During the U.S. invasion, lead vocalist Faisal Talal says music took a back seat to survival. He says the band's thinking was "stay home, lock your door."
Then came the death threat. A note tacked to the door of their rehearsal space warned them to quit, because their music didn't "fit with the Iraqi traditions or religion." A series of explosions destroyed the space in 2005.
They then fled the country and after years of living as refugees in Syria and Turkey have finally made it to the U.S. where they hope to find an audience.
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