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Karthago (band)
Karthago is a Hungarian rock band, one of the most popular during the eighties, playing American-style west coast rock ( AOR). Disambiguation with the early 70s German band Karthago Band history The band was founded in 1979 by Ferenc Szigeti, releasing their self-titled debut album in 1981, which sold 178.000 copies and established the band's fame. After winning an international contest in Austria, they got a two-record deal for Western Europe. They toured Austria, East Germany and other Soviet Bloc countries. The band broke up in 1985 but in they reunited for a concert at Petőfi Csarnok, Budapest Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by popul ... in 1990, followed by two others in 1997 and 2000. The band then started a 15-stop tour in 2003, culminating in their first new album af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Album-oriented Rock
Album-oriented rock (AOR, originally called album-oriented radio) is an FM radio format created in the United States in the late 1960s that focuses on the full repertoire of rock albums and is currently associated with classic rock. US radio stations dedicated to playing album tracks by rock artists from the hard rock and progressive rock genres initially established album-oriented radio. In the mid-1970s, AOR was characterized by a layered, mellifluous sound and sophisticated production with considerable dependence on melodic hooks. The AOR format achieved tremendous popularity in the late 1960s to the early 1980s through research and formal programming to create an album rock format with great commercial appeal. From the early 1980s onward, the abbreviation AOR transitioned from "album-oriented radio" to "album-oriented rock", meaning radio stations specialized in classic rock recorded during the late 1960s and 1970s. The term is also commonly conflated with " adult-or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ferenc Szigeti
Ferenc () is a given name of Hungarian origin. It is a cognate of Francis, Francisco, Francesco, François, Frank and Franz. People with the name include: * Ferenc Batthyány (1497–1566), Hungarian magnate and general * Ferenc Bene (1944–2006), Hungarian footballer * Ferenc Berényi (1927–2004), Hungarian artist * Ferenc Bessenyei (1919–2004), Hungarian actor * Ferenc Csik (1913–1945), Hungarian swimmer * Ferenc Deák (politician) (1803–1876), Hungarian statesman, Minister of Justice * Ferenc Deák (footballer) (1922–1998), Hungarian footballer * Ferenc Erkel (c. 1810–1893), Hungarian composer and conductor * Ferenc Farkas de Boldogfa (1713–1770), Hungarian nobleman * Ferenc Farkas (Jesuit priest) (1742–1807), Hungarian Jesuit priest * Ferenc Farkas (Zala county auditor) (1838–1908), Hungarian nobleman * Ferenc Farkas (1905–2000), Hungarian composer * Ferenc Fekete (1914–1981), Hungarian cinematographer * Ferenc Fricsay (1914–1963), Hungarian con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Petőfi Csarnok
Petőfi Csarnok (, "Petőfi Hall"), often called PeCsa, was a leisure center and concert hall in Budapest, Hungary from 2016 to 2017. Placed in the Városliget, it was a famous concert spot for pop/rock music, serving as a home for cultural programs, exhibitions and fan clubs. The building consisted of a 1020 square metre hall, and an open stage with a guest capacity of 4500 people. After a number of delays, the building was finally demolished in early 2017 as part of the reconstruction of the surrounding park. History The predecessor of the building was the ''Iparcsarnok'', an exhibition building built in 1885. The building has been seriously damaged in World War II, followed by its demolition. Later the ''Budapest International Fair'' built a pavilion on its foundations. By the end of the seventies, the city's former youth center, the ''Budapesti Ifjúsági Park'' was in dire condition, so the city council decided upon the building of the Petőfi Csarnok, expanding the forme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Budapest
Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the List of cities and towns on the river Danube, second-largest city on the river Danube. The estimated population of the city in 2025 is 1,782,240. This includes the city's population and surrounding suburban areas, over a land area of about . Budapest, which is both a List of cities and towns of Hungary, city and Counties of Hungary, municipality, forms the centre of the Budapest metropolitan area, which has an area of and a population of 3,019,479. It is a primate city, constituting 33% of the population of Hungary. The history of Budapest began when an early Celts, Celtic settlement transformed into the Ancient Rome, Roman town of Aquincum, the capital of Pannonia Inferior, Lower Pannonia. The Hungarian p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hungarian Rock Music Groups
Hungarian may refer to: * Hungary, a country in Central Europe * Kingdom of Hungary, state of Hungary, existing between 1000 and 1946 * Hungarians/Magyars, ethnic groups in Hungary * Hungarian algorithm, a polynomial time algorithm for solving the assignment problem * Hungarian language, a Uralic language spoken in Hungary and all neighbouring countries * Hungarian notation, a naming convention in computer programming * Hungarian cuisine Hungarian or Magyar cuisine (Hungarian language, Hungarian: ''Magyar konyha'') is the cuisine characteristic of the nation of Hungary, and its primary ethnic group, the Hungarians, Magyars. Hungarian cuisine has been described as being the P ..., the cuisine of Hungary and the Hungarians See also * * {{disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
