Gökalp Ergen (born 1977 in Kocaeli) is the vocalist of heavy metal band Mezarkabul (known as Pentagram in Turkey).[1] He is also the brother of screenwriter Kemal Kenan Ergen. [2]
Gökalp Ergen | |
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| Born | 27 April 1977 Kocaeli, Turkey |
| Genres | Rock Turkish folk music Heavy metal Thrash metal |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter, producer |
| Instrument | vocal |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Member of | Pentagram (2010–...) |
| Website | www |
Music career
editHe started his music career in 1995 by founding the band The Climb. In 1997, he won the second prize at the 2nd Roxy Music Days, which he participated with the band Weed. In 1998, The Climb's first album of the same name was released. Ergen worked as a producer as well as a musician on this album. He continued in the same role on the band's second album, Principia, released in 2002. The group continued to be active until the end of 2007.
He joined as the vocalist of the band, replacing Murat İlkan, who left Pentagram in 2010 due to health problems.[3] The song Wasteland, which they published on the internet in 2011, was the first song Ergen composed with Pentagram members, thenreleased the album MMXII.[2]
Sountracks
editHe composed the song Never Think About You in the 2011 movie Kolpaçino: Bomba, arranged and interpreted it with İskender Paydaş.[4]
In 2013, Ergen gave private lessons in music to Engin Altan Düzyatan, the leading actor in the film Bu İşte Bir Yalnızlık Var,[5]
and also contributed his song The Trouble Maker to the film. In 2014, he composed the music for the movie Zaman Makinesı 1973, for which he was also a part of the script team. The song Geri Dönme, which he composed and interpreted for this movie, was very popular.
References
edit- ^ "Gökalp Ergen'le #EvdeKal'maya Molatik ol!". Retrieved 29 November 2024.
- ^ a b "Pentagrama Maya Takvimi İlham Vermiş". Sabah. 15 June 2012. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
- ^ "Murat İlkan'dan 'sarsıcı' dönüş!". Hürriyet. 25 October 2013. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
- ^ "Kolpaçino: Bomba Sountracks". IMDB. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
- ^ "Zaman Makinesi 1973". Sinema Türk. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
External links
edit- Mezarkabul Official Webpage
- Biography at Discogs.com
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