List of Transsylvania Phoenix band members

The following is a list of musicians who have been members of Romanian rock and roll band Transsylvania Phoenix since their formation in Timișoara in 1962. The current lineup consists of founder Nicu Covaci and five other members.

Current lineup
Nicu Covaci
 * Active: 1962–present
 * Instruments: guitars, vocals
 * Release contributions: all releases

Adam Costin
 * Active: 2014–present
 * Instruments: vocals
 * Release contributions: Vino, Țepeș

Flavius Hosu
 * Active: 2014–present
 * Instruments: drums
 * Release contributions: Vino, Țepeș

Cristi Gram
 * Active: 2004–2014, 2015–present
 * Instruments: lead guitar, background vocals
 * Release contributions: Baba Novak

Former members

 * Ioan "Pilu" Ștefanovici – drums (1962–1967, 1969–1970)
 * Kamocsa Bela – bass guitar, drums (1962–1971; died 2010)
 * Claudiu Rotaru – lead guitar (1962–1968)
 * Florin Dumitru – drums (1968)
 * Dorel Vintilă Zaharia – drums (1967–1968, 1969–1970)
 * Florin "Moni" Bordeianu - drums, lead vocals (1963-1970, 1977-1978, 1997-2024 - occasionally; died 2024)
 * Valeriu Sepi – percussion (1971–1974)
 * Günther Reininger – keyboards, backing vocals (1968–1970, 1974–1976; died 2015)
 * Mircea Baniciu – lead vocals, rhythm guitar (1971–1977, 1990–1992, 1997–1998, 2001–2003, 2004–2007)
 * Josef Kappl – bass guitar, backing vocals, violin, blockflöte (1971–1979, 1986–1992, 1998–1999, 2004–2008)
 * Costin Petrescu – drums (1971–1975)
 * Ovidiu Lipan "Țăndărică" – drums (1975–1979, 1984–1998, 2001–2012)
 * Mani Neumann – violin, blockflöte, backing vocals (1979–1981, 1989–2008)
 * Tom Buggie – bass guitar (1980–1981)
 * Volker Vaessen – bass guitar, backing vocals, (1992–1998, 1999-2000, 2002–2004, 2008-2015)
 * Lucian Cioargă – drums (1999–2000)
 * Tavi Colen – lead vocals (1999–2000)
 * Alin Oprea – lead guitar, backing vocals (1999–2000)
 * Andrei Cerbu – guitar (2014–2015)
 * Marc Alexandru Tint – guitar (2014–2016)


 * Former touring musicians


 * Mitu Cîmpan – piano (1962–1964)
 * Doru Creșneac – lead guitar (1963–1965)
 * Adi Pavlovici – lead guitar, backing vocals (1962–1963)
 * Zoltan Kovacs – bass guitar (1970–1971)
 * Liviu Butoi – oboe, flute (1970–1973)
 * Erlend Krauser – rhythm and lead guitar, backing vocals (1976–1978)
 * Cornel Liuba – drums (1970–1971, 1976–1977)
 * Ștefan Bartha – bass guitar (1973)
 * Eugen Gondi – drums (1975)
 * Ulli Heidelberg – lead guitar, violin, backing vocals (1978–1980)
 * Sabin Dumbrăveanu – cello (1980–1981)
 * Bubi Dobrozemsky – cello, backing vocals 1978–1981


 * Cristoph Bank – bass guitar (1978)
 * Mainolf Bauschulte – drums (1979–1980)
 * Dietrich "Dixie" Krauser – bass guitar, vocals (1987–1989, 1990)
 * Dzidek Marcinkiewicz - keyboards, bass guitar (1983, 1985–1999, 2008–2018)
 * Dragoș Bădoi – lead vocals (1992–1994)
 * Malcolm J. Lewis – lead vocals (2000)
 * Eugen Tegu – bass guitar (2001–2002)
 * Bogdan Bradu – lead vocals (2003–2004, 2007–2013)
 * Ionuț Contraș – percussion, backing vocals (2005–2010)
 * Cristina Kisseleff – violin (2014)
 * Ionuț Micu – drums (2012–2014)
 * Roxana Zanga – drums (2015–2016)
 * Sergiu Corbu Boldor – violin (2014–2015)