Background
Poniklo was born in Budapest, Hungary. He grew up in Csepel. His father was a sewing machine-engineer
Poniklo was born in Budapest, Hungary. He grew up in Csepel. His father was a sewing machine-engineer
Poniklo attended the School of Journalism of Bálint György for one year.
He is also a solo artist under the name Poniklo. As a singer, Poniklo"s voice lies in the baritone range. He started becoming interested in popular music at the age of 12.
Since 1988 he has been a big fan of the Manchester artists such as The Smiths and Morrissey.
However, his first vinyl record was of Pet Shop Boys"s Actually. However, after one year he realized that journalism is not his field
Simon was recruiting musicians in order to form a band who like The Smiths. Poniklo and Simon started writing songs together and formed the band Fanzine.
Poniklo composed the album called during this period which obviously reflects his sadness and disappointment in his life.
In 2012 Poniklo entered into a relationship with Berta Tonelli and on 7 June 2013 Poniklo"s second child, Barnabás Poniklo, was born in Budapest. Later, Poniklo recruited Annabarbi"s Bence Bátor, Időrablók"s Oszkár Ács, Zoltán Kőváry, Tamás Faragó. Hámori was invited to sing a song by Serge Gainsbourg at Poniklo"s acoustic concert in 2012.
After the concert Poniklo suggested working together on a project since he wanted to try himself as a songwriter for someone else.
Poniklo"s first full length studio album, entitled Poniklo, was released by Twelvetones Recors under exclusive license from Electric and Music Industries services in October 2009. He recruited Michael Kentish (The Random Chocolates) as bass guitarist, Bence Bátor as drummer.
The album was mastered by Paul Ven der Jockheyd at Foon Mastering Studios in Belgium. The album contains the track called Tomi which was probably written about The Moog"s frontman Tamás Szabó nicknamed Tomi.
The song has the line ″De miért kell dalokat írnos, ha nem szólnak semmiről?″ (in English: ″But why do you have write songs if they are about nothing?″.
On 27 September 2013, Poniklo is expected to return on the stage after spending a couple of months in silence. Poniklo cites several bands throughout his interviews among which The Smiths are a recurring artist. However, he mentions David Bowie, Serge Gainsbourg.
Guitars
Epiphone Casino Vermont
Fender Jazzmaster
Fender Telecaster Classic Player Tele Deluxe
Gibson Exact Sciences-325
Effect pedals
Boss Doctor of Science-2
Amplifiers
Orange.
Poniklo is the founding member of along with Péter Egyedi, and Ádám Földes. Poniklo is the founding member of.