Piramis

Piramis Meaning Pyramid Is A Hungarian Hard Rock Band Formed In 1975. History During The Early 1970's Som Lajos Bass Guitarist After Seeing Black Sabbath Live In Western Europe Decided That He Wanted To Play Hard & Heavy Rock At Home. After He Played In Bands Tűzkerék Neoton And Taurusz He Finally Formed Piramis In January 1975.
Original Band Members Som Lajos Bass Köves Miklós Drums From Band Non-Stop Gallai Péter Keyboards Lévay Tibor Keyboards Závodi János Lead Guitar From Band Non-Stop. Révész Sándor Vocals From The Band Generál Joined The Band In October 1975.
In 1976 Lévay A Yugoslavian Citizen Left The Band In Order To Serve A Mandatory Military Service. Later He Formed His Own Band.
Their First For-Radio Recordings Were "Ne Bánts A Madarakat" And The Hit "Szállj Fel Magasra!".
During The Summer Of 1976 They Went To Perform A Live Show Tour With Hungarian Band Mini In Poland.
Later Piramis Went On Another European Tour With The British Band Mud.
For Christmas '76 The Band Released Their First Single The Hit "Becsület".
They Performed "Égni Kell Annak Aki Gyújtani Akar" On The Metronom '77 Music Festival.
Their 1st Self Titled LP Was Released In May 1977.
Piramis Played In The Solidarity Rock Festival With The British Band Liar.
In November 1977 They Went On A Western European Tour With Steppenwolf.
The 2nd Album Piramis II Was Released In 1978 Which Included Hits Such As "Gyere Közelebb" "Őszintén Akarok Élni" And "Ajándék".
They Performed A Winter Concert On Dec. 23 1978 In The Budai Ifjúsági Park.
The 3rd Album Piramis III Was Released In 1979 Which Included Their Top Hit "Kóbor Angyal".
They Performed Another Concert In The Budai Ifjúsági Park In September. They Recorded Their 4th Live Album There Which Was Released Under The Title "A Nagy Buli" At The End Of 1979.
They Went To Perform On A Concert Tour In The Soviet Union In 1980.
In 1980 They Recorded Piramis V Which Was An Album With Their Earlier Tracks Re-Recorded With English Vocals. Note At The Time The Band Received 60-70 Thousand Letters Per Year From Their Fans. The 6th Album Erotika Was Released In 1981.
Their Last Live Performance Was In West Berlin On May 14 1981. Révész Sándor Quit The Band. The Remaining Member Tried To Go On Playing Without Him But It Was Not The Same So Piramis Finally Faded Away In 1982.
Révész Sándor Started A Solo Project In 1985. Som Went To Senator Závodi Went To Hobo Blues Band Gallai Went To Bikini.
The Band Temporarily Reunited For A Series Of 5 Live Shows From Dec 27 1992 To Jan 2 1993. A CD And A DVD Titled "Szeress" Was Released From The Shows.
Another Reunion Concert CD/DVD Was Recorded In The Sportaréna In 2006.
Reportedly The Band Started Recording Again In 2009 Under The Name "Piramis Plusz" With 2 New Members Without Révész And Som. Band Members Som Lajos – Bass 1975-1982 1992 2006 Závodi János – Guitar 1975-1982 1992 2006 2009- Köves Miklós – Drums 1975-1982 1992 2006 2009- Gallai Péter – Keyboards & Vocals 1975-1982 1992 2006 2009- Lévay Tibor – Keyboards & Vocals 1975-1976 Révész Sándor – Vocals Guitar 1976-1981 1992 2006 Nyemcsók János – Vocals 2009- Vörös Gábor – Bass 2009- Discography Piramis 1. 1977 - LP / CD
Piramis 2. 1978 - LP / CD
Piramis 3. 1979 - LP / CD
A Nagy Buli - Ifipark 1979 Piramis 4. Live 1979 - LP / CD
Piramis Piramis 5. English Lyrics 1980 - LP 9 Tracks Piramis Spanish Lyrics 1980 - LP
Rock Party Swedish Release Of Piramis 5. 1981 - LP 9 Tracks Erotika Piramis 6. 1981 - LP / CD
Plusz Piramis 7. 1982 - LP / CD
Aranyalbum Best Of Plus Previously Unreleased Live 1989 - LP
Ajándék Aranyalbum 1989 - MC
Exclusive Piramis 5. Plus Singles 1992 - CD 13 Tracks Szeress - BS 1992 Live 1993 - 2LP 11 Dal / CD 10 Tracks Száz Év Zene Remake Selections Under Som-Závodi Name 1997 - CD
A Magyar Rockzene Hőskora - Reader's Digest Best Of Plus Singles 2000 CD
Szeress - BS 1992 Live 2004 - DVD 13 Tracks Best Of Piramis Best Of Plus Singles 2006 - CD
Emberek Emberekért A Leukemia Benefit Release 2007 - Mp3 / Flac
Live - Sportaréna 2006 Live 2007 - 2CD / 2DVD Part Of Piramis' Success Was Due To The Talent Of Horváth Attila Their Lyrics Writer. Horváth Attila Also Wrote Lyrics For Many Other Hungarian Artists Such As Taurusz Korál Bojtorján Senator Omen Kern András Deák Bill Blues Band Marathon Lerch István Balázs Fecó Horváth Charlie Tunyogi Rock Band The Rock Band Tóth Vera And Koncz Zsuzsa Official Piramis Website Http //www.Piramis.Hu/ read less