- Muhammad "Lala" Ahsan - Saud Anver - Mobeen Zahid Xarb is a five-member band from Lahore, Pakistan.
Xarb is composed of five members: the band's bass guitarist, Raheem "Sunny" Shabhaz, its drummer, Muhammad "Lala" Ahsan, it's Guitarist, Saud Anver, from Faisalabad, its guitarist/singer-songwriter, Mobeen Zahid, from the United Arab Emirates, and its lead vocalist and keyboardist, Qamar Parvi, from Rawalpindi.
[1] Although Anver, Zahid, and Parvi first played together in 2008, the same year that they graduated from university, the band only achieved its present membership in 2011, when Shabhaz and Ahsan joined after they were introduced to the group by its former bassist, Zia.
[6] Throughout the season Xarb's performances were praised by in-studio judges as "consistent", having "all the potential in the world", reminiscent of the older Pakistani musician Attaullah Khan Esakhelvi, and being an interesting fusion of blues, country music, and Desi influences.
[3] In 2023, Xarb directed and did the background score for the Shoaib Sultan's movie Gunjal along with Rahat Fateh Ali Khan.
International musical influences cited by the band include Pearl Jam, The Who, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Tool, Porcupine Tree, Victor Wooten, John Bonham, Keith Moon, Danny Carey, Chad Smith, Dave Abbruzzese, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Pete Townshend, and B.B.