| Author |
 Topic Search  Topic Options
|
T.Rox 
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: July 06 2004
Location: Australia
Status: Offline
Points: 9455
|
 Topic: Locomotiv GT ... would you recommend?
Posted: October 23 2006 at 06:23 |
I have just seen the band Locomotiv GT from Hungary listed as prog band on another website. They are not listed on PA.
Do know this band and what style of music they play?
Would you recommend spending your hard earned cash on any of their CD's?
Edited by T.Rox - October 23 2006 at 08:12
|
|
"Without prog, life would be a mistake."
...with apologies to Friedrich Nietzsche
|
 |
T.Rox
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: July 06 2004
Location: Australia
Status: Offline
Points: 9455
|
Posted: October 30 2006 at 07:35 |
Is there no one out there who is familar with this group and can give a bit of info on their music  
|
|
"Without prog, life would be a mistake."
...with apologies to Friedrich Nietzsche
|
|
honganji
Forum Senior Member
Joined: September 21 2005
Status: Offline
Points: 571
|
Posted: October 30 2006 at 20:12 |
I own their albums.
Locomotiv GT's music is so to say progressive hard rock / symphonic rock in the early days. Unfortunately I don't know later albums. They are not always close to Locomotiv GT, if you like Piramis, Novela, etc, you may be able to enjoy the group. East, Rumblin' Orchestra, After Crying, Fugato are entirely different type Hungarian bands.
|
|
T.Rox
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: July 06 2004
Location: Australia
Status: Offline
Points: 9455
|
Posted: October 31 2006 at 17:52 |
^Thanks for that.
The two albums in question: Mindenki Maskepp Csinalja - Zene (1977) & Mindenki (1978) ... any particular thoughts on these albums?
|
|
"Without prog, life would be a mistake."
...with apologies to Friedrich Nietzsche
|
|
NotAProghead
Special Collaborator
Errors & Omissions Team
Joined: October 22 2005
Location: Russia
Status: Offline
Points: 7678
|
Posted: October 31 2006 at 21:06 |
Better start with OMEGA, the band number 1 in Hungary, they are more progressive and have much better melodies (IMHO).
When Gabor Presser left Omega in 1971, he found Locomotiv GT. LGT style is closer to bands like Rolling Stones than to prog. Though LGT are Hungarian rock legends too.
|
|
Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour)
|
|
honganji
Forum Senior Member
Joined: September 21 2005
Status: Offline
Points: 571
|
Posted: November 01 2006 at 00:40 |
 T.Rox wrote:
^Thanks for that.
The two albums in question: Mindenki Maskepp Csinalja - Zene (1977) & Mindenki (1978) ... any particular thoughts on these albums?
|
Alas  I don't know them. Sorry.
|
|
skyrover
Forum Newbie
Joined: January 03 2005
Location: Hungary
Status: Offline
Points: 5
|
Posted: April 12 2008 at 05:19 |
Hello,
first of all, the photo in the band's profile is incorrect. It shows Omega in the early seventies, after Presser and Laux left the band. :)
Locomotiv GT is very different of any other hungarian rock groups. Presser is a great composer, and we can say, that he is the musical motor of the group, alone. As a composer he thinks in a progressive way, and he is one of the greatest keyboard-expert in Hungary at least, but I think there's something that doesn't work in the LGT-songs. In my opinion, most of their albums and songs is boring.
The only LP I like is Bummm (1973), but that's nothing special, just hard rock.
|
|
Tuzvihar
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: May 18 2005
Location: C. Schinesghe
Status: Offline
Points: 13489
|
Posted: April 12 2008 at 05:27 |
skyrover wrote:
Hello,
first of all, the photo in the band's profile is incorrect. It shows Omega in the early seventies, after Presser and Laux left the band. :)
Locomotiv GT is very different of any other hungarian rock groups. Presser is a great composer, and we can say, that he is the musical motor of the group, alone. As a composer he thinks in a progressive way, and he is one of the greatest keyboard-expert in Hungary at least, but I think there's something that doesn't work in the LGT-songs. In my opinion, most of their albums and songs is boring.
The only LP I like is Bummm (1973), but that's nothing special, just hard rock.
|
Sia, Can you provide a correct photo? If so then I'll upload it. Köszönöm szépen 
|
|
"Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent."
Charles Bukowski
|
|
skyrover
Forum Newbie
Joined: January 03 2005
Location: Hungary
Status: Offline
Points: 5
|
Posted: April 12 2008 at 07:31 |
Szia Tuzvihar!
What do you think about this? This is the first promotion photo of the band, from 1971.
Nagyon szívesen!
:)
|
|
Tuzvihar
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: May 18 2005
Location: C. Schinesghe
Status: Offline
Points: 13489
|
Posted: April 12 2008 at 07:36 |
Nice one! Thanks. EDIT: Fixed!
Edited by Tuzvihar - April 12 2008 at 07:39
|
|
"Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent."
Charles Bukowski
|
|
Norbert
Forum Senior Member
Joined: October 20 2005
Location: Hungary
Status: Offline
Points: 2506
|
Posted: April 12 2008 at 08:27 |
Syrius, Barbaro and Kolinda are/were far more interesting bands from Hungary than LGT and Omega, IMHO.
There is a Syrius thread somewhere among the appreciations, it wasn't too popular.
|
|
Donate monthly and keep PA fast-loading and ad-free forever.
/PAlogo_v2.gif "Progarchives.com Homepage")
Locomotiv GT ... would you recommend?