[3] They experiment with various genres of music including Nepali folk, ragas, rock, funk, blues and jazz.

Their songs, like "Nepali," "Sambodhan," "Pahilo Junima," "Parelima," "Samjhi Baschu" and "Chudaina Timro Mayale" and others, were some of the biggest hits in Nepalese music.

The founding members were guitarist Phiroj Shyangden, bassist Nirakar Yakthumba Limbu and drummer Bhanu A.

They played several gigs in and around Kathmandu where they covered numbers by Bryan Adams, Deep Purple and other rock groups.

Percussionist Sanjay Shrestha, who used to play the drums for the St Xavier's school band, was involved with Nepali fusion rock act Shristi.

During the late 90s local guitar enthusiast Manoj K.C from Dhobighat, Lalitpur joined 1974 AD, completing the lineup.

The band was very popular in the Kathmandu and Lalitpur rock scene in the mid 90s even before they started churning out big hits like "Mayalule" and other tunes.

After the successful reunion and with the help of the organizer, Karma Tenzing the band decided to collaborate again for their next show in Baltimore, scheduled 2 weeks after.

Adrian and Phiroj left the band for personal reasons, and were replaced by singer Rohit John Chettri and pianist Prajjwal Mukhiya.

Additionally, the band added a new horn section with Jacko Wacko and Pratik Baniya in trumpet and trombone, respectively.

In an event titled ‘Nirantarta’, held at Moksh, Jhamshikhel, Kathmandu, Nepal, on 8 July 2019, the band announced the reunion[5] with their original lineup, Phiroj Shyangden, Adrian Pradhan, Manoj Kumar KC, Nirakar Yakthumba and Sanjay Shrestha.

The event had acoustic sets of their originals with four members performing, while Phiroj Shyangden, who is presently at New York joined through skype video call.