User:Eino81/Zoltán Téglás

Zoltán Téglás (1969) is an American singer, sondwriter and producer. He is the frontman of the Ignite, but sometimes he collaborated with other bands, like The Misfits, Motörhead or Blind Myself. He has an other band: Zoli Band. He has Hungarian ancestry (his surname means bricky, and there is a village in Hajdú-Bihar County called Téglás).

Music career
He toured with The Misfits in October–November 2000, he filled in on vocals for the Misfits during a number of North American tour dates after Michale Graves left the band. In the Motörhead-song God Was Never on Your Side (on the Kiss of Death album) he added backing vocal. Since 1993 he is the member and lead singer of the California-based band Ignite, and he plays in an other band, the Zoli Band. In 2006 he helped the Hungarian metalcore band Blind Myself to tour in the USA, they sung a song together (Lost in Time).

Personal life
His father immigrated to the USA after the Second World War, his mother in the 1960ies, both came from Hungary. Téglás is proud of his Hungarian roots, he has several tattoos about Hungarian motives and symbols (like Stephen I of Hungary, the Coat of arms of Hungary). On a hidden track at the end of A Place Called Home (Hungarian-language version: A csitári hegyek alatt ) and "Our Darkest Days", Téglas sings a traditional folk song in Hungarian to the music of the title track. He speaks English and Hungarian fluenty.

He lives in Los Angeles, California, He is head volunteer for Pacific Wildlife Project, he rescues and take pelicans and other sea birds to rehabilitation hospital.