Whisky (band)

Whisky is a Turkish rock band founded by Kamil Özaydın in 1979. They are known to be the first Turkish hard rock and heavy metal band. The band used to rehearse in a basement in Istanbul in their early years.[1] After a while, songwriter Ahmet Dağaşan joined the band and wrote more poetic lyrics for Whisky. Soon after, they were asked to perform at various rock festivals. They released the first Turkish hard rock/heavy metal album, Babaanne in 1986.[2] The band had problems with TRT, because of its name. TRT didn't encourage them to advertise the name "whisky". Kamil Ozaydin changed their name to Yuzde yuz muzik (One Hundred Percent Music) and later on, they published their album with TRT's approval. The band gave their last concert in 2006 at a rock festival in Turkey. Their last work was the album Biz (We), which was released in 2009. Eventually the members, except for Serdar Cokuslu and Ahmet Dagasan, left the band.