Mircea Baniciu (; born 31 July 1949) is a Romanian musician, singer, and songwriter. Originally known as the lead singer of the
Romanian rock group
Phoenix, Baniciu quit the group when they illegally fled Romania for
West Germany
West Germany was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. It is sometimes known as the Bonn Republi ...
in 1977, continuing his career as a successful solo singer throughout the 1980s before forming a folk
supergroup in 1992 with fellow musicians Mircea Vintilă, Vlady Cnejevici, and
Florian Pittiș, with whom he had successfully toured Romania during the 1990s.
Following the
Romanian Revolution
The Romanian revolution () was a period of violent Civil disorder, civil unrest in Socialist Republic of Romania, Romania during December 1989 as a part of the revolutions of 1989 that occurred in several countries around the world, primarily ...
, Baniciu re-joined
Phoenix as their lead singer, but, due to frequent disagreements with band leader
Nicu Covaci
Nicolae "Nicu" Covaci (19 April 1947 – 2 August 2024) was a Romanian guitarist, painter, and music composer. He is best known as the leader and founding member of rock and cult band Phoenix, for which he was the lead vocalist and guitar play ...
, has performed and appeared on the group's albums irregularly, before finally quitting Phoenix permanently in 2007.
In 2014, with fellow Phoenix bandmates
Josef Kappl and
Ovidiu Lipan "Țăndărică", Baniciu formed
Pasărea Rock
Pasărea Rock (English: "The Rock Bird") is a Romanian Rock music, rock Supergroup (music), supergroup formed in February 2014, in Bucharest, Romania by three former members of the legendary band Transsylvania Phoenix: Mircea Baniciu (lead vocals) ...
(i.e. "The Rock Bird"), a
folk rock
Folk rock is a fusion genre of rock music with heavy influences from pop, English and American folk music. It arose in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom in the mid-1960s. In the U.S., folk rock emerged from the folk music re ...
supergroup.
Discography
Solo discography:
* Mircea Baniciu EP (1979)
* Tristeți provinciale (1980)
* Ploaia (1984)
* Secunda 1 (1988)
* Secunda 2 (1992)
* Eșarfa (Best Of) Vol. 1 (2008)
with Phoenix (see
Phoenix):
* Cei ce ne-au dat nume (1972)
* Meșterul Manole EP (1973)
* Mugur de fluier (1974)
* Cantafabule (1975)
* Timișoara (1992)
* Anniversare 35 (1997)
* Baba Novak (2005)
with Pasărea Colibri:
* În căutarea cuibului pierdut (1995)
* Ciripituri (1997)
* Cântece de bivuac (1999)
* Înca 2000 de ani (2002)
* 10 ani vol. 1+2 (2003)
References
External links
Mircea Baniciu Official Website*
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1949 births
Living people
Musicians from Timișoara
Romanian male singers