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Leslie mandoki a Radio Kossuth Sunday Newspaper he remembered in his show Benkő Laszló. The world famous Hungarian musician said he was the keyboardist and composer of the band Omega Despite life’s challenges, she was always able to retain her smiling, loving, and helpful nature.
He recalled the times when he had regular visits to his home in Munich with László Benkő (drummer Ferenc Debreczeni) and Elefánt (guitarist György Molnár). According to his praise László Benkő had a great talent to lead a band, he was a true master builder of the profession.
Leslie Mandoki also spoke about the fact that when Gábor Presser and József Laux parted ways with Omega, everyone, including the communist leadership, felt that there could be nothing outside of the band, even though the band flourished after that. He remembered that at that time There were only two Hungarian gangs that could “kick the ball” in the West: one was Syrius and the other was Omega. The gangs became too strong for the communist leadership to crush them.
– László Benkő considered the role of electronics very important, after the departure of Gábor Presser he played exclusively on keyboard instruments, including the synthesizer, which was used by Omega for the first time in Hungary in 1973, revived. As he said, rock music played a major role in the fall of the Berlin Wall, and Hungary’s desire for freedom played a major role in this as well.
“Gorbachev said that the greatest enemy of communism was rock music.” I will always consider you heroes, brave heroes who brought down the Iron Curtain from the east, he emphasized.
Pain
László Benkő died at the age of 77 on Wednesday night from cancer. The band’s bassist Tamás Mihály also died on Saturday at the age of 73.
