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.In 2011, Alireza quit The Ways, because of some personal issues. During recording the second album, The Ways decided to work with a new member, Pedram Azad, as a pianist and audio engineer. 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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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)

Writer: Abbas Na`albandian(Persian writer)

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B.A of English Translation

Pedram’s Favorites

Music Band: Coldplay

Singer : freddie mercury

Musicians : henry mancini,braian may

Movie: 21 Grams

Director: Stanley Kubrick

Actor: Sean Penn

Animal:butterfly

pianist:Richard clayderman

poet:Ahmad Shamloo,sohrab sepehri

Best fun: Being on the big international stage with the ways

greatest  hate : war

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The Former Band Member

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!!