Eternal Gosh! Explained

Eternal Gosh!
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Caption:Eternal Gosh! performing Vivo Promotion Show at Mandalay (2019); from left to right: Yee Mon Oo, Han Nay Tar, Wai Gyi, Ar Ray and Bon Bon
Alias:EG
Origin:Yangon, Myanmar
Years Active:2013–present
Label:Legacy Music Network
i-Entertain Company
Bo Bo Entertainment
Current Members:
  • Han Nay Tar
  • Wai Gyi
  • Yee Mon Oo
  • Ar Ray
  • Bon Bon
Past Members:
  • Moe Wai
Associated Acts:Idiots Band

Big Bag

Eternal Gosh! (often abbreviated as EG) is a Burmese pop rock band, founded in 2013. The band consists of 5 members, lead vocalist and songwriter Han Nay Tar, lead guitarists Wai Gyi and Yee Mon Oo, bassist Bon Bon and drummer Ar Ray.[1] Their music spans a wide range of genres, from pop rock, to alternative rock, to alternative metal.

The band attracted interest from major music labels and publishers. They were managed by i-Entertain Company and Demo Thaw, co-founder and vice-president at i-Entertain. The band's first EP, Your Surprise Is Our Heartbeats (Y.S.I.O.H) was released in 2017. Their debut full-length album, The Red Sky (Kaung Kin A Ni), was released on 5 October 2017 under Bo Bo Entertainment. The band's albums were released by Legacy Music Network. On 31 August, Eternal Gosh! performed at the FG LIVE LOUNGE Concert at Yay Kuu Amplified Broadcast Station.[2]

History

Background and origins

The name Eternal Gosh!, according to founding member Han Nay Tar,[3] came from a book. Eternal Gosh! was initially formed on 23 May 2013 by Han Nay Tar, Wai Gyi and Ar Ray. Han Nay Tar and Wai Gyi are originally from Magway. They came to Yangon to make music and met Ar Ray at a guitar class. Later Yee Mon Oo was invited to fill in as their guitarist and was the last to join the band.

Music history

The band's debut EP, Your Surprise Is Our Heartbeats (Y.S.I.O.H.), was released in 2017, independently through online distribution. Their first studio album, The Red Sky (Kaung Kin A Ni), was released on 5 October 2017. After releasing The Red Sky, the song Moe Ma Kha Eain Mat Kha Yan Pyar was the longest charting No 1 on the Myanmar Top Chart on JOOX. On 30 November 2018, Eternal Gosh! performed at 369 Dine and Bar, ibis Style Yangon Stadium Hotel with Idiots Band.[4]

On 15 March 2019, the official music video of Moe Ma Kha Eain Mat Kayan Pyar was released. The band also released their second official music video of Sea Ghost on 1 June 2019. They released the soundtrack of the TV series Seven Cash in collaboration with Taurus V Production on 1 July 2019.On 24 March, Eternal Gosh! performed at the Myanmar Yout Shi Concert at the Hard Rock Cafe in Myanmar Plaza with Idiots Band in Yangon.[5] They also performed at the FG Live Lounge at Yay Kuu Amplified Broadcast Center together with Idiots Band on 31 August.[6] On 25 October, the band performed at the MYANFEST festival organized by Myanmar Beer with other famous singers at Thuwanabumi Event Park in Yangon.

On 11 November 2019, Eternal Gosh! performed at the "Say Paung Kha Tae Yangon Nya" (Full Moon Day) Rock Music Concert together with Zaw Win Htut (Emperor Band) at Thuwunnabumi Event Park in Yangon.[7]

On 1 February 2020, Eternal Gosh won the "2019 Most Popular New Artist Award" from the 18th annual City FM Awards, one of the two major music awards in Myanmar.[8] [9]

Band members

Current
Past

Discography

Extended plays

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TrackAlbum
01GrandeurYour Surprise Is Our Heartbeats EP
02Kote Phat Htar Sel
03A Phit Ma Hoke Buu
04Lat Khote
05Mar Yar Cho Chin
06Sat Ku Lady
07Ngar Ant Aww
08Thway Chit Thway Sa Kar
09Tha Ti Ya Chin

Studio albums

No! scope="col" style="width:14em;"
TrackAlbum
01GrandeurThe Red Sky (Kaung Kin A Ni)
02A Chay Khan Lu Lat Tan Sar
03La Min Yay Thaw Tan Chin
04A Phan Tit Yar Su Taung Chin
05Thae Moe
06Koe Loh Kant Lant (2007)
07Moe Ma Kha Eain Mat Kha Yan Pyar
08Naung Ta
09Win Lar Khae Par
10Witt Kway
11Mue Wyit Say Yae Thar Kaung
12Sea Ghost

Singles

YearSongAlbum
2017"Nga Aya"Non-album single
2018"Child Story"Non-album single
2018"Darr"Non-album single
2018"Nay Chi"Non-album single
2019"Achit Ni Darn"Non-album single
2020"Lu Nge Thet Tant"Non-album single

Music videos

YearSongAlbum
2016"Ngar Ant Aww"Your Surprise Is Our Heartbeats
2017"Nga Aya"Non-album single
2018"Child Story"Non-album single
2019"Moe Ma Kha Eain Mat Kha Yan Pyar"The Red Sky
2019"Sea Ghost"The Red Sky
2019"Achit Ni Darn"Non-album single
2020"Lu Nge Thet Tant"Non-album single
2020"Chay Htauk" "Leg"Non-album single

Notes and References

  1. Web site: လတ်တလော နှုတ်ခမ်းနီမလေးတွေကြား ရေပန်းစားနေတဲ့ Eternal Gosh အကြောင်း တစေ့တစောင်း. Ko. Aye. 2019-09-03. Fashion Magazine. en-US. 2019-10-29.
  2. Web site: Idiots Band နဲ႔ Eternal Gosh Band တို႔ရဲ႕ "FG LIVE LOUNGE ". Myanmar Celebrity News. english. 2019-10-30.
  3. Web site: စစ်မှန်တဲ့ ခံစားမှု၊ ကြည်လင်တဲ့ အိပ်မက်နဲ့ Han Nay Thar. Moda Magazine. Moda. en. 2019-10-31.
  4. Web site: Ten Things to Do in Yangon This Week. 2018-11-27. The Irrawaddy. 2019-10-30.
  5. Web site: Idiots Band နှင့် Eternal Gosh Band တို့ ဖျော်ဖြေခဲ့သည့် Yout Shi ဖျော်ဖြေပွဲ Hard Rock Cafe တွင်ပြုလုပ်. Eleven Media Group. my. 2019-10-29.
  6. Web site: What's On in Yangon!. 2019-08-29. The Myanmar Times. en. 2019-10-30.
  7. Web site: "ဆေးပေါင်းခတဲ့ ရန်ကုန်ည"ပွဲမှာ ဖျော်ဖြေမယ့် အဆိုတော်များရဲ့ စကားသံများ. 2019-11-09. ဧရာဝတီ. en-US. 2019-11-23.
  8. News: ၁၈ ကြိမ်မြောက် City FM ဆုပေးပွဲမှ ချီးမြှင့်သည့် ဂီတဆုများစာရင်း . Duwun . 2 February 2020 . my.
  9. News: ဇဏ်ခီအပါအဝင် City FM ဂီတဆု ရရှိခဲ့ကြသူများရဲ့စကားသံများ. The Irrawaddy. my . 2 February 2020.