Concert Timpuri Noi

Timpuri Noi (Modern Times) initial line up, Razvan Moldovan, Adrian Plesca, Dan Iliescu, and Sorin Petroianu, set out to do, in the summer of 1982, the most modern Romanian music, powered by the most dangerous rock and roll. 

Location: Arabica Coffee House Underground (dance.com club)
6285 Pearl Rd, Parma Heights, Ohio
Date: November 10th
Time: 8:00pm
For tickets call 216-392-1031

Timpuri Noi Concert

Location: Arabica Coffee House Underground (dance.com club)
6285 Pearl Rd, Parma Heights, Ohio
Date: November 10th
Time: 8:00pm
For tickets call 216-392-1031

Ticket price: $15 at the door ($12 in advance)

Timpuri Noi (Modern Times) initial line up, Razvan Moldovan, Adrian Plesca, Dan Iliescu, and Sorin Petroianu, set out to do, in the summer of 1982, the most modern Romanian music, powered by the most dangerous rock and roll. The first tunes, such as "Nepotul" (The Nephew), "Acesta e ritmul" (This is the Beat) or "Mistretul" (The Wild Boar), were somehow playful, not powerful enough in their political involvement. By the time "Perfect" and "Drumul spre lumina" (The Road to Light) reached the public, the band's materials become much too dangerous for the Romanian Communist Party's officials, getting them banned from public radio or TV stations and under the surveillance of the Romanian Secret Services. 

With a band member, Razvan Moldovan, having fled to Western Europe five months before the 1989 overthrow of the communist regime in Romania, and within the murky context of the December revolution, the song "Perfect" became the most popular Romanian hit in decades. Suddenly, Timpuri Noi transformed itself from Romania's most underground act into the country's top mainstream band. The band continued its political engaged songwriting, releasing in the early '90s more songs depicting the social and economic changes in post-revolutionary Romania: "Victoria" (Victory), "N-ATO" (a word pun for NATO), and "Emigrant USA". Being in the spotlight for more than 25 years, one can safely say the band has boldly voiced out two, even three, generations of Romanian fans.

Current line up: Dan Iliescu – guitars; Adrian "Artan" Plesca – lead singer; Andrei Barbulescu – drums; Radu Florin Tuliga – vocals & DJ mixing; Victor Benjamin Rivalet – keyboards & groove box.

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