1983, Tehran, Iran.
B.A of Architecture.
Kaveh’s Favorites
Music Band: Queen
Guitarist: Brian May
Symphony: Albinoni’s Adagio
Painter: Salvador Dali
Poets: Most of old Iranian poets like: Saa`di , Khayyam , Roumi , Hafez & ..
Animal: Butterfly
Study field: Iranian old Gnosticism & Aesthetic
Greatest Hope: A World full of peace
Best Fun: Music performance on stage
Best Job: Being through The Ways!!
Greatest Hate: Politics ?!!
Greatest Mare: A world captured with radical ideologies
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ALireza (Alireza Pourreza)
Composer, keyboard, Saxophone, Audio Engineer
Born March 20nd, 1981, Mashhad, Iran
M.Sc of Biosystems Engineering
Alireza’s Favorites
Music Band: Supertramp
Musician: Michael Kaman, Nino Rota
Symphony: Fifth of Beethoven
Movie: Lost Highway
Director: David Lynch, Quentin Tarantino
Actor: Al Pachino
Best Fun: Playing Music on stage
Greatest Hate: The shallow Iranian rappers!!
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Hamed Ghannad
Electric, Acoustic, Bass Guitars , composer
Born July 25th, 1981, Mashhad, Iran.
B.Sc of Mechanics of Machinery
Hamed’s Favorites
Music Band: Queen
Singer: Brian Adams
Book: Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Poet: Ahmad Shamlou (The Persian contemporary poet)
Movie: Babel
Director: Martin Scorsese
Actor: Johnny Depp
Animal: Butterfly
Greatest Hate: War, Dishonesty
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I.man (Morteza Mohammadi)
Drums
Born: June 22nd, 1983, Mashhad, Iran
B.A of Law
Morteza’s Favorites
Music Band: Rolling Stones
Musician: Bob Dylon
Movie: Cries and Whispers
Director: Abbas Kiarostami, Ingmar Bergman
Theater Director: Arbi Avanesian (Iranian famous theater director)