When I recently read an article on pakium.com about Cheapmunks’ Facebook page getting hacked, I was a bit shocked. Cheapmunks, in the music industry for a while now, have obviously made their place comprising of Suhana Baloch, Mehak Teherani, Hamza Quddusi and Danyal Pervez.

The rage which made the fans go crazy about Cheapmunks was their unique mash-up songs. Adding to that were the beautiful and soulful voices of the girls.

Cheapmunks have created and made way for youngsters to show the world what they got, have been making music which the people want to hear!

In my interview with Hamza Quddusi taken almost a year back I was sure that Cheapmunks had a long way to go. After hearing rumours about how Cheapmunks had come so far to fade like this, was their commitment to their fans just an act?Sources reveal that Mehak left the band after Cheapmunks’ last concert on 5^th June 2011 due to her personal reasons. With mutual agreement, Cheapmunks decided to continue. As time passed, clash of ideas was at its peak, wanting different things for the band and personal opinions made the members doubtful of continuing in the future. Suhana left for USA soon enough, leaving Cheapmunks lifeless.

“I always invited them to come and do something together but they left the band themselves and never joined hands with us, though I asked them enough times, their response was not positive.”, says Hamza Quddusi.

Hamza and Danyal have taken over the Facebook page and are claiming to return, with or without Suhana and Mehak?

Are the girls really concerned about their image or they just want to seek attention as new girls are going to come and replace them?

Is the skit writing on Pakium’s Facebook wall genuine as the girls know they are fading away? Only time will tell.

When anyone sits with me, the first topic they should discuss is ME!! Hamza Quddusi is no exception! When I met him, of course the first topic we discussed was about me, we won’t get into WHAT about me! When I asked him if I could interview him, his answer? Sure! I was very much excited because he is the lead guitarist of CHEAPMUNKS! It’s a Pakistani band consisting of Mehak Taherani, Suhana Baloch, Hamza Quddusi and Danyal Pervaiz. They have captured the music scene of Pakistan with their one of a kind mash up songs!

I asked Hamza many questions, silly as well, which he answered very patiently, here is just a bit of it!

How does it feel like to be a in a band, be a popular name? Hamza answers: ‘Pretty good actually, when you’re up there on stage playing, you get an adrenaline rush, you get excited, you know billions of people are watching but you’re in your own world. It feels good at the end of the day when people appreciate’.

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