Estranged – Chocolate Syrup

Estranged was formed in the year 2001. It all started out when Rich and Din were students in the International College of Music (ICOM) wanting to play rock music, therefore, they gathered a bunch of guys who had similar interests, thus, Estranged is formed. The band started off with their first ever gig in TwelveSI and since then, the gigs kept on coming. Estranged particicipated in the Asian Beat Competition for year 2001 and finished as 2nd runners-up for the competition which is organized by Yamaha. The band’s biggest gig so far was in the year 2003 for the infamous event called Rock the World 4 (Malaysia’s most anticipated annual rock event). Since then, the band decided to cut an album independently.
The band’s gig list includes a few high profile shows such as the Asian X-Games (2004), a couple of times for AXN (2003 & 2005), a number of gigs with Musiccanteen.com, 8tv’s talk show Latte@8 and also a guest band for a Linkin Park contest organized by MTV and etc. The gig list goes on.
Finally, after endless effort and going thru all sorts of obstacles, the 11 track album is completed. The recording process took about 4 months (Oct — Dec 2004) to be completed. Thus, In Hating Memory is born. The debut album also includes 10 english tracks and 1 malay track. The first single Velocity started receiving airplay since June 2005 courtesy of Burn and Rizal of Xfresh FM and the Jakeman of Hitz FM.
Vocals – Rich
Rhythm – Din Hormatov
Lead – Hanafi
Bass – Ken
Drums – Andy
Tidbits* – Rich is one of the contenders in the Malaysian reality talent show Akademi Fantasia (Season 4). Andy is a VJ in Hitz.tv and one of 3 drumming brothers with their own bands.

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