{{Short description|Mongolian hard rock/progressive rock band}} {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | name = Haranga / Харанга | image = HarangaRock.jpg | caption = 2013.07.14 | image_size = | background = group_or_band | alias = | origin = Mongolia | instrument = | genre = Hard rock, Progressive rock | occupation = | years_active = 1989 – present | label = | associated_acts = | website = | current_members = Khatanbaatar Lkhagvasuren<br/>Tserendorj Chuluunbat<br/>Tsendsuren Enkhmanlai<br/>Yarinpil Odsuren<br/>Nemekh Purevdash | past_members = Khangal Bulgan }} '''Haranga''' ({{langx|mn|Харанга}}, ''gong'') is a hard rock/progressive rock band from Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, established in 1989 as the first Mongolian hard rock group.<ref>''World Music'' 2000, {{ISBN|1-85828-636-0}} [https://books.google.com/books?id=QzX8THIgRjUC&dq=%22best+of+Haranga%22&pg=PA197 p. 197]</ref> It has been performing in Mongolia since the early 1990s. In 1997, the group recorded two CDs in Germany, sponsored by Daimler-Chrysler and Siemens Nixdorf.{{Citation needed|date=August 2007}}<!--the previous ref became dead link-->
==History== In the 1990s, their "Shuuder tsetseg" and "Uguilen sanana" became hits. And title name of "Only in Mongolia" became a popular quote in everyday life of Mongolia. They participated in Mongolian National TV's New Year's program "Tsenkher Delgets".
==Members== *Lkhagvasuren Khatanbaatar: vocal, trumpet /''1989 - to present''/ *Chuluunbat Tserendorj: bass, double-bass, vocal /''1989 - to present''/ *{{ill|Enkhmanlai Tsendsuren|mn|Цэндсүрэнгийн Энхманлай}}: lead guitar, vocal /deceased/ /''1989 - 2025''/<ref>{{cite news |url=https://gogo.mn/r/l53x0 |title="Харанга" хамтлагийн ахлагч, гавьяат жүжигчин Ц.Энхманлай таалал төгсжээ |trans-title="Haranga" band leader and honored artist Ts. Enkhmanlai passed away |date=7 May 2025 |access-date=1 May 2026 |website=gogo.mn |language=mn}}</ref> *Odsuren Yarinpil: rhythm guitar, vocal /''1989 - to present''/ *Purevdash Nemekh: drums, percussion /''1989 - to present''/ *Bulgan Hangal: keyboards, accordion /deceased/ /''1991 - 1999''/<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ub.life/p/14551|title="Харанга" хамтлагийн тухай СОНИРХОЛТОЙ 13 баримт|website=Ublife|access-date=2019-04-19}}</ref>
== Discography == * Эрин зууны хөг (''The Sound of the Century'' 1997) * Best of Haranga (1997) * Бодлын тэнгис (''Bodlyn Tengis'', ''The Ocean of Thought'', Unplugged, 2000) * Ертөнцийн өнгө (''Color of the World'', 2003) * Special Edition Gold (2007) *Амьдрал-2 (Life-2)
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20070718012605/http://music.mymongol.com/lists/artist.asp?mmarg=performerID&mmvalue=haranga Haranga music samples] *[http://mongoluls.net/ger/sing.shtml Mongolia Sings its Own Song] *Marsh, Peter, ''[https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=6TODQUZj--UC&q=mongolian+rock+and+pop+book&redir_esc=y#v=snippet&q=mongolian%20rock%20and%20pop%20book&f=false Mongolian Rock and Pop Book: Mongolia Sings its Own Song]''. 1999. Press Institute of Mongolia/UNDP Mongolia Communications Office. {{ISBN|99929-5-018-8}}
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Category:Hard rock musical groups Category:Mongolian rock music groups Category:Musical groups from Ulaanbaatar
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