Artist: Omega Genre(s):
Rock: Hard-Rock
Rock
Discography:
Trans and Dance Year: 1995
Tracks: 12
XIII. Babylon Year: 1987
Tracks: 8
Omega XII Year: 1986
Tracks: 10
Omega XI Year: 1982
Tracks: 10
Omega X Year: 1980
Tracks: 12
Gammapolis Year: 1979
Tracks: 8
Skyrover Year: 1978
Tracks: 9
Omega 7 Year: 1978
Tracks: 7
Omega 6 Year: 1977
Tracks: 8
Omega 5 Year: 1973
Tracks: 12
Living Omega Year: 1972
Tracks: 9
On The Highway At Night Year: 1970
Tracks: 12
Ten Thousand Steps Year: 1969
Tracks: 10
Tromboner Freddie and Terrible People Year: 1968
Tracks: 11
The virtually successful Magyar tilt band in history, Omega was formed in 1962 in Capital of Hungary by a mathematical group of friends. The batting order changed various times during Omega's early geezerhood and on that item was no consistent music style to address of. Like with many other stone groups of the early '60s, the band's repertory largely consisted of songs by democratic British bands of the period. Only in 1967, when they were united by Gábor Presser (keyboards, vocals), did they began transcription their possess songs and issue a few singles. Presser's confection of stone with elements of malarky and folks proven to be a victorious formula. In 1968, Trick Martin, the coach of the Herbert Spencer Jefferson Davis Group, invited them for a term of enlistment in Great UK, where they recorded the record record album
Z: Red Principal From Magyarorszag for the Decca judge. By and by that class, they issued their first class honours arcdegree Magyar LP
Trombitás Frédi és a Rettenetes Emberek (Cornetist wander Freddy and the Terrible People) that became their first base base golden album. The ring certain their winner with deuce subsequent LPs:
10,000 Lépés (10,000 Steps) (1969) and
Éjszakai Országút (On the Main road at Nighttime) (1970). Their 1969 birdsong "Gyöngyhajú lány" (The Female child With Pearls in Her Tomentum) became their first infrastructure international rack up and it was reworked by the Scorpions into "Saint Patrick White Dove" in the mid-'90s.
In 1971, keyboardist Gábor Presser and drummer József Laux left field the band to chassis more or less other mathematical group, Locomotiv GT. Presser was an specially sensible release since he authored nigh Omega compositions at the fourth dimension. Likewise, lyricist Anna Adamis followed her hubby Laux to his birthday suit striation. The breakup yield was later reflected in Omega's 1971 birdcall "Hütlen Barátok" (Unfaithful Friends). With László Benkö, world Wellness Arrangement was the band's original keyboardist and then played trumpet and champagne flute, reassuming his initial post and Ferenc Debreceni becoming the new drummer, Omega reached its concluding batten ordination: János Kóbor (vocals), Tamás Mihály (bass, vocals), Ferenc Debreceni (drums), György Molnár (guitars), and László Benkö (keyboards, vocals). While under Presser, the band's sound tended to be more or less psychedelic and fuzzy; with the fresh leadership, Benkö's classically influenced keyboards and Molnár's guitar place on a much greater focal point.
Omega's fourth part record album,
two 100 évvel Az Utolsó Háború Után (200 Age Afterward the Last War) (1972), was non released due to censorship problems. Nonetheless, the ring featured close to songs from that prohibited record album on Elö Z, an LP recorded with more or less selfsame bASIC equipment during a concert go. The chemical group became a patronize client in Eastern United States Federal Republic of Germany and even recorded approximately songs in German. In 1973, manufacturing business Saint Peter the Apostle Hauke arranged a three-year concentrate for them with the West High German pronounce Bacillus. To inflate its potential drop hearing, Omega began to grow albums in deuce occur apart versions: English and Magyar. Offset with
Time Robber (1976) and its Magyar similitude, Idörabló, released a family later, the stripe shifted toward imperfect tense john Rock, with lengthy subservient interludes, billowy organ solos, and various electronic "space sounds." To a greater extent albums in the similar style followed:
Skyrover (and its Magyar interlingual rendition Csillagok útján [1978]),
Gammapolis/
Gammapolisz (contribution English and Magyar versions, 1979), and
Running (1980) (released in Magyarorszag as Az Bow [The Face] [1981]). However, the band's 1880s albums began to show the obvious signs of creative stagnation. Before long later its 13th record album,
Babylon (1987), and a great concert on the occasion of the group's 25th day of memorial, Omega disbanded.
The early '90s saw the revitalisation of interest in Z. All of its albums and even antecedently unreleased recordings were issued on CD. In 1994, the ring reunited for a heavy concert at the Capital of Hungary Népstadion with ex-Omega members Gábor Presser and Tamás Somló, as well as Rudolf Schenker and Klaus Meine from the Scorpions acting as invitee stars. The concert was tremendously successful despite the pouring rainwater and it was by and by released on dickens CDs as Omegakoncert -- Népstadion 1994. Inspired by the enthusiastic reception, the musicians went on to lend forth a new record album in 1995, Trans and Terpsichore, and its shorten English people version Transcendent (1996). The felon record that marked a take back to Omega's dish stone roots featured contributions from Gábor Presser and guitarist Tamás Szekeres. In 1998, Omega recorded or so other track record album, Egy életre Szól. The lapplander year, the bandmembers were distinguished with the Hungarian Subject Laurels. On Sep 4, 1999, Omega gave around other magnanimous concert at the Népstadion that was issued on the double CD Omega Koncert Népstadion 1999.
