The Carabao Band of Thailand

The Carabao Band was organized in 1976 by Thai students Yuanyong Opaku (Aed) and Kirati Promsaka Na Sakon Nakhon (Khiao), both of whom were studying in the Philippines at Mapua Institute of Technology.  Their music take on social and political issues and was either banned or ignored by the government radio and TV stations during the 1980s and early '90s.  Their most popular album was released in 1984. Called Made in Thailand, it sold more than three million copies.