Note that there are different artists and groups around the world called "Omega" This could lead to some confusion as featured song below (Sound Of Death) does not belong to the famous Hungarian band description of the artists following
Omega is one of the most successful Hungarian rock band formed in Budapest in September 1962 by the winds player László Benko on organ and János Kobor as a singer and guitarist, they initially performed covers of British and American songs with frequently changing the lineup members in 1967 Tamás Mihály came on bass Gábor Presser joined on keyboards and began writing original music for the band (in 1968 György Molnár became a lead guitarist), releasing three LP discs before leaving the band with J? Laux Zsef a drummer frobbery in 1962 to form Locomotiv GT These first albums were heavily influenced by music of the Beatles but also looked forward to the band's future more progressive space-rock style to the press and Laux left the band found a new drummer (Ferenc Debreceni came from group Neoton) and pointed Benko as the main keyboardsman creating the current lineup that has remained the same for over 30 years:
- János Kobor ("Mecky") vocals
- György Molnár ("Elephant") guitars
- László Benko ("Laci") keyboard, vocals
- Tamás Mihály ("Misia") bass vocals
- Ferenc Debreceni ("Ciki") drums,
lineup of Omega released ten more albums from 1972 to 1987, many of these vire out both in Hungarian and English in the hope that generate more interest in their music, however, the contents of the engelska albums often differed from their Hungarian colleagues sometimes assembling tracks from several albums, and almost always change the song After some years of inactivity, the band reunited in 1994 with former member Gábor Presser joining them at concerts and contributing several tracks to 1995's Trans and Dance
Omega has achieved modest international success through releases in multiple languages and tours in England and Germany in late 1960 and throughout 1970, their 1969 song "Gyöngyhajú Lany" became an international hit and later covered by the Scorpions on a 1995 live release with new texts and the title "White Dove" (the Hungarian title officially translated as "Pearls in your hair")
Omega's latest (16th) Hungarian studio release is 2006's EGI Jel ("CelestialSign ") and their latest English version is 1996's transcendent in the spring and summer of 2006 they performed their" Mega Euro 2006 "tour with concerts in Hungary, Slovakia, Romania and Germany
