The Nihil
- We are a three-member, free form rock band from Long Beach, California.
Our musical intent is fusing Western traditional Rock elements with Eastern European musical motives and rhythms to create a dark, medieval sounding environment driven by passionate guitar runs, heavy drum lines, supported by strong underlined bass and spiritual lyrics.
Although we use traditional electric and acoustic instruments in concerts, our recordings include other exotic instruments like Sitar, Tabla, Bongo Gong etc. to achieve higher purity and authenticity.
Our songs range from harmonic- tinged electric, to down and dirty slide guitar, and to slower melodic, acoustic songs.
We seek to achieve intellectual clarity through rock music by revolting against the social norms of conformity, dogmatic faith systems and corrupt legislature. Providing leadership in free-thinking, is needed by lost individuals within society, pointing out ways of self-creation, destruction of old selves.
Robert Kalapos- singer/songwriter and guitarist.
Mate Kalapos (Matt)- drummer/percussionist.
Timothy Herman- bass guitar.
We have started playing gigs over the summer of 2004 at parties, bars (regulars at Cal State Long Beach "Nugget", "Di Piazza" Long Beach, Charity concert for a Cancer Walk at Redondo Beach...) This time we’ve already had our own material we came up with in 2003.
During the summer of 2005 we’ve added new L.A. locations (The Whisky a Go Go, Knitting Factory in Hollywood, The Lighthouse Cafe in Hermosa beach etc...) and recorded our first full length album titled: - NIHILISM - which we released in March 2006.
In the summer of 2006 and 2008 we have completed our first and second Eastern European Tour, including over 35 concert locations in Hungary, Slovenia, Slovakia and Romania as guests of the successful Hungarian rock band “Republic”
2008 summer we have released our second album called: - ROOTS of AGES -