Background
David Nagy was born on February 16, 1981, in Budapest, Hungary. He found his father"s old guitar in the house at the age of 10.
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He currently plays with his band Helland. In February 2013 he started a new band with exdrummer Csaba Czébely under the name of Helland. The band released their debut album called Hellness in 2014.
He has an older sister.
He begun taking classical guitar lessons at the local music school. His early influences were ACDC"s Angus Young and Slash.
At age 13 he got to know Gábor Kukovecz, guitarist of Hungarian heavy metal band, and began to take private lessons from him. By the age of the 18 he was writing lyrics for the band, spending his time sitting in the corner of the band"s rehearsal place.
This album turned out to be Csakazértis.
Soon after its release the band asked him to join the band as a full-time member. David spent 10 years with the band contributing lyrics and music for the albums: In January 2011, due to musical and personal differences he quit the band and moved to Los Angeles for 5 months where he wrote songs with Zoltán "Zoli" Tégláson After returning to Budapest he started working on a new band with exdrummer Csaba Czébely under the name of Helland.
The band released its first European Parliament in June 2013.
Their first full-length album, Hellness was released in 2014. He has written songs and made guest appearances for various artists, including the title track song on the Joe Rudan album "Én ez vagyok" as well as providing solos on the Zoli Band album "Red and Blue".
Musical Influences According to David he picked up the guitar after seeing ACDC"s song Money talks on television He"s other influences are Michael Schenker, Gary Moore, Zakk Wylde, Paul Gilbert, Dimebag Darrell, Black Sabbath, Randy Rhodes, et cetera
Membership
He was member of the Hungarian heavy metal band Pokolgép from 2001 to 2010, but penned lyrics for the 2000 album Csakazértis.
