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Tankcsapda

Tankcsapda (means: dragon's teeth - a fortification against tanks) is one of the most popular rock bands in Hungary. The three current members are: László Lukács (vocals, bass), Tamás Fejes (drums), Levente Molnár aka Cseresznye (guitar). Their music is similar to Motörhead's, but with Hungarian characteristics. The band's influence on the Hungarian rock scene is obvious and unquestioned. The band was formed in 1989 and became well-known by the album titled A legjobb Méreg (especially by the track with the same title: A legjobb méreg) in 1992.

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Charlie

At least four artists run under the name 'Charlie' : 1) An Italo Disco songwriter
2) An NYC Based R&B singer-songwriter
3) An English rockgroup
4) A Hungarian singer
5) A Danish "Popstars" contestant
6) A French "Chansons" singer
1) An Italo Disco songwriter Charlie is a one-time moniker of Maurizio Cavalieri, used for the release of the song Spacer Woman. M. Cavalieri was also part of the bands Firefly (his first and longest running dance-oriented project, along with Maurizio Sangineto), I.M.S and tons of other italian disco and italo disco side projects.

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Archaic

Archaic was formed by 3 ex-members of Braindeath (2001-2004, Hungary) in 2004, setting a new path in musical experience - mainly thrash coloured with many kinds of other influences - but still based on the old style of the group. Among a couple of concerts, the band had its second blitzkrieg in Kiev (Ukraine) the same year, but for the first time under the name Archaic. The members have decided to record the first album and started prepare for the big event.

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György Kurtág

György Kurtág was born on 19th February 1926 at Lugoj in Romania, not far from the birthplace of fellow hungarian György Ligeti. Both young composers hoped to study with Béla Bartók in Budapest in 1945, but Bartók died in America and Kurtág went on to study piano, composition and chamber music with other teachers at the Budapest Academy. Among his early works was a Korean Cantata which expressed solidarity with the North Koreans in the Korean War against the US, but he reached the age of thirty-three before he was willing to give any of his works opus numbers.

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Pandora's Box

There are four bands named Pandora's Box:
1) a Hungarian hard rock band formed in 1980
2) a Jim Steinman studio group, formed in 1989
3) a Philippine nu metal heavy metal band featured in the MusikMAX BICOL compilation CD.
4) a Psytrance duo from Argentina producing darkish sounds. 1)In 1979 Gyula Vikidál left the legendary band P.Mobil and entered Dinamit. A year after Sándor Bencsik "Samu" (lead guitars) and István Cserháty "Pityi" (Hammond organ) left P.Mobil as well and formed a new band named Pandora's Box after the title of a Procol Harum. The

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Amulet

There are more than one band named Amulet;
1) Norwegian Band
After a week of borrowing each other's records, Amulet recorded their first demo in September 1993. Little did they know that this was the beginning of a working relationship spanning over a decade. They formed as a three piece with Lars Rasmussen on guitar, Torgny Amdam on vocals/drums and Arne Haabeth on bass. The two first official releases dabbled in teenage sentimentality: the self-titled debut and the Engrave EP were before emo achieved genre-status.

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Turbo

There is more than one artist with this name: 1) Turbo is a metal band. It was started in January 1980 by Henryk Tomczak (formerly in Stress and Heam, both pioneering groups). The first line-up were formed by Wojciech Hoffmann – guitar, Wojciech Anioła – drums and Wojciech Sowula – vocals. Soon a single was released, the tracks being W środku tej nocy (Deep in the Night) and Byłem z tobą tyle lat (So many years with you).

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