Yol Aularong (
Khmer: យស អូឡារាំង; also romanized as
Yos Olarang) was a
Cambodian rock musician, and a leading figure in that country's rock scene of the 1960s and 70s. He is presumed to have been killed during the Cambodian genocide that took place under the Khmer Rouge between 1975 and 1979. Yol Aularong was from a family of notable Cambodian musicians: singers
Sieng Vanthy and
Sieng Di were his aunts, and classical violinist/composer
Has Salon was his uncle. His father was a member of Cambodia's diplomatic corps and he spent some of his childhood in France. Embarking on …
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