György Ligeti (musician)

Not to be confused with the composer György Ligeti.

The native form of this personal name is Ligeti György. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

György Ligeti (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈɟørɟ ˈliɡɛti]; born 19 December 1973) is a Hungarian indie musician, record producer, best known as the lead singer, songwriter, lyricist and guitarist of the indie rock band We Are Rockstars, and the disbanded The Puzzle. He is also the singer and guitarist of the Hungarian electro band, Žagar.^[1][2] He is not related to the avant-garde classical composer of the same name, György Ligeti (1923-2006).

György Ligeti
Birth name	György Ligeti
Also known as	Gyuri Ligeti
Born	(1973-12-19) 19 December 1973 (age 49) Kaposvár, Hungary
Genres	indie rock, indie pop, alternative rock, post-punk, post-punk revival
Instrument(s)	vocals, guitar
Years active	1997–present
Website	www.wearerockstarsband.com

Early life and personal life

Ligeti was born in Kaposvár, Hungary. He attended the Munkácsy Mihály Gimnázium és Szakközépiskola in Kaposvár. Ligeti obtained a Master of Arts in Communication and media studies from the University of Pécs in 2012.

Ligeti moved to London, United Kingdom where he worked as a shop assistant at the Algerian Coffee Stores from 2004 to 2009.

On 26 February 2009, Ligeti was interviewed by Magyar Rádió.^[3]

In 2010 Ligeti became the radio presenter of the Stockholm Syndrome Radio which aims to present new Hungarian indie rock bands.^[4]

On 25 July 2013, Ligeti was interviewed by Phenomenon.hu in order to present his favourite meal, Aglio olio peperoncino.^[5]

In 2014 Ligeti sang Odett's song called Éjszaka, while Odett sang We Are Rockstars's 2014 single Rólunk szól at the Szimfonik Live 2014.^[6]

Ligeti considers himself as a Parni -Scythian.

The Puzzle

Main article: The Puzzle (band)

Ligeti formed The Puzzle in 1997 in Kaposvár, Hungary.^[7]

Ligeti moved to London, The United Kingdom in 2004 to promote his band.^[8]

We Are Rockstars

Main article: We Are Rockstars (band)

Ligeti is the founding member of We Are Rockstars along with Tamás Faragó and Csaba Kovács. Their first album was released in 2011.^[9]

Production career

Production

• 2007: The Puzzle: You're So Cruel ^[10]
• 2012: The Poster Boy - Things We Had Time For ^[11][12][13]
• 2019: Goodbye Darjeeling: Total Confusion ^[14]

Mixing

• 2011: Amber Smith - Square 1 (Salad Days)
• 2012: Amber Smith - Amber Smith ^{[15][16][17][18]}

Discography

With The Puzzle:

• Dream Your Life (2000)
• Csak Játék (2003)
• rEvolution (2004)
• You're So Cruel (2007)
• Hazatérés (2009)
• Más Bolygóról (2011)

With Žagar:

• Local Broadcast (2002)
• Eastern Sugar (Soundtrack) (2004)
• Cannot Walk Fly Instead (2007)
• Light Leaks (2013)

With We Are Rockstars:

• Let It Beat (2011)

Instruments

• Fender Stratocaster

See also

• Budapest indie music scene
• Notable Hungarian producers
• The Puzzle
• We Are Rockstars
• Žagar

References

1. "György Ligeti - Discogs". 30 May 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
2. "Lemeztáska - Ligeti György". 30 May 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
3. ""Lesz hozzá fül, aki érteni fogja" - interjú Ligeti Györggyel (Puzzle)". 26 February 2009. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
4. "Hogy lett Ligeti Gyuri rocksztár?". 11 July 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
5. "PhenoM'eal: Ligeti Gyuri (Zagar, We Are Rockstars)". 25 July 2013. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
6. "Szimfonik Live: csak magyar nyelvű dalok, két és fél órán át". 6 September 2014. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
7. "SOMOGYI BETYÁR, FEGYVERE GITÁR II". 2 July 2012. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
8. "Puzzle: Nekünk is egy Beatlesre lenne szükségünk". 3 March 2008. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
9. "We Are Rockstars - Let It Beat". 6 October 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2014.
10. "The Puzzle - You're So Cruel / My Little Animal". Discogs. 19 January 2012.
11. "Things We Had Time For - The Poster Boy-lemezpremier". Lángoló Gitárok. 19 January 2012.
12. "The Poster Boy: Things We Had Time For". EST. 20 February 2012.
13. "Ő márpedig füttyög - The Poster Boy: Things we had time for". KULTer. 15 March 2012.
14. "Az önismétlő bullshit hiánya - dalról dalra a goodbye darjeeling első lemeze". Recorder.hu. 6 June 2019.
15. Lángoló Gitárok review (in Hungarian)
16. "Amber Smith: Amber Smith – albumpremier!". Recorder.blog.hu. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
17. "Válságkorszak". Magyarnarancs.hu. Retrieved 17 August 2018.
18. Zsolt, Morvai. "A melankólia nagy buszokon érkezik: Amber Smith – Amber Smith (2012) - phenomenon.hu". Phenomenon.hu. Retrieved 17 August 2018.

External links

• We Are Rockstars