Taking their name from a type of bull native to the Philippines, the Thai rock
group known as Carabao was formed in 1981 by university students Yuenyong Opakul
(Aed) and Kirati Promsaka Na Sakon Nakhon (Keo or Khiao) – who met while
studying at the Mapúa Institute of Technology in the Philippines – and achieved
notoriety in Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries. Known for their
contribution to Phleng phuea chiwit (เพลงเพื่อชีวิต) – the 'songs for life'
protest songs movement that began in the '70s – the group championed
contemporaneous political issues in their music, givi...