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Rádió Rock 95.8
Rádió Rock 95.8 was a Hungary, Hungarian rock music Radio broadcasting, radio station. It was the only radio station in Hungary which broadcast rock music exclusively. History On 17 May 2016, the Rádió Rock began broadcasting. The radio station aimed to gain 2,5 million listeners therefore it is available online as well. On February 1, 2019, the broadcast was terminated and Slager FM took the frequency. Rádió Rock's main principle is to give possibility to the Hungarian rock, Hungarian alternative, Hungarian indie, indie and Hungarian metal, metal music scenes. Hungarian metal bands like The Idoru, Ektomorf, FreshFabrik could debut in a Hungarian radio station for the first time. The radio station also airs songs by Hungarian alternative bands such as Heaven Street Seven, The Trousers (band), The Trousers and Ivan and The Parazol, C.A.F.B., Warpigs (band), Warpigs which were excluded from other Hungarian radio stations. The Budapest indie music scene was also given the po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rock Music
Rock is a Music genre, genre of popular music that originated in the United States as "rock and roll" in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of styles from the mid-1960s, primarily in the United States and the United Kingdom. It has its roots in rock and roll, a style that drew from the black musical genres of blues and rhythm and blues, as well as from country music. Rock also drew strongly from genres such as electric blues and folk music, folk, and incorporated influences from jazz and other styles. Rock is typically centered on the electric guitar, usually as part of a rock group with electric bass guitar, drum kit, drums, and one or more singers. Usually, rock is song-based music with a Time signature, time signature and using a verse–chorus form; however, the genre has become extremely diverse. Like pop music, lyrics often stress romantic love but also address a wide variety of other themes that are frequently social or political. Rock was the most p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FreshFabrik
FreshFabrik is a Hungarian industrial music, industrial nu metal band consisting of Szabolcs Oláh aka Q, (kju:) (vocals, guitars), András Szabó (drums) and Levente Kovács (bass & programming) and László Szvoboda (guitars, vox, synth.). FreshFabrik is the first Hungarian English-singing rock/metal band using DJ and Rap music, rap performances, and the first Hungarian rock/metal band contracted to a major record label. FreshFabrik is one of the best-selling English-singing Hungarian rock bands of all time. After a three-year break, in 2011 they released a brand-new album ''MORA (album), MORA''. In 2013, after a successful 20 years anniversary tour, FreshFabrik released a new single, and video Higher & Higher (Rock to the Boogie-Woogie) with reunited members: Istvan Horvath and Matyas Koncz. History Years of beginning FreshFabrik was founded by Andras Szabó and Levente Kovács in 1993 in music, 1993, in Budapest, Hungary. In the autumn of 1994 the band was introduced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defunct Mass Media In Hungary
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Dawnstar (band)
Dawnstar are an indie-rock band from Budapest, Hungary. The band's original line-up includes the songwriter Attila Wind (vocals/guitars), Bálint Hamvas (bass), and Viktor Albert (drums). The sound of the band is generally a mix of flanging and light Distortion (music), distorted guitars, throbbing bass, and enchanting keyboard melodies. Dawnstar represents a mixture of mid-1960s Psychedelic rock, psychedelic, late 1970s Gothic rock, goth, mid-1980s grunge and 1990s indie rock of the Budapest indie music scene. History Formation Wind, born to an English people, English father from Sunderland and Hungarian people, Hungarian mother from Budapest, met Hamvas in the mid-1990s at the Teleki Blanka Gymnasium in Budapest, Hungary. In 1999 they formed Ansellia, named after the eponymous orchid, as a duo project and recorded their first Demo (music), demo, ''Eunomia''. In 2000 Wind composed eight new tracks which were recorded in Piliscsaba. This demo entitled ''Vanity'' helped the band re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Budapest Indie Music Scene
Budapest indie music scene was the indie music scene of Budapest, Hungary in the 2000s. It was often associated with bands like Amber Smith, The Moog, EZ Basic and We Are Rockstars. History Beginnings The early 2000s was the revival of the indie music scene all over the world, which affected Hungary as well. One of the earliest Hungarian band playing indie rock Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom, United States and New Zealand in the early to mid-1980s. Although the term was originally used to describe rock music released through independent reco ... were The Puzzle from Kaposvár. They were the first band whose record, entitled ''Dream Your Life'', was released by an international label, PolyGram in 2000. Successes On 10 March 2006, Amber Smith's third studio album, ''RePRINT (album), RePRINT'', was released by the German people, German Kalinkaland Records. The album included the song ''Hello Sun'' which bro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Warpigs (band)
Warpigs was a Hungarian rock band formed in 1993 . History After several member changes, the classic lineup from 1997 consisted of the two Eszenyi brothers, György Újhelyi and Bálint Gátos. They split in 1999 with singer Péter Eszenyi leaving the band. Several singers were drafted to replace him, including Marci Lombos and Chris Alexander, but none of them stayed for long. In 2006 they started playing together again with Eszenyi as singer. Bassist Bálint Gátos has been replaced with Péter Szabó (Igor, HAW) at concerts during the 2010s. They haven't been active in the 2020s. In the 1990s they played at several high-profile gigs and festivals including Sziget Festival in Budapest and Volt Festival in Sopron, as well as opening for Dog Eat Dog, Bon Jovi, Biohazard and KISS. The band took their name from the song War Pigs by British heavy metal rockers Black Sabbath from their 1970 album, ''Paranoid''. Faith No More, which influenced the music of Warpigs, also did a cov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan And The Parazol
Ivan & The Parazol are a Hungarian indie-garage rock band based in Budapest, Hungary. The band incorporates influences from the 1960s and the 1970s. The band have played hundreds of gigs mainly all over Hungary with Heaven Street Seven and several shows in Europe or in The United States. The band's first hit was ''Take My Hand'', which was a number one song for 10 weeks on the Hungarian national radio station, MR2 Petőfi Rádió. History The band was formed by Iván Vitáris (vocals), Máté Balla (guitars), János Tarnai (bass), István Beke (keyboards) and Bálint Simon (drums) in Budapest, Hungary. In September 2010 the band shot the video called ''Marshall'' which resulted their nomination for the Hungarian Music Television in the category of brand new bands. In October 2011, Ivan & The Parazol shot the video ''In Air''. The song later became a number one song in the Hungarian radio station, Petőfi Rádió. In January 2012 the band were invited to play an acoustic show ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Trousers (band)
The Trousers are a Hungarian indie-garage rock band based in Budapest, Hungary. Their second LP Soul Machine was nominated as "The best hard rock/HM album of the year" in Hungary. They are most noted internationally for their songs used in Hawaii Five-O in the United States. History The band were formed by Zoltán Kőváry, who previously gained popularity as the guitarist of the Hungarian indie band Amber Smith, in Budapest, Hungary. The Trousers were influenced by the 60s and 70s garage rock, hard rock, soul bands such as The Hellacopters or BRMC. Their first EP entitled ''Dive Insane'' was released in 2007 and the single ''Blood For You'' topped Hungarian Radio for three weeks. The album was released in the United States and France later. In 2008 their first LP was released entitled Planetary Process which helped the band to play at international festivals such as Melt! Festival in Germany, Botanique Club - Boutique Rock in Belgium, and Gutter City Garage Rock Festival ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heaven Street Seven
Heaven Street Seven (also known as HS7) was a Hungarian alternative rock band founded in 1995 by Krisztián Szűcs, Róbert Németh and Gyula Orbán. Later that year Gábor Balczer joined the band. History In 2006 Heaven Street Seven won an EBBA Award. Every year the European Border Breakers AwardsEBBA recognize the success of ten emerging artists or groups who reached audiences outside their own countries with their first internationally released album in the past year. Discography ;Albums *''Tick Tock No Fear'' (1995) *''Goal'' (1997) *''Budapest Dolls'' (1998) *''Cukor'' (2000) *''Kisfilmek a nagyvilágból'' (2002) *''Szállj ki és gyalogolj'' (2004) *''Tick Tock No Fear'' (2005) *''Tudom, hogy szeretsz titokban'' (2006) *''Sordid Little Symphonies'' (2007) *''Jazz'' (2008) See also *Budapest indie music scene Budapest indie music scene was the indie music scene of Budapest, Hungary in the 2000s. It was often associated with bands like Amber Smith, The Moog, EZ Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ektomorf
Ektomorf is a Hungarian heavy metal band. History Ektomorf was founded in 1993 in Mezőkovácsháza, Hungary, a small city near the Romanian border, by Zoltán "Zoli/Zotya" Farkas. In the actual lineup, Zoli/Zotya (songwriter and leader of the band) is the only remaining founder member. The band is completed by Ábris Hagya (lead guitar), Csaba Zahorán (bass) and Ákos Kobela (drums). Due to his Romani background, Farkas saw himself confronted with racism and prejudices, which is why the band had to put years of work into its international career. Their breakthrough came when Ektomorf started collaboration with Danish producer Tue Madsen in 2003. From 2002 to 2022, Ektomorf released sixteen studio albums and one live album. In September 2016, the band's single ''Az vagyok, aki voltam'' debuted on Rádió Rock 95.8. The band is planning to play a concert in Moscow, Russia on May 14, 2025. This will be the first concert by a European metal band since Russia's open invasion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hungarian Language
Hungarian, or Magyar (, ), is an Ugric language of the Uralic language family spoken in Hungary and parts of several neighboring countries. It is the official language of Hungary and one of the 24 official languages of the European Union. Outside Hungary, it is also spoken by Hungarians, Hungarian communities in southern Slovakia, western Ukraine (Zakarpattia Oblast, Transcarpathia), central and western Romania (Transylvania), northern Serbia (Vojvodina), northern Croatia, northeastern Slovenia (Prekmurje), and eastern Austria (Burgenland). It is also spoken by Hungarian diaspora communities worldwide, especially in North America (particularly the Hungarian Americans, United States and Canada) and Israel. With 14 million speakers, it is the Uralic family's most widely spoken language. Classification Hungarian is a member of the Uralic language family. Linguistic connections between Hungarian and other Uralic languages were noticed in the 1670s, and the family's existenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Idoru
The Idoru is a post-hardcore band from Budapest, Hungary. It was formed in 2003 by ex-members of the Hungarian hard-core and metalcore band Newborn. The original line-up consisted of Tibor Szalkai (guitars), Gábor Nagy (guitars), Mátyás Mohácsi (bass), Denis Valach (drums) and András Bödecs (vocals). However, three of the original members (Bödecs, Szabó and Mohácsi) left the band in 2009. The Idoru gained popularity with the success of their song "Monochrome" from the third studio album ''Monologue''. The band has performed numerous events worldwide and was twice the winner of the national Hungarian Music Awards (Fonogram) for "Best Hard Rock/Metal Album of the Year" in 2010 and 2012, respectively. History 2003–2005: Formation and ''Brand New Way, Brand New Situation'' The Idoru established in 2003 and started their career with local performances in Hungary. During the fall, they started the arrangement of their first studio material, which resulted in live appear ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
