Omega

Probably the most successful Hungarian rock-band ever sold, Omega was formed in 1962 in Budapest by several friends. The lineup transformed many times during Omega’s early years and there is no constant music design to talk about. Like with a great many other rock and roll groups of the first ’60s, the band’s repertory mainly consisted of tracks by popular United kingdom bands of the time. Just in 1967, if they had been became a member of by Gábor Presser (keyboards, vocals), do they began documenting their own tracks and issue several singles. Presser’s combination of rock and roll with components of jazz and folk became a winning method. In 1968, John Martin, the supervisor from the Spencer Davis Group, asked them for the tour in the uk, where they documented the record Omega: Red Superstar From Hungary for the Decca label. Afterwards that calendar year, they released their initial Hungarian LP Trombitás Frédi és a Rettenetes Emberek (Trumpeter Freddy as well as the Terrible People) that became their 1st golden recording. The band covered their achievement with two following LPs: 10,000 Lépés (10,000 Measures) (1969) and Éjszakai Országút (On the road during the night) (1970). Their 1969 music “Gyöngyhajú lány” (THE LADY With Pearls in Her Locks) became their 1st international strike and it had been reworked from the Scorpions into “White colored Dove” in the middle-’90s. In 1971, keyboardist Gábor Presser and drummer József Laux remaining the band to create another group, Locomotiv GT. Presser was a particularly sensible reduction since he authored most Omega compositions at that time. Also, lyricist Anna Adamis adopted her spouse Laux to his fresh band. The separation issue was later on shown in Omega’s 1971 music “Hütlen Pubátok” (Unfaithful Close friends). With László Benkö, who was simply the band’s unique keyboardist and performed trumpet and flute, reassuming his preliminary placement and Ferenc Debreceni getting the brand new drummer, Omega reached its last lineup: János Kóbor (vocals), Tamás Mihály (bass, vocals), Ferenc Debreceni (drums), György Molnár (guitars), and László Benkö (keyboards, vocals). While under Presser, the band’s audio tended to become relatively psychedelic and fuzzy; with the brand new management, Benkö’s classically affected keyboards and Molnár’s acoustic guitar assumed a very much greater concentrate. Omega’s fourth recording, 200 évvel Az Utolsó Háború Után (200 Years Following the Last Battle) (1972), had not been released because of censorship problems. Nevertheless, the band presented some tunes from that forbidden recording on Unö Omega, an LP documented with some extremely basic equipment throughout a concert tour. The group became a regular visitor in East Germany as well as recorded some tunes in German. In 1973, maker Peter Hauke organized a three-year agreement for them with the Western German label Bacillus. To increase its potential target audience, Omega started to create albums in two individual versions: British and Hungarian. You start with Period Robber (1976) and its own Hungarian counterpart, Identificationörabló, released a 12 months later, the music group shifted toward intensifying rock and roll, with extended instrumental interludes, surging body organ solos, and different electronic “space noises.” Even more albums in the comparable style adopted: Skyrover (and its own Hungarian edition Csillagok útján [1978]), Gammapolis/Gammapolisz (individual British and Hungarian variations, 1979), and Operating (1980) (released in Hungary as Az Arc [The Encounter] [1981]). Nevertheless, the band’s 1980s albums begun to show the most obvious symptoms of innovative stagnation. Immediately after its 13th record, Babylon (1987), and an excellent concert for the occasion from the group’s 25th wedding anniversary, Omega disbanded. The first ’90s noticed the resurgence appealing in Omega. Most of its albums as well as previously unreleased recordings had been released on Compact disc. In 1994, the music group reunited to get a big concert on the Budapest Népstadion with ex-Omega people Gábor Presser and Tamás Somló, aswell as Rudolf Schenker and Klaus Meine through the Scorpions executing as guest superstars. The concert was enormously successful regardless of the pouring rainfall and it had been afterwards released on two CDs as Omegakoncert — Népstadion 1994. Motivated with the enthusiastic reception, the music artists went on to make a brand-new record in 1995, Trans and Dance, and its own shortened English edition Transcendent (1996). The record that designated a go back to Omega’s hard rock and roll roots featured efforts from Gábor Presser and guitarist Tamás Szekeres. In 1998, Omega documented another recording, Egy életre Szól. The same 12 months, the bandmembers had been distinguished using the Hungarian Country wide Award. On Sept 4, 1999, Omega offered another big concert in the Népstadion that was released on the dual Compact disc Omega Koncert Népstadion 1999.