Czaba Zvekan – Rock/Metal Vocalist
Csaba Zvekan is a musician/vocalist and founder of the band Sardonyx, Emergency, Warpdrive and was the singer for Killing Machine (2008-2011). Csaba Zvekan also played and/or recorded with members of Kiss, Black Sabbath, Ozzy Osbourne, W.A.S.P., Anthrax, Great White, Steve Vai and The Black Crowes among others.
Band Csaba Zvekan – Vocals, other band members announced soon
Country Majorca (Spain)/Hungary
Label t.b.a.
Promotion/Management ROCK N GROWL
Biography
Influenced early by bands like Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Judas Priest and Manfred Mann’s Earth Band. Csaba Zvekan soon switched from acoustic guitar to an electric guitar with distortion. It was probably around 1980 when the first garage band was formed. Just a couple of years later Csaba Zvekan has made new experiences in a recording studio by recording some originals on a 4 track machine. On these early recordings Csaba Zvekan would be playing most of the instruments by himself. After the demo tape was circulating for a while the band Emergency was highly interested in hiring Csaba Zvekan to be their singer.
Csaba Zvekan joined the band Emergency around 1986. Several shows have been played locally . One to mention was the opening act for guitar hero Angi Schiliro former guitarist for Zero, Kingdom Come.
The three piece band Sardonyx with the members Csaba Zvekan on the vocals, Walther Sarbach on Guitars and Manuel Montañana playing the drums was formed probably around 1988. All though earlier jam formations have been spotted. The first album “Open Gates” was distributed all over Europe and later imported into the US market.
The fascination with technology has always been big with Csaba Zvekan. Demo tapes and song ideas would be a constant way of life. In fact the first Sardonyx demo tape in 1988 was entirely recorded and mixed by Csaba Zvekan alone in his living room on an 8-track tape recorder. With special mix and bounce (ping pong) techniques he would make the recording sound as it was made on a 24 – multitrack recorder. 1989 Csaba Zvekan had his first commercial recording studio named “Crystal Studios”. Containing 24-Track analog Otari MKII and a 24 Track inline analog console. The whole studio inventory was sold prior to moving to Los Angeles to Angi Schiliro. Csaba Zvekan then worked later for Paramount Recording Studios in and around 1992–1993 doing second and first engineering. This is where he would meet and work with influential people like Steve Vai, The Black Crowes, Randy Castillo just to mention a few.
It was around 1993 when Csaba Zvekan met Jimmy Z. the lead guitar player and founder of Rough Angel. Rough Angel played a few shows around Hollywood and were opening act at the “Country Club” in Reseda, CA. Due to their popularity a sponsor was found to finance some new recordings. This work was done again at Paramount Recording Studios. The players were Csaba Zvekan – vocals, Jimmy Z. – lead guitar, Mike Mougavero – guitar, Ross Manzo – Bass, Dave Kappos – drums.
Just when Csaba Zvekan moved back to Switzerland in 1994 he work with the bands: Lazily and later Stream.
When Csaba Zvekan moved back to Switzerland in 1998 so did Dream Records. The company may had been inactive for several years. But the publishing part with SUISA very similar to the American counterpart ASCAP was still active. Csaba Zvekan has been a member of SUISA since early compositions like 1986. Soon the publishing label received a recording studio called “dream studio” and followed with “dream media” to produce the music video. Maurice Bettle and Csaba Zvekan created “Dream Entertainment” which merged all the sub companies together in one production label.
Csaba Zvekan’s passion for computers and electronics goes back to the eighties. But when he got his hands on a silent and defective Yamaha CS-80 it was a challenge to make this collectors item work again. He spent several month restoring this old vintage synthesizer from the 70′s. Videos can be watched on youtube to demonstrate how it sounds.
As of September 2009 Csaba Zvekan was a full member and part of the composer/songwriter for the band Killing Machine. He is replacing Mike Vescera and James Rivera. The complete line up is Peter Scheithauer on guitar, Jari Kainulainen – bass and Jon Dette on drums. The band was the supporting act for AC/DC’s Black Ice World Tour on the French leg. They played in front of 130.000 spectators in Nice, Stade Charles Ehrman and Paris, Stade de France. Later started their summer festivals with Graspop Metal Meeting 2010 with another 80.000 heavy metal fans. Jari Kainulainen was replaced by Jochen Mayer for the Wacken Open Air and Foire aux vins, Colmar. After no real interest from the industry and a lack of funds for production Csaba has decided to leave the band As of March 2011. The unpublished demo songs have been made available for fans and friends as a free download - www.killing-machine.com.
Csaba Zvekan signed in March 2011 an management deal with ROCK N GROWL and forming now a new Melodic Metal Band called “RAVEN LORD“.
Discography
2011 RAVEN LORD – t.b.a.
1980s Emergency – Turn Around
1990s Sardonyx – Open Gates
Web
www.csabazvekan.com
www.myspace.com/csabazvekan
www.killing-machine.com
Keep it simple, with heart, honesty and direct in the face! Stay ROCK N GROWL!
