Members

The band’s history

History

Omega is a Hungarian rockband, founded in 1962, and celebrated the 45th anniversary in 2007.They were the first who used uniform customes on the stages and used smoke machine, laser show, and projector.

Members

• Members: János Kóbor László Benkő György Molnár Tamás Mihály Ferenc Debreczeni

Omega is mentioned as the „Rolling Stones of East ’’ because they were founded in the same year and nowdays it belongs to the oldest active rockbands.

That time their management changed the name to „Omega Red Star ’’. They could play in famous English clubs, they got contract for making discs. They could make their first English album, called „ Omega Red Star from Hungary ’’.

Omega became famous, they played in films, music festivals. They had a big opportunity to go to England in 1968.

The most famous SP was made in 1969: The Sunset / Old fellows. Their greatest hit is the „The Girl With Pearl’s Hair’’. It is a adopted by the German Frank Schöbel and in 1995 by Scorpions „ White Dove ’’.

They returned back to England making the second album, but the Hungarian Disc Company didn’t let them to make an LP on abroad because they didn’t have LP in Hungary before.

In 1970 they went to Tokyo for the Yamaha festival. They were very famous in West and East Germany both. They got a contract from Warner publisher. In 2009 they went to Poland. In 2010 they had concerts in the most of festivals in Hungary, for example: VOLT, SZIGET.

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