BRAINDOGS

Related to the British, as well as the Austrian mojo, but also bearing some features of the screaming jazz, the Braindogs invokes the charismatic spirit all along with the songs of Tom Waits, American singer, songwriter, musician, composer, and actor, whose tracks are hereby performed by a genuine supergroup. The band is made up of some of the best European singers of soul-blues – apart from the Londoner, Ian Siegal – such as the Austrian Ripoff Raskolnikov, together with representatives of the Hungarian music: Tibor Kiss and Livius Varga (Quimby), Laca Varga and Frenk (Hiperkarma, Frenk), and Szabolcs Nagy. The band was founded 10 years ago and it was meant for a single show on Tom Waits’ birthday, the concert taking place on the deck of the A38 concert-hub in Budapest. However, the event turned out to be an enormous success, the band members, as well as the public having a great time, so that it has come to be reiterated on a yearly basis. Ardent fans of Master Waits, this tribute band is regarded as outstanding especially because most band member are singers, songwriters and composers themselves. Following the sweeping success at the Garden festival in Gilău/Gyalu last year, the band is already well-known to the public in Cluj/Kolozsvár.