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Sexepil

First Incarnation: Sexepil is an alternative rock band, formed in 1984 in Budapest, Hungary, on the ruins of notorious punk band ETA (Kocsis, Laszlo) and art rock formation ZOO (Hegyi, Vangel). Within virtually a few months after their first gig the band achieved cult status, playing for packed houses every weekend around the Hungarian capital's famous clubs. Their influences ranged from Bowie to Talking Heads to The Cure and to Joy Division.

Sexepil released their first, Hungarian-language album in 1988 titled Egyesült Álmok (United Dreams). The LP was released by one of the country’s first independent record labels, Ring. Many regard the record as one of the finest albums of that era. Besides playing throughout Hungary, Sexepil played hugely successful concerts in Kiev, Ukraine and Paris, France. After the departure of the band’s original front man and founder lead singer Zoltán Hegyi in 1989, the Dutch Mick Ness took over the singer duties.

Second incarnation: With Ness joining, Sexepil became one of the first English-singing bands in Hungary (the hardcore fans initially reacted with hostility to this fact). The band started playing gigs after just one rehearsal with Ness. After issuing a tape only unique collection of live recordings “…bi…”,  Sexepil released their first English-language album Love Jealousy Hate a year later in 1990 on Polygram's Nature label. The vinyl was also released in Germany and Holland. Later that year a small Lithuanian label, Zona Records, released the album in the ex-Soviet states that resulted in countless gigs being played in those places. During the summer of 1992 Sexepil played a show in New York at the annual New Music Seminar. The following winter they went on a tour that covered the Baltic states. In 1993 the band released their most successful album to date, Against Nature, which included the hit single Eroding Europe. Eroding Europe had heavy airplay on Music Television’s 120 minutes, where VJ Paul King cited Sexepil as one of his all time favourite bands. In the same year the band embarked on a triumphant European tour together with Björk's former band, the Sugarcubes. Next spring they performed at the SXSW festival in Austin for the first time.

Sexepil released their fourth, and last studio album to date in 1995. Sugar for the Soul was recorded in Budapest and mixed in Madison, Wisconsin at the famous Smart Studios. It was mixed and co-produced by Brian Anderson and mastered by Howie Weinberg in New York and released on Warner Bros. worldwide. One reviewer referred to it as “Beatles in blender”. After the mixing the band did a mini-tour in the States and played (again) at the SXSW festival in Austin, Texas as well as the legendary CBGB's in New York amongst others. The first single, Jerusalem, and the accompanying video was frequently played on Music TV’s 120 Minutes and Alternative Nation. During the summer they completed a headlining slot at Sziget Festival’s main stage. Later that year they were nominated in three categories for Arany Zsiraf (the Hungarian version of a Grammy): best album, best videoclip and best cover art. They won all three categories. Despite of the critical success, Sexepil went on hiatus for almost a decade, although they did play at the Sziget festival in 2001 and 2006.

Third incarnation: Around 2006 became clear that Mick Ness didn’t have the time, affinity or enthusiasm to continue as the band’s singer. Mick Ness’s last performance with the band happened in February 2007. Sexepil then started looking for a new singer and held auditions as well as listening to endless gigs of young bands in the hope of finding the right person. Eventually they found their man who happened to have been the band’s drummer from the start, Tibor Vangel. Band members found a hard drive that belonged to Vangel, containing vocal ideas to new songs that were recorded by the drummer but kept in secret. They persuaded him that he had to switch to singing. The band started recording in 2008 but for various reasons it took almost 6 years to finally finish their new studio album “Your Scream Is Music”. The new album was mixed by David Schram and mastered by Gavin Lurssen in Los Angeles. Sexepil’s live line-up features guest drummer Ferenc Golovics.

Band members

Current line-up:
 * Tamás Kocsis - guitar
 * Viktor László - bass
 * Tibor Vangel - drums, guitar, vocals
 * Endre Deák - guitar (2001-present)

Past members:
 * Mick Ness - vocal (1989-2007)
 * Judit Lőrincz - keyboards (2001-2007)
 * Gábor Varga - keyboards, samplers (1991-2001)
 * Zoltán Hegyi - vocal (1984-1988)
 * János Fazekas - guitar (1984-1986)
 * Csaba Mosonyi - bass, keyboards (1985-1986)
 * Miklós Csala - guitar (1986)
 * Zoltán Farkas - keyboards (1988)

Discography:


 * Egyesült Álmok (Ring, 1988)
 * ...bi... (casette only) (WeAst, 1990)
 * Love Jealousy Hate (Polygram, 1991)
 * Against Nature (WeAst, 1993)
 * Sugar For The Soul (Warner, 1995)
 * Mixepil - The Remixes (Warner, 1996)
 * Egyesült Álmok reissue with bonus tracks (1G, 1997, 2009)
 * Your Scream Is Music (2014)

References:

http://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexepil https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sexepil-Official/194608437229396?ref=hl&ref_type=bookmark