Ivan & The Parazol
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Budapest, Hungary |
| Genres | Garage rock, Psychedelic rock, Hard rock |
| Years active | 2010-present |
| Website | www.ivanandtheparazol.com/ |
| Members |
Máté Balla István Beke Bálint Simon János Tarnai Iván Vitáris |
| Ivan & The Parazol discography | |
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| Studio albums | 3 |
| Music videos | 7 |
| EPs | 2 |
| Singles | 0 |
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.
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 at the MR2 Petőfi rádió's MR2 Acoustic series.
In January 2012 the band's first EP entitled Yellow Flavour was released including the Hungarian version of In Air entitled Jól Áll Nekem Az Élet (The Life Suits Me).
In August 2012, the band hired Zoltán Takács as the producer of their first full-length studio album. The band recorded their album at the Abnormal Studios in Budapest with László Philipp as recording engineer.
In September 2012 the Drum & Monkey Records released Ivan & The Parazol's first album entitled Mama Don't You Recognize Ivan & The Parazol?. The outlay of the record was designed by Melinda Hujber.
On 13 March 2013, Ivan & The Parazol played at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, The United States.
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