Beatrice

Beatrice (or simply Ricse, sometimes referred to as Nagy Feró és a Beatrice or Nagyferó és a Beatrice) is a Hungarian rock band. It was founded in 1969 as a women's band, who played mostly cover songs. In 1971, Nagy Feró joined the band as a frontman. In the following years, the membership was completely replaced, and from 1974 they began to write their own songs in the then fashionable glam rock style. They were constantly trying to reach a record deal, and from 1976 onwards they were oriented towards disco music. They disbanded in 1977, and in the following year, Beatrice was reformed as a rock band by Nagy Feró with bassist Miklóska Lajos, guitarist Lugosi László, keyboardist Gidófalvy Attila, and drummer Donászy Tibor of Beatrice, who reformed and played rock again to the style of AC/DC. At that time, they were born into a classic, the songs singing their everyday prospects, such as Jericho, the Metropolitan Wolf, and the Angel Earth. The party-state culture policy has consistently hampered the "unmanageable" band, which eventually disbanded in 1981. Beatrice, after its re-establishment in 1987, became a success team in an atmosphere of system change. In 1988, they released their first album in private editions, and their second album, Utálom az egész XX. századot 1991, was featured on the Mahasz disk sales top list for 40 weeks, and was promoted to the first place. Beatrice's biggest hit to date was 8 óra munka. Throughout the country there were sold-out concerts. By 1994, the band practically ran out: besides Nagy Feró, only guitarist Brúger László remained in the band. For this reason, Nagy Feró reorganized the orchestra and, from 1994, was officially called New Beatrice with a changing lineup. The "new" flag was later abandoned, however, in recent years, the concerts are often advertised in the form of "Nagy Feró és a Beatrice". Launched in 2010, the concert video of the band's 30th anniversary was ranked 1st in the Mahasz DVD list.