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  • A History of Turkish Rock - Episode II

    12 Aug 2006, 06:19 by aydozz

    Well, it took longer than I expected to write this second part. I had a bunch of bands in mind for this one, such as Whisky and Ünlü. However, this will be (oddly enough) about a band that I had mistakenly (what a huge one) left out from my initial list. Here comes Mavi Sakal

    Originally formed by three Tarsus American College students Tibet Ağırtan, Murat Tümer and Kaan Altan, the band had a quite interesting career. Unlike most so called fans know, the group published two albums before the famous [album]Kan Kokusu[/album] album.
    After these albums, Tibet Ağırtan went on his own way and released two solo albums [album]Yat Geliyorum[/album] and [album]Kalk gidiyorum[/album]. Especially the title songs of these albums are definitely classical Turkish rock products.
    On the Mavi Sakal side, the group gained increasing popularity with songs like [track]Basladim Yurumeye[/track][track]Iki Yol[/track][track]Ne kadar[/track] among the new generation with the Kan Kokusu album.
    It has been more than 8 years now and Mavi Sakal is about to release another album finally. …
  • A History of Turkish Rock

    11 Jun 2006, 05:02 by aydozz

    I would like to begin this small journal about Turkish Rock. Please note the title which says "A History...", so it will by no means be exhaustive. It will simply be composed of my opinions and some other people who may be kind enough to post a reply.

    The first names that come into my mind are MFÖ, Cem Karaca, Bulutsuzluk Özlemi, Ünlü, Kargo, Pentagram, Whisky, The Climb, Ersen ve Dadaslar, Sebnem Ferah, Yasar Kurt, Özlem Tekin, Baris Manco,Duman, Demir Demirkan,Erkin Koray,Kramp, Kesmeseker, Mor ve Ötesi .

    Today's entry will simply be about MFÖ. Their very first albüm (as far as I know) was "Ele Güne Karsi" which contained the incredibly beautiful song Yalnızlık Ömür Boyu. although I was not old enough to figure out its true value at that time :)
    Their fourth and arguably the best albüm was "Vak the Rock", one can actually see this by looking at their 1989 "Best of" albüm which contained 6 of the 10 songs from "Vak the Rock" albüm. To name a few: