Árpád Szarvas is a musician, best known as the lead singer, songwriter, lyricist, guitarist of

EZ Basic EZ Basic is a guitar-pop, indie-rock project based in Budapest, Hungary formed in 2004. It started out as an experimental bedroom project in the early 00s and is noted for being one of the most eclectic bands of the Budapest indie music scene. Hi ...

Early life and personal life

Szarvas is from Szabadka and lived in

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, however, he moved to the capital city,

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after graduating at Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the

University of Szeged , mottoeng = Truth. Bravery. Freedom. , established = , type = Public research university , founder = Emperor Franz Joseph I , affiliation = European University Association, Science Without Borders, Confucius Institute , budget = US$220 mi ...

to pursue a music career.

EZ Basic

Szarvas played guitar in Pale Blue Eyes, a Szeged-based noise rock band while attending the secondary school. The band played music influenced by

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, and

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. However, he left the band and formed EZ Basic with his friend Dénes Pesztalics. Szarvas was influenced by bands such as

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, House of Love,

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, and

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. He is the founding member of EZ Basic. Apart from EZ Basic, he also released music under the name Evil Men Have No Songs and Models Can't Fuck.

Discography

''With EZ Basic:'' ;Albums and EPs * ''EZ To Say'' EP (2007) * ''Hocus Focus'' (2007) * ''

Hello Heavy ''Hello Heavy'' is the second full-length studio album recorded by EZ Basic. The album was released in April 2010 by the Hungarian Twelvetones Records. Background and recording In the summer of 2009, EZ Basic hired English producer George Shi ...

'' (2010) * ''Memories of Spring'' EP (2012) * ''Dead End Darling'' (2015) * ''Sissyfuzz'' (2017) ''With Evil Men Have No Songs:'' ;Albums and EPs * ''Evil Men Have No Songs'' EP (2010) * ''Always Somewhere Else'' EP (2012) * ''Where We Come From'' EP (2013) ''With Models Can't Fuck:'' ;Albums and EPs * ''Move To Iceland'' EP (2011) * ''Models Can't Fuck'' EP (2017) ;Singles * ''Ghost Kid'' (2010, with Models Can't Fuck) * ''Home Tonight'' (2010, with Evil Men Have No Songs) * ''Move To Iceland (Möbel remix)'' (2012, with Models Can't Fuck) * ''New Lines'' (2013, with EZ Basic) * ''Unnatural'' (2014, with EZ Basic) * ''Whatcha Gonna Do With Your Life?'' (2015, with EZ Basic)

Instruments

Guitars

Epiphone 5102T / EA-250

Amplifiers

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Effect pedals

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* Boss CH2 *

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Small clone

References

External links

Szarvas
on

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