Imre Poniklo

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The native form of this personal name is Poniklo Imre. This article uses the Western name order.
Imre Poniklo
Birth name Imre Poniklo
Also known as Poniklo
Born (1974-10-16) 16 October 1974
Budapest, Hungary
Genres indie rock, indie pop, alternative rock, post-punk, post-punk revival
Instruments vocals, guitar, piano
Years active 1997–present
Labels Kalinkaland, Twelvetones, Firestation
Associated acts Amber Smith, Poniklo, The Poster Boy, Krapulax & Bellepomme, Salt III, Yonderboi
Website Amber Smith official
Poniklo Twelvetones
SALT III. Official
Notable instruments
Fender Jaguar
Epiphone Casino
Gibson ES-325

Imre Poniklo (born 16 October 1974) is a Hungarian indie musician, best known as the lead singer, songwriter, lyricist and guitarist of the indie rock band Amber Smith. He is also a solo artist under the name Poniklo. As a singer, Poniklo's voice lies in the baritone range.

Early life and personal life

Poniklo was born in Budapest, Hungary. He started becoming interested in pop music at the age of 12. Since 1988 he has been a big fan of the Madchester artists such as The Smiths and Morrissey. However, his first vinyl record was of Pet Shop Boys's Actually.[1] Poniklo attended the School of Journalism of Bálint György for one year. However, after one year he realized that journalism is not his field. In 1995 he became friends with József Simon, who has been the album designer of Amber Smith, after seeing his advertisement in the Magyar Narancs. Simon was recruiting musicians in order to form a band who like The Smiths. Poniklo and Simon started writing songs together and formed the band Fanzine.

In 2010 Poniklo's relationship with his first wife deteriorated and they decided to separate and then later to get divorce. Poniklo composed the album called Amber Smith during this period which obviously reflects his sadness and disappointment in his life.

In 2011 Poniklo entered into a relationship with Berta Tonelli and on 7 June 2013 Poniklo's second child, Barnabás Poniklo, was born in Budapest.

Amber Smith

Main article: Amber Smith (band)

Poniklo is the founding member of Amber Smith. Poniklo is the co-author and signer of the song Were You Thinking of Me? on Yonderboi's second studio album Splendid Isolation.

Solo project

Poniklo's first full length studio album, entitled Poniklo, was released by Twelvetones Recors under exclusive license from EMI services in October 2009.[2] He recruited Michael Kentish (The Random Chocolates) as bass guitarist, Bence Bátor as drummer. The album was mastered by Paul Ven der Jockheyd at Foon Mastering Studios in Belgium. Poniklo asked his friend Jose Simon, who previously designed the covers of the Amber Smith albums, to design the cover for his solo album. The album contains the track called Tomi which was probably written about The Moog's frontman Tamás Szabó nicknamed Tomi. The song has the line ″De miért kell dalokat írnos, ha nem szólnak semmiről?″ (in English: ″But why do you have write songs if they are about nothing?″.[3]

On 27 September 2013, Poniklo is expected to return on the stage after spending a couple of months in silence.

Discography

As a solo artist:

  • Poniklo (2009)

With Amber Smith:

With The Poster Boy:

  • Things We Had Time For (2012)
  • Melody (2012)

With SALT III.:

  • SALT III. (2013)

Instruments

See also

References

  1. ↑ ""Igen csinos kis színterünk van" – Amber Smith". EST. 13 February 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2008. 
  2. ↑ "Poniklo - Twelvetones". Twelvetones. 25 November 2009. Retrieved 26 November 2009. 
  3. ↑ "Poniklo - Tomi". Zeneszöveg. 19 August 2013. 

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