Feró Nagy
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Ferenc"Feró"Nagy(born 14 January 1946 inLetenye,Hungary) is aHungarianrock singer and musician. Although not proficient on any instrument, he can play the guitar, the harmonica, the saxophone and the piano.
Career
[edit]Feró studied at the Polytechnic and earned a degree in engineering. He began singing in rock bands as a hobby in the 1960s. He became famous as the singer, frontman and songwriter of the bandBeatricein the late 1970s. He created a "phenomenon" with his stage style, doing long comical and/or aggressive monologues and performances calling himself "A Nemzet csótánya" (translated as roach of the nation ")[1]and being an outspoken anti-Socialist.
After leaving Beatrice, he formed another band calledBikiniin 1982, then returned to Beatrice in 1987 to date.[2]He tours with the band and releases materials with the group, although he has also released solo albums and ananthology.
Feró worked as an actor in a number of films and theatrical plays. On stage he played a part in the rock operaIstván a királyand took part in the rock version of "Hamlet".[3]He also played the part of Berger in the musicalHair.Among his movie roles areCéllövölde(1989) in which he starred as a detective,Argo(2004) in which he played role of Pro andPappa Pia(2017). Feró was also the Hungarian voice ofAndrew Dice ClayinThe Adventures of Ford Fairlane.
He participated in Hungarian politics and was a member of the right-wingHungarian Justice and Life Partyfrom the early 1990s to 1999. He was a showman in Rádió Pannon for months, but, because of personal and conceptional conflicts, left the radio. When the party, as retaliation, disavowed him and revoked his status as a campaigner, he left the party.[4]
After his political acts, he declared himself to be independent, and continued his singer-songwriter-frontsman carrier in Beatrice. He also regularly appears in "yellow press" media, and similar TV shows (likeX-Faktor), with which he draw criticism on himself ( "a one-time rebel who became for money what he criticised in the old days" ),[5][6][7]the most angry of these critics being from the far-right kuruc.info.[8]
In 2006 he created the Rock Klub at theErzsébetliget Theatrein Budapest. He invited bands such as Purple Haze andDawnstar.He also interviewed the band members before the concert along with Barbara Remiczki.[9]
On 26 October 2020, it was announced that he was infected withCOVID-19.[10]
On 15 March 2021, he received The Kossuth Prize (Hungarian: Kossuth-díj) to acknowledge outstanding personal and group achievements in the fields of culture and the arts.
References
[edit]- ^"A nemzet csótányai már a spájzban vannak (The roaches of the nation are already in the larder)"(in Hungarian). kulturpart.hu. 2008-10-06.Retrieved2010-01-23.
- ^"Nagy Feró"(in Hungarian). port.hu.Retrieved2010-01-23.
- ^"Nagy Feró"(in Hungarian). allmusic.hu.Retrieved2010-01-23.
- ^"Nagy Feró távozott (Nagy Feró has left)"(in Hungarian). nagyfero.hu.Retrieved2010-01-23.
- ^"Passzio.hu - Beatrice - Katicabogárka".passzio.hu.Archived fromthe originalon 2011-12-20.
- ^Mészáros "Sunyó" Sándor (journalist, Fero's constant compeer and friend at Pannon Rádió):The Nagy Feró-phenomenon
- ^Nagy Feró (interview):Egy majdnem kifekult sztár( "An almost dated star" )
- ^Elkurvult Nagy Ocskay Feró a zsidó drogtanyáért ajvékolt.( "Nagy Ocskay Feró, who made himself a bitch, lamented for the Jewish drug homestead." )
- ^"Erzsébetligeti Színház programjai"(PDF).Helyi Hírek. 15 November 2006.Retrieved11 May2020.
- ^"Nagy Ferót is megfertőzte a koronavírus".26 October 2020.