Pasărea Rock (English: "The Rock Bird") is a

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formed in February 2014, in

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by three former members of the legendary band

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(lead vocals),

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(bass), and

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(drums). The first line-up included another Transsylvania Phoenix member — Cristi Gram on lead guitar — along with Vlady Cnejevici on keyboards and Teo Boar on guitar. Later, they were replaced by Sorin Voinea (keyboards) and Nicu Patoi (lead guitar). The band's sound is a fusion between

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and

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, along with symphonic elements. Most of the new songs are composed by Josef Kappl; the lyrics are written mainly by Florin Dumitrescu. The setlist of Pasărea Rock also includes a few songs borrowed from Transsylvania Phoenix repertory and from Mircea Baniciu's solo career. In September 2016, Pasărea Rock released its first full-length album: ''Legenda'' (''The Legend''). In December 2020, founding member Mircea Baniciu is replaced by Codruț Croitoru.

Band members

– bass guitar, keyboards, vocals, songwriter, leader (since February 2014) *

– drums, percussion (since February 2014) * Sorin Voinea – keyboards, programming, backing vocals (since May 2015) * Nicu Patoi – electric and acoustic guitars (since August 2015) * Narcis Tran-Korsar – acoustic and double-six guitars, vocals (since December 2018) * Codruț Croitoru – lead vocals (since December 2020) *

– lead vocals, acoustic guitar (February 2014–December 2020) * Cristi Gram – electric and acoustic guitars (February 2014–August 2015) * Vlady Cnejevici – keyboards, programming, backing vocals (February 2014–May 2015) * Teo Boar – electric and acoustic guitars (February 2014–May 2015)

Discography

* ''Pe Argeș în jos'' (''On Argeș downstream'') (promotional maxi-single, 2008) ¹ * ''Legenda'' (''The Legend'') (promotional maxi-single, 2014) * ''Călușandra'' (''The Calusandra'') (promotional EP, 2015) * ''Legenda'' (''The Legend'') (studio album, 2016) * ''Cavalcada'' (''The Cavalcade'') (studio album, 2021) ;Note: * 1 – Released as a maxi-single by Baniciu & Kappl, before the establishment of Pasărea Rock.

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