About Me
Jurij, Hungary's one and only SOCROCK band, was formed in Nyiregyhaza, in February 2001. After playing high school gigs, we gained more and more attention in the region. We were hardly 6 months old, when getting the chance to play at Hungary's second largest festival in Tokaj. We published their first tape-album, Szocrock, right before the festival. Receiving invitations from venues outside Nyiregyhaza, we could visit and play in cities like Budapest, Békéscsaba, Szarvas or Gyula.Next year's schedule was quite similar: after high school and club concerts in winter and spring, a show at Hegyalja Festival, and a new record, Csipkebokorvesszo.However, 2002 was a milestone in the life of the band, as it brought about the first occasion to show ourselves for a bigger crowd, opening for Hungary's number one alternative group, Kispal es a Borz.In 2003, Jurij started working on the third material, Kazetta, the first to come out on CD, but probably due to the growing tension among band members, the recording sessions did not go smoothly. The date of publishing was postponed to next year. The tension led to changes, Adam Gutyan and Nabil Karsheh left Jurij, replaced by Gergely Szatmari on bass and Daniel Sandor on drums.The band spent the following months with intensive rehearsals. Old songs had to be learnt and some of them reconsidered. Also, the new line-up started to write new songs, which became popular among fans quite quickly. After giving a massive number of concerts, the band returned to the studio again in 2005, to record the first album, Ilyenek vannak, with the new guys. The CD contains five old and five new songs, among them Utazás and Megmérgeztél.Since then, we have played at most of the largest festivals in the country and smaller ones as well. We have had the chance to play with the greatest Hungarian bands, like Colorstar, Pal Utcai Fiuk, 30Y, Kispal es a Borz, Quimby, Emil Rulez, or Nyers.In November 2007, after winning an online band contest, the first prize of which was studio time, the band released an EP with three new songs, among them L.A., the retake of an old song, Kék a pólóm, a remix by drummer Dániel Sándor and a video for Utazás.The band is currently on tour with the Ep and other new songs for a fifth release expected to come out in the fall of 2008. The tour has reached cities like Pécs, Kecskemét, Szeged, Békéscsaba, Kisújszállás or Veszprém. We also played on the A38 in Budapest twice during the tour.In February 2008, Petöfi radio, the greatest national music radio, started playing L.A.
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