Phoenix - Baba Novac

Transsylvania Phoenix (also known as Phoenix in Romania) are a Romanian rock band formed in 1962 in Timişoara by guitarists Nicu Covaci and Kamocsa Béla. Guitarist Claudiu Rotaru, vocalist Florin “Moni“ Bordeianu and drummer Ioan “Pilu“ Ştefanovici completed the early lineup. The group became famous in Romania in the 1970s when it started fusing their 1960s rock and roll sound with traditional folk music, thus pioneering the “ethno rock“ sub-genre. After gaining popularity in Romania during the so-called B