Beatrice (band)
| Beatrice | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Budapest, Hungary |
| Genres | Hard rock, punk rock |
| Years active | 1969–1978 1978–1981 1987–present |
| Labels | MHV Proton Quint Hungaroton EMI |
| Website | beatrice.hu |
| Members |
Nagy Feró Laczik Fecó Magasvári Viktor Nagy Hunor Attila |
| Past members | Lugosi László Miklóska Lajos Donászy Tibor Zselencz László Pálmai Zoltán Vedres József Hirleman Bertalan |
Beatrice is a Hungarian rock band founded by Fero Nagy. Although he was not a trained musician or a talented singer, his stage persona, together with his professional rock instrumentalist partners, made the group one of the most popular hard rock bands in Hungary in the late seventies. They had two notable periods: the early days in the late seventies, when they became rock icons (with songs like "Big City Wolf" and "Jericho", released so later on Banned Songs album, 1993), and a second wave of popularity in the early nineties (with the albums I Hate the Whole XX. Century and The Most Byouthiful Songs of our Childhood). Through dissolutions and re-formings, causing fluctuating popularity, being active even till the recent days, Beatrice is one of the most enduring rock bands in the country.
Beatrice was originally formed in 1969 as a female rock band (the first such in Hungary) covering popular songs like "House of the Rising Sun" from The Animals. The lineup changed several times until the mid-1970s when the constant lineup became: Mónika Csuka (vocals, guitar), Katalin Nagy (keyboards), Kriszta Hamar (bass guitar) and Mária Csuka (drums). No record of any form was made by this formation.
In 1976 singer Feró Nagy, the husband of Mónika Csuka, joined the band. In 1977 Katalin Nagy and Kriszta Hamar left Beatrice. Feró invited guitarist Sándor Bencsik and bassist András Temesvári. With this lineup the band scored mostly disco songs which were highly popular at the time. Their biggest hit was the song "Gyere, kislány, gyere" ("Come, girl, come") which popularized disco and won a radio song contest in the same year. In 1978 Beatrice disbanded, leaving Feró alone. Feró and Csuka divorced soon .
Feró created a whole new band in 1979 with the same name, but with nothing else reminiscent for the previous lineup and style. Beatrice played punk rock music, being the first band in Hungary (in fact it was a harsh hard rock music, being punk only in its attitude and show elements). Their music was cheap and aggressive. Despite in the early times it was not against the Socialist system, in the hgighly overruled atmosphere of the reigning dictatorship its weird humor, foulmothed plain speech and disturbing hanging-out from official standards could not been tolerated by bureau staff, and Beatrice became progressively prohibited and ridden (Fero and other members were even harassed by the police and observed by the so-called „III./III.” secret agent net), while, building up a massive fan community, it also became highly popular, mostly among the working class young people.
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