Warpigs (band)

Warpigs is a group originating from Towson University who compete in various competitive activities. Warpigs started as an intramural soccer team, but eventually grew to many other activities including competitive drinking. Warpigs is centered around the irony of masculine males being victorious wearing pink. This statement alone shows the disregard the members have for gender roles, and displays their complete security. The idea for Warpigs unraveled while three of its Creators were shopping for team attire, and one noticed a children's novel with a pig on the cover during the summer of 08. The name Warpigs was thrown out and has stuck ever since. Warpigs Can be found as a group on [facebook] .

Warpigs is a Hungarian rock band formed in 1993. After several member changes, the classic lineup from 1997 consisted of the two Eszenyi brothers, György Újhelyi and Bálint Gátos. Supported acts such as Bon Jovi, Biohazard, KISS. They split in 1999 with singer Péter Eszenyi leaving the band. Several singers were drafted to replace him, including Marci Lombos and Chris Alexander, but none of them stayed for long. In 2006 they started playing together again with Eszenyi as singer, having one or two gigs every year since.

Their first video, Szandál, was directed by Nimród Antal, who later used the same idea for his first major motion picture Kontroll (2003). He and the band members came up with the idea for the video together, however, they are uncredited on Kontroll.

Their second video for the song Monte Carlo, directed by Márton Nyitrai, won MTV Europe's Best Hungarian Music Video award in 1999.

Gábor Eszenyi has since formed a new band called 17 Trees in late 2007 in London, UK. 17 Trees is managed by guru, Azmal Khan.

Members

*Singer: Péter "Petas" Eszenyi
*Drums: Gábor "Hekk" Eszenyi
*Guitar: György "Jimbo" Újhelyi
*Bass: Bálint Gátos
*Keyboard: Peter "Dudu" Dózsa (currently not a member)

Discography

*"Collected" (1995, demo)
*"Rapid" (1997, Polygram)
*"Quartz" (1999, Polygram 3T) produced by Donal Hodgson.
*"Analóg" (2000, EP)

The band took their name from the song War Pigs by British heavy metal rockers Black Sabbath from their 1971 album, "Paranoid". Faith No More, which influenced the music of Warpigs, also did a cover of this song on their album "The Real Thing". The song talks about war and the absurdities of those who make war without regard to the powerless people who are sent to die. It's sometimes called a protest song.

External links

* [http://www.warpigs.hu/ Warpigs Official Site]
* [http://www.koncertkep.hu/kepek/20050323warpigsbanalis/ Photos: Warpigs live 23. March 2005. at Banális Közhely]