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Yesterdays is a Hungarian symphonic progressive rock band based in Cluj Napoca, Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

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Its musical style has been compared by various reviewers to Yes

Yes (band)

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Biography

In 2004 the band won its first First Prize at the Félsziget Fesztivál's Talentum competition in Targu Mures (Romania).

In 2006 it released their its album, Holdfénykert (Moonlit Garden) on a small Hungarian record label: Rockszerviz. This first edition was sold out in 6 months. The band played in the Netherlands at the ProgFarm Festival (4 November 2006, Bakkeveen, The Netherlands).

In February 2007, Yesterdays and Rockszerviz Records organized the first MiniProg Festival (Budapest, Ship A38) in Budapest with two other bands: Flamborough Head

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from the Netherlands and ex-Yes guitarist Peter Banks

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' Harmony In Diversity (U.K.).

After some member changes the band worked on some new songs, a 20 minutes long epic for the upcoming Colossus Magazine/Musea release The Spaghetti Epic III and on a 5 minutes progrock hit with Jonas Reingold

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, the bassist of The Flower Kings

The Flower Kings

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, for Dante's Inferno (a new Colossus/Musea project CD box).

In 2008, Holdfénykert was re-released by the famous French label, Musea Records. The CD came out as an "Enhanced and Remastered" edition, with some multimedia bonuses.

In July 2008 "It's So Divine" from the Holdfénykert album reached position 23 on "City FM 106,2" (Romanian Radio) National Top 30 Hit Chart.

Yesterdays' second album called Colours Caffé has been released by Hungarian label Rockszerviz in January 2011. The album features 11 new songs and a hidden track. It seems that Yesterdays had the chance to play with their hungarian infuences, like Tamás Mohai (ex. East, Faxni, RABB, etc.), Hungary

Hungary

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's most wanted session drummer Gergely Borlai. The album's mastering was done by King's X

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guitarist Ty Tabor

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at the Alien Beans Studio. Not long after the album's debut it was released by DiskUnion in Japan as a double CD (enhanced with a bonus CD, including old demos, alternate versions and even brand new songs).

Projects

- The Spaghetti Epic III. was a project CD with 3 bands involved http://www.colossus.fi/125/index.php?id=57,78,0,0,1,0, each band had to write a 20 minutes long progressive rock epic inspired by Sergio Corbucci
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  's famous tragic western movie called "The Great Silence
  The Great Silence
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  "

This CD was released in January 2009 by Musea Records

- Inferno was a 4CD project with 34 involved bands from all around the world http://www.colossus.fi/125/index.php?id=59,80,0,0,1,0 and thematically it is based on Dante
  DANTE
  Delivery of Advanced Network Technology to Europe is a not-for-profit organisation that plans, builds and operates the international networks that interconnect the various national research and education networks in Europe and surrounding regions...
  
  's Inferno, the first part of the Divine Comedy. Yesterdays did its contribution with two guest musicians: David Speight (current drummer of ex-Yes
  Yes (band)
  Yes are an English rock band who achieved worldwide success with their progressive, art, and symphonic style of rock music. Regarded as one of the pioneers of the progressive genre, Yes are known for their lengthy songs, mystical lyrics, elaborate album art, and live stage sets...
  
  guitarist Peter Banks
  Peter Banks
  Peter Banks is an English guitarist. He was the original guitarist of the progressive rock band Yes.-Early career:When Banks was a young boy, his father bought him an acoustic guitar...
  
  (U.K.) and bass guitar player of the The Flower Kings
  The Flower Kings
  The Flower Kings are a Swedish progressive rock group. Formed in August 1994 by veteran guitarist Roine Stolt as a touring band to support his solo album The Flower King, the band stayed together after the tour and have gone on to become one of the most prolific studio recording units in rock music...
  
  : Jonas Reingold
  Jonas Reingold
  Jonas Reingold is a bass guitar player from Malmö, Sweden. He started to play bass in 1986 when he subbed for a friend in the local famous act WIRE. The band was happy with his performance and offered him the spot...
  
  .

This CD was released in December 2008 by Musea Records

- Purgatorio was a 4CD project too with 34 bands composing 34 songs based on the canto's of Dante. Purgatorio is the second part of the Divine Comedy. Yesterdays did a song based on Canto XXX.

This CD was released in October 2009 by Musea Records

- Paradiso was the final chapter of Dante's Divine Comedy trilogy, a very exciting 4 CD box. Yesterdays covered Dante's Canto nr.XXXIII, the title of the song is "33".

- Yesterdays paid their tribute to the Swedish progressive rock band The Flower Kings
  The Flower Kings
  The Flower Kings are a Swedish progressive rock group. Formed in August 1994 by veteran guitarist Roine Stolt as a touring band to support his solo album The Flower King, the band stayed together after the tour and have gone on to become one of the most prolific studio recording units in rock music...
  
  covering their song called My Cosmic Lover. The 4CD box was released by French label Musea Records

Band members

Horváth Linda - lead vocals
Bogáti-Bokor Ákos - guitars, keyboards, vocals
Enyedi Zsolt - keyboards
Kolumbán Zoltán - bass guitar
Kecskeméti Gábor - flute
Szűcs József - drums

Former Band Members

Ercsey Andrea Emese - Lead Vocals (2000–2004)
András Karola - Lead Vocals (2005–2006)
Janosi Kinga - Lead Vocals (2006–2007)
Stutz Timéa - Lead Vocals (2007–2008)
Vitályos Lehel - Bass (2000–2007)
Fülöp Timea - Backing Vocals (2005–2007)
Kozma-Kis Emese - Flute (2005–2008)
Kósa Dávid - Percussion (2006–2007)
Csergő Domokos - Drums (2000, 2010)

Discography

Official albums:

2006, Oct: Holdfénykert - (Rockszerviz Records rsz-001)

2008, May: Holdfénykert (Enhanced and Remastered) - (Musea Records FGBG 4748.AR)

2011, Jan: Colours Caffé (Author's Edition)

EPs:

2004, May: Yesterdays' Dream is Now, A Whole Half (EP) (Author's Limited Edition)

Contributions, recordings on conceptual CDs, compilations:

2008, Nov: Various Artists - Dante's Divine Comedy - Part I - Inferno (Musea Records FGBG 4753)

2009, Jan: Various Artists - The Spaghetti Epic vol. III. - The Greatest Silence (Musea Records FGBG 4731)

2009, Apr: Various Artists - Tuonen Tytar II. A Tribute to Finnish Prog (Musea Records FGBG 4816)

2009, Oct: Various Artists - Dante's Divine Comedy - Part II - Purgatorio (Musea Records FGBG 4836)

2010, Oct: Various Artists - Dante's Divine Comedy - Part III - Paradiso (Musea Records FGBG 4861)

2011, Jun: Various Artists - A Flower Full Of Stars - A Tribute To The Flower Kings (Musea Records FGBG 4887)

Reviews

External links

Official website
Yesterdays entry on the Hungarian Wikipedia
Online available interview with the band on HírTV
HírTV
Hír TV is a Hungarian television news channel, the first of such made in the country. It began broadcasting on 2 January 2003.This TV channel was the only one to broadcast the 2006 protests in Hungary live. HirTV also performs investigative reports, political discussion programmes, a talk show and...

Hungarian news channel
Yesterdays entry at Progarchives
Yesterdays entry at ProGGnosis

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