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In 2016 the band was invited to perform at ‘Nations for Peace’ held in
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Earthling has been performing in various cities in Sri Lanka since 2001 becoming a hot pick to headline at numerous local gigs and invited to represent the country at several international gigs. Paranoid Earthling questions the status quo through their anarchic anthems that are composed
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Mirshad Buckman and Shanka Samarasinghe: inspired to form a band after meeting in school and sharing similar musical interests, the band was put together with Asela Bandara and Dhanushka Samarasinghe as the original line-up. Asela Bandara named the band Paranoid Earthling.
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