Byron (band)
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| Byron | |
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| Origin | Romania |
| Genre(s) | Alternative Rock |
| Years active | 2006 – present |
| Label(s) | A&A Records[1] |
| Website | Official Site |
| Members | |
| Dan Byron - vocals, guitar, flute Costin Oprea - guitar 6fingers - keyboards, backing vocals Cristi Matesan - drums Jacob Glick - bass |
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| Former members | |
| Gyergyay Szabolcs - bass (2006-2007) | |
Byron is an Alternative Rock band from Bucharest, Romania
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[edit] History
Byron was formed in 2006 in Bucharest, Romania. Dan Byron, after quitting Urma (band), decided to start a solo project. Costin Oprea is the first to join on guitars, in September 2006, followed by 6fingers on keyboards, then immediately after by Cristi Matesan on drums and, freshly returned from Budapest, Gyergyay Szabolcs (Szabi) on bass. Rehearsals start in October 2006, the project becomes a band. Most of the songs, already written by Dan Byron, are arranged during this month. The debut concert takes place on Dec 1, 2006 in Laptarie (Bucharest). Some noteworthy concerts include Art & Aids Bucharest, Stufstock 2007 - Vama Veche, a 3-band 3-venues simultaneous concert together with Timpuri Noi and Trupa Veche (band). The debut album, Forbidden Drama, structured in acts, like a theater drama, was finished in September – with Victor Panfilov as Musical Producer, mixing & mastering at Real Sound Studio, Bucharest. The album is manufactured and distributed by the Romanian label A&A Records[2]. Forbidden Drama has been launched[3][4] on October 12, 2007, at club Fabrica, Bucharest, followed by a month-long national promotion tour (Forbidden Tour). In January 2008, Gyergyay Szabolcs quit the band due to personal reasons and was replaced on bass by Jacob Glick.
Byron’s music is hard to define; it’s mainly alternative rock with a lot of influences from different musical areas, mostly blues, progressive rock and jazz. We7.com describes it as 'intellectual rock'[5]. All lyrics are written in English and touch aspects of modern man’s condition.
Byron has appeared playing live on several shows on national television TVR2, and has received substantial airplay on Romanian radios such as Radio Guerrilla, City FM, Radio Total, Kiss FM (reaching #1 on the weekly top of Radio Total[6] with the song Essential Piece).
Note: There has been another Romanian heavy metal band named Byron [7], with Dan Byron on vocals, active between 1997 and 1999, but with lyrics written in Romanian. That band split up in 1999 after releasing a demo album. There is no connection between these bands other than the vocalist.
[edit] Line-up
- Dan Byron - vocals, guitar, flute (ex- Kumm (band), Urma (band), Agathodaimon (band))
- Costin Oprea - Guitars (ex- Parlament (band))
- 6fingers - Keyboards, backing vocals (also plays in Magica (band))
- Cristi Matesan - drums (ex- Spin (Romanian band), Oliver (band))
- Jacob Glick - bass
[edit] Former members
- Gyergyay Szabolcs - bass
[edit] Discography
- Forbidden Drama (2007)
Tracklist:
ACT 1
1. Fake Life
2. Forbidden Drama
3. Crossroads
4. Watercolor
ACT 2
5. Losing Control
6. The Dawn Of A Drunk Bum
7. Far Away
8. Annoying Detail
ACT 3
9. On The Road
10. Essential Piece
11. Blow Up My Tears
12. No Man's Land
EPILOGUE
13. Toast Proposal
[edit] References
- ^ Forbidden Drama, 2007
- ^ Forbidden Drama, 2007
- ^ Jurnalul National | Muzica | Noul album Byron
- ^ http://www.adevarul.ro/articole/forbidden-drama-cu-trupa-byron/328108
- ^ Forbidden Drama - Byron - Free Music Downloads - Music Promotion - We7
- ^ Radio Total - Top
- ^ Trupa Byron - Free Music Downloads - MP3 Downloads - Download.com Music
