Yesterdays is a Hungarian symphonic progressive rock band based in Carei,

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Biography

In 2004 the band won its first First Prize at the Félsziget Fesztivál's Talentum competition in Targu Mures (Romania). In 2006 it released its album, ''Holdfénykert'' (Moonlit Garden) on a small Hungarian record label
Rockszerviz
This first edition was sold out in 6 months. The band played in the Netherlands at the ProgFarm Festival (4 November 2006, Bakkeveen, The Netherlands). In February 2007, Yesterdays and Rockszerviz Records organized the first MiniProg Festival (Budapest, Ship A38) in Budapest with two other bands:

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from the Netherlands and ex-Yes guitarist

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' Harmony In Diversity (U.K.). After some member changes the band worked on some new songs, a 20 minutes long epic for the upcoming Colossus Magazine/Musea release The Spaghetti Epic III and on a 5 minutes progrock hit with

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, the bassist of

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, for Dante's Inferno (a new Colossus/Musea project CD box). In 2008, ''Holdfénykert'' was re-released by the famous French label, Musea Records. The CD came out as an "Enhanced and Remastered" edition, with some multimedia bonuses. In July 2008 "It's So Divine" from the Holdfénykert album reached position 23 on "City FM 106,2" (Romanian Radio) National Top 30 Hit Chart. Yesterdays' second album called ''Colours Caffé'' has been released by Hungarian label Rockszerviz in January 2011. The album features 11 new songs and a hidden track. It seems that Yesterdays had the chance to play with their Hungarian influences, like Tamás Mohai (ex. East, Faxni, RABB, etc.),

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's most wanted session drummer Gergely Borlai. The album's mastering was done by

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guitarist

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at the Alien Beans Studio. Not long after the album's debut it was released by DiskUnion in Japan as a double CD (enhanced with a bonus CD, including old demos, alternate versions and even brand new songs).

Projects

**The Spaghetti Epic III. was a project CD with 3 bands involve

each band had to write a 20 minutes long progressive rock epic inspired by

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's famous tragic western movie called " The Great Silence" This CD was released in January 2009 by Musea Records **Inferno was a 4CD project with 34 involved bands from all around the worl

and thematically it is based on

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's ''Inferno'', the first part of the

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. Yesterdays did its contribution with two guest musicians: David Speight (current drummer of ex-

guitarist

(U.K.) and bass guitar player of

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. Yesterdays did a song based on Canto XXX. This CD was released in October 2009 by Musea Records **Paradiso was the final chapter of Dante's Divine Comedy trilogy, a very exciting 4 CD box. Yesterdays covered Dante's Canto nr. XXXIII, the title of the song is "33". **Yesterdays paid their tribute to the Swedish progressive rock band

covering their song called ''My Cosmic Lover''. The 4CD box was released by French label Musea Records **Senki madara was the 3rd full album release by Yesterdays. The concept was to bring ancient Hungarian traditional songs, music into progressive rock territory. On 11 May 2020 Yesterdays keyboard player Zsolt Enyedi passed away.

Personnel

Members

*Bogáti-Bokor Ákos - guitars, keyboards, vocals *Csajkos Nándor - bass guitar *Kecskeméti Gábor - flute *Kósa Dávid - percussion *Galauner Kincső - lead vocals *Tóth Gábor - keyboards *Zsigó László - drums

Discography

* Official albums: 2006, Oct: ''Holdfénykert'' - (Rockszerviz Records rsz-001)
2008, May: ''Holdfénykert'' (Enhanced and Remastered) - (Musea Records FGBG 4748.AR)
2011, Jan: ''Colours Caffé'' (Author's Edition)
2014, Sept: ''Holdfénykert'' - Audiophile 3rd Edition'' (Seacrest Oy SCR1010)
2018, Oct: ''Senki madara'' - (Author's Edition)
2020, Oct: ''Colours Caffé 10th Anniversary Remixed and Limited Edition'' - (Author's Edition)
2022, Oct: ''Saint-Exupéry álma'' - (Author's Edition)
2023, Sept: ''A Moonlit Night in Budapest'' - (Live Album - Author's Edition)
2024, Jan: ''Senki madara 2nd edition'' - (Remaster - Author's Edition)
2024, Dec: ''Holdfénykert 4th edition'' - (Remaster + Bonus Tracks - Author's Edition)
2025, Jan: ''The Little Prince and Other Stories - Live'' - (Live Album - Author's Edition)
* EPs, Single CDs: 2004, May: ''Yesterdays' Dream is Now, A Whole Half'' (EP) (Author's Limited Edition)
2012, January: ''Winter'' (EP) (Author's Limited Edition)
2012, March: ''Almost Like Love'' (Single) (Author's Edition, Digital download)
2015, March: ''Find Another Light'' (Single) (Author's Edition, Digital download)
2016, October: ''Várj még'' (Single) (Author's Edition, Digital download)
2016, December: ''Indulok-érkezel'' (Single) (Author's Edition, Digital download)
2018, June: ''It's Not the End of the World'' (Single) (Author's Edition, Digital download)
2019, December: ''Cheesecake'' (Single) (Author's Edition, Digital download)
2020, May: ''Waltz for the Lost Deer'' (Single - in memoriam Enyedi Zsolt) (Author's Edition, Digital download)
2020, Nov: ''Never Knowing Why'' (Single) (Author's Edition, Digital download) 2024, Jan: ''Petőfi Felhő Projekt'' (EP) (Author's Edition, Digital download) * Contributions, recordings on conceptual CDs, compilations: 2008, Nov: Various Artists - ''Dante's Divine Comedy'' - Part I - Inferno (Musea Records FGBG 4753)
2009, Jan: Various Artists - ''The Spaghetti Epic vol. III.'' - The Greatest Silence (Musea Records FGBG 4731)
2009, Apr: Various Artists - ''Tuonen Tytar II.'' A Tribute to Finnish Prog (Musea Records FGBG 4816)
2009, Oct: Various Artists - ''Dante's Divine Comedy'' - Part II - Purgatorio (Musea Records FGBG 4836)
2010, Oct: Various Artists - ''Dante's Divine Comedy'' - Part III - Paradiso (Musea Records FGBG 4861)
2011, Jun: Various Artists - ''A Flower Full Of Stars'' - A Tribute To The Flower Kings (Musea Records FGBG 4887)
2012, May: Various Artists - ''Tales From The Edge'' - A Tribute To Yes (Mellow Records MMP 519 A/B/C)
2018, May: ''From the Vault'' - Compilation of previously unreleased tracks (Author's Edition)

Reviews

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References

External links

Official website
* Yesterdays entry on the Hungarian Wikipedia
Online available interview with the band
on HírTV Hungarian news channel
Yesterdays
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