Ferenc "Feró" Nagy (born 14 January 1946 in

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) is a Hungarian rock singer and musician. Although not proficient on any instrument, he can play the guitar, the harmonica, the saxophone and the piano. Nagy Feró - Tabán, 2014

Career

Feró studied at the Polytechnic and earned a degree in engineering. He began singing in rock bands as a hobby in the 1960s. He became famous as the singer, frontman and songwriter of the band

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in the late 1970s. He created a "phenomenon" with his stage style, doing long comical and/or aggressive monologues and performances calling himself "A Nemzet csótánya" (translated as roach of the nation") and being an outspoken anti-Socialist. After leaving Beatrice, he formed another band called

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in 1982, then returned to Beatrice in 1987 to date. He tours with the band and releases materials with the group, although he has also released solo albums and an

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. Feró worked as an actor in a number of films and theatrical plays. On stage he played a part in the rock opera ''István a király'' and took part in the rock version of "

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". He also played the part of Berger in the musical ''

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''. Among his movie roles are ''Céllövölde'' (1989) in which he starred as a detective, ''Argo'' (2004) in which he played role of Pro and

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(2017). Feró was also the Hungarian voice of

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in ''

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''. He participated in Hungarian politics and was a member of the right-wing

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from the early 1990s to 1999. He was a showman in Rádió Pannon for months, but, because of personal and conceptional conflicts, left the radio. When the party, as retaliation, disavowed him and revoked his status as a campaigner, he left the party. After his political acts, he declared himself to be independent, and continued his singer-songwriter-frontsman carrier in Beatrice. He also regularly appears in "yellow press" media, and similar TV shows (like ''

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''), with which he draw criticism on himself ("a one-time rebel who became for money what he criticised in the old days"), the most angry of these critics being from the far-right kuruc.info. In 2006 he created the Rock Klub at the

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in Budapest. He invited bands such as Purple Haze and

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. He also interviewed the band members before the concert along with Barbara Remiczki. On 26 October 2020, it was announced that he was infected with

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. On 15 March 2021, he received The Kossuth Prize (Hungarian: Kossuth-díj) to acknowledge outstanding personal and group achievements in the fields of culture and the arts.

References

External links

Port.hu (in Hungarian)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nagy, Ferenc 1946 births Living people 20th-century Hungarian male singers People from Zala County