Locomotiv GT

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Locomotiv GT
General information
Genre (s) Rock , progressive rock , jazz rock
founding 1971, 1997
resolution 1992, 2016
Website http://www.lgt.hu/
Founding members
Gábor Presser
József Laux († 2016)
Károly Frenreisz
Tamás Barta
Last occupation
Keyboard, vocals
 Gábor Presser
Bass, flute , saxophone
Tamás Somló († 2016)
Guitar, vocals
 János Karácsony
Drums
 János Solti

Locomotiv GT ( LGT for short ) was a Hungarian rock band. It existed from 1971 to 1992. In 1997 it was re-convened by Gábor Presser and existed from then until the deaths of Tamás Somló and József Laux in 2016.

history

Locomotiv GT was founded on April 6, 1971 in Budapest by former members of the band Omega , keyboardist and singer Gábor Presser and drummer József Laux. Károly Frenreisz joined the band Metro as bass guitarist and guitarist Tamás Barta previously played for Hungaria . The fifth, unofficial founding member was the lawyer and wife of Laux, Anna Adamis, who wrote the lyrics for the band. The compositions came mainly from Presser.

In December 1971 her debut album was released on the Hungarian label Pepita . In the same year the band took part in the World Popular Song Festival in Tokyo and a year later in the Great Western Express Festival in Lincoln . In 1973 Frenreisz left the band and formed the band Skorpio . Tamás Somló came for him. In 1974 the band undertook a longer tour through North America and performed together with American bands such as ZZ Top , Lynyrd Skynyrd , Chicago , Aerosmith and the Eagles . Further tours abroad in Europe, especially Eastern Europe, followed. Locomotiv GT achieved far greater successes abroad than at home. The band released several LPs in English, including with Jack Bruce . In the GDR , the band was best known for the music for the musical Fictional Report about an American pop festival by Tibor Déry . The Hungarian LP for the piece, recorded in 1973 with actors from the Budapest Comedy , sold 50,000 copies. In the GDR, the musical was staged for the first time in February 1976 at the Meininger Theater with the Meiningen rock band "Pli". The musical was also staged in Leipzig in a production by Karl Georg Kayser , rearranged by Thomas Bürkholz and performed musically by the Leipzig band SET in 1977 at the Schauspielhaus. Already at the beginning of the 1970s the titles Geh nie wieder , Eine Kuckucksarmbanduhr , Help me to fall asleep and I'm waiting for you somewhere with German texts by Kurt Demmler were published by Amiga .

There was another line-up in the band in 1974 when Barta left. János Karácsony from General came for him . Laux left the band in 1976 and was replaced by János Solti. In 1992 the band broke up, in 1997 it was re-founded by Presser. With the line-up, the band increasingly oriented itself towards jazz rock, but never lost its typical sound, which was characterized by Presser's concise blues voice and the virtuosity of all band members. After the death of the members Tamás Somló and József Laux, the final breakup of the band was announced in September 2016.

Discography

Studio albums

  • 1971: Locomotiv GT (Pepita)
  • 1972: Ringasd el Magad (Pepita)
  • 1973: Boom! (Pepita)
  • 1975: Mindig Magasabbra (Pepita)
  • 1976: Locomotiv GT V. (Pepita, double album)
  • 1976: Motor City Rock (Supraphon, English language versions)
  • 1977: Zene (Pepita)
  • 1978: Mindenki (Pepita)
  • 1980: LOKSI (Pepita, double album)
  • 1982: Locomotiv GT X. (Pepita)
  • 1984: Ellenfel Nelkül (Hungaroton)
  • 1997: 424 - Mozdonyopera (BMG Ariola Hungary)
  • 2002: A fiúk a kocsmába mentek (BMG Hungary)

Live albums, English language versions and compilations (selection)

  • 1974: Locomotiv GT (ABC-Dunhill Records)
  • 1975: All Aboard (ABC Records, English-language studio version)
  • 1975: Locomotiv GT - Life in Warsaw (Muza, concert recording)
  • 1978: Arany album 1971-1976 (Pepita, best-of collection as a double album)
  • 1980: Locomotiv GT - International (Pepita)
  • 1983: Azala gum (Pepita)
  • 1983: Too Long (EMI, English version of Locomotiv GT X. )
  • 1988: LP '74 USA (favorite)
  • 2014: Legendás dalok 1st (HU: Tenfold platinum× 10Tenfold platinum )
  • 2014: Legendás dalok 2nd (HU:Six-fold platinum× 6Six-fold platinum )

CDs

  • 1991: Locomotiv GT - A összes naggylemeze (Hungaroton)
  • 1992: Locomotiv GT - A összes naggylemeze I and II (Hungaroton) / Bucsukoncert (Posta Bank) / Locomotiv GT (Hungaroton)
  • 1998: Golden Ballads (ATR Music) / Romantic Ballads (ATR Music)

All studio albums have been released in CD versions since 1992

literature

  • HP Hofmann: Beat Lexicon. Performers, authors, technical terms . VEB Lied der Zeit Musikverlag, Berlin (East) 1977.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ HP Hofmann: Beat Lexicon. Lied der Zeit, Berlin 1977, p. 125
  2. ↑ Melody and Rhythm , Issue 9/1977, Berlin (East)
  3. ↑ Locomotiv GT - Help me fall asleep / I'll wait for you somewhere. Retrieved September 17, 2017 (English).
  4. ↑ Locomotiv GT on ostmusik.de ( Memento from April 20, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (archive version), accessed on April 17, 2014
  5. ↑ Article in the magazine Ritmus . Retrieved November 7, 2016 .
  6. ↑ News on RTL. Retrieved November 7, 2016 .
  7. ↑ Awards for music sales: HU