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performing several jam sessions with one another. The jam sessions were not successful for the group. This led the band to perform a few proper jam sessions with each other, these jam sessions saw Omar Khalid on the drums, Yasir
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where the band opened up the show. This was followed by the band releasing their first music video "Sultanat" in same month. The video, directed by the band's lead vocalist Omar Bilal Akhtar, brought the band their first taste of mainstream success as "Sultanat" received a large amount of airtime, on
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Omar Akhtar and Omar Khalid along with their friend Afaan Naqvi performed at
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The self-titled debut album is independently produced and written by the band themselves. The first single from the album was "Sultanat" for which a music video was released on July 27, 2007 followed by the release of another single "Iss Tanhai Ko" on
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widespread mainstream attention. The video was critically lauded and for the first time Aunty Disco
Project made it on the local music channel charts. Later, the band's breakthrough into the mainstream led their third single, "Nazar", music video to be included in
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The name of the band was suggested by Omar Akhtar after a discussion with Khawer Khan. In response to Khawer's suggestions, Omar said, "man that’s just dumb, we might as well call ourselves something stupider, like …I dunno "Aunty Disco
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of the song is directed by Umer Adil, bands' first high budget video, released in 2008. The video was released after a 2-month hiatus and the success of the single led the band to be nominated for the Best
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lead vocalist Ali Alam who joined the group to take the bass as a sessionist for live performances. However, Aunty Disco
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for the 'Best
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in Karachi. The performance was attended by a large number of audiences and was a success for the band. By the end of the year, Aunty Disco Project were nominated at the
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