The Old Hungarian script or Hungarian runes is an alphabetic writing system used for writing the Hungarian language. Modern Hungarian is written using the Latin-based Hungarian alphabet. The term "old" refers to the historical priority of the script compared with the Latin-based one. The Old Hungarian script is a child system of the Old Turkic alphabet.
The Jethro Tull Christmas Album is the 21st studio album released by Jethro Tull, on 30 September 2003. As of 2021, it is the band's most recently released studio album.
Band on the Run is the third studio album by the British–American rock band Paul McCartney and Wings, released in December 1973. It was McCartney's fifth album after leaving the Beatles in April 1970. Although sales were modest initially, its commercial performance was aided by two hit singles – "Jet" and "Band on the Run" – such that it became the top-selling studio album of 1974 in the United Kingdom and Australia, in addition to revitalising McCartney's critical standing. It remains McCartney's most successful album and the most celebrated of his post-Beatles works.
Iain Matthews is an English musician and singer-songwriter. He was an original member of the British folk rock band Fairport Convention from 1967 to 1969 before leaving and forming his own band, Matthews Southern Comfort, which had a UK number one in 1970 with a cover version of Joni Mitchell's song "Woodstock".
The Pleasure Principle is the debut solo studio album by English musician Gary Numan. Released about six months after Replicas (1979), the second album with his band Tubeway Army, The Pleasure Principle peaked at number 1 in the United Kingdom.
Hungarian rock has been a part of the popular music of Hungary since the early 1960s. The first major bands were Illés, Metró and Omega. At the time, rock was not approved of by the Hungarian Communist authorities. In the 1970s, the Communists cracked down on rock, and Illés was banned from recording. Some members of the other bands formed a supergroup called Locomotiv GT, while the band Omega became very popular in Germany.
1989–1999 is a compilation album released by New York City alternative metal band Life of Agony in 1999 through Roadrunner Records. It contains songs from the band's early demos, previously unreleased songs taken from the writing sessions for the "River Runs Red" album, bonus tracks taken from the "Ugly" and "Soul Searching Sun" recording sessions, previously released live tracks, as well as a previously unreleased S.O.D. cover.
István Cserháti was a Hungarian hard rock keyboardist who played for two bands: P. Mobil (1977–1980) and P. Box.
P. Box is a Hungarian hard rock band formed by two ex-P. Mobil members, Sándor Bencsik and István Cserháti, in 1980. The group disbanded in 1986 due to Cserháti's settling in Debrecen, which is 220 km from the capital city Budapest. It was revived in 2001 by Cserháti, with the members of Szfinx and Aberra. On 21 August 2005, Cserháti died of cancer at the age of 51. In November 2005, the band officially changed their name to Pandora's Box. They broke up again in 2006, playing their last concerts on 3 November in Debrecen and 11 November in Budapest. They regrouped once more in the summer of 2009. Meanwhile, two former members, József Sáfár and István Szabó, formed a separate band with the same name.
Gyula Vikidál is a Hungarian singer. He started his career early as a rock vocalist in groups like Iris, Pannonia, Gezarol, Pop, Rekorder and Gemler. When he joined the P. Mobil heavy rock group, it was an underground group but soon acquired a broad fan base.
"God of Thunder" is a song by Kiss from their album Destroyer. The song has also been featured on many of Kiss' live albums, including an up-tempo version on Alive II. Many various sound effects were used to make the song including explosions, clapping, zippers, overdubbed audience chatter and screaming children. The song was written by Paul Stanley, who intended to sing it on the album, but producer Bob Ezrin suggested slowing down the tempo and handing the lead vocals over to Gene Simmons.
"I Lie Around" is a song by Paul McCartney and Wings that was released as the B-side to the "Live and Let Die" single in 1973. The first two verses are sung by Wings guitarist Denny Laine, Paul McCartney sings the third verse.
Sear Bliss is a Hungarian atmospheric black metal band from Szombathely, Hungary, formed in 1993 by bassist, vocalist and now also keyboardist András Nagy. Apart from the usual heavy metal instruments they adopted synthesizer and wind instruments in their songs. The Netherlands' leading metal magazine, Aardschok awarded Sear Bliss debut album Phantoms the title of "CD Of The Month". It was the first time in the magazine's history that the award went to a black metal album.
"Never Smile at a Crocodile" is a comic song with music by Frank Churchill and lyrics by Jack Lawrence. The music, without the lyrics, was first heard in the Walt Disney Animation Studios film Peter Pan. Following the film's release in 1953, the sung version with Lawrence's lyrics went on to become a children's song classic.
Made in Hong Kong is the title of a live / compilation CD/DVD by Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, released on 11 March 2009.
Heavy Medal is the second studio album of Hungarian rock band P. Mobil, recorded in 1983.
Elysium is the thirteenth studio album by power metal band Stratovarius, released on 12 January 2011 through Victor Entertainment (Japan) and on 14 January through Edel AG (worldwide). It is the last Stratovarius album to feature longtime drummer Jörg Michael, who left the band in 2012. Elysium reached No. 1 on the Finnish albums chart, as well as reaching the top 80 in five other countries. "Darkest Hours" was released as a single, reaching No. 4 on the Finnish singles chart.
Loránd Rudolf Lohinszky was a Romanian Merited Artist and university professor of Hungarian ethnicity.
Gábor Presser is a Kossuth Prize winner and a Hungarian musician, composer, singer. He is member in Locomotiv GT and was member in Omega, a prominent personality of the Hungarian pop music.
