Máté Balla (born 12 January 1991) is a Hungarian rock musician, best known as the guitarist of the garage rock band Ivan & The Parazol.

Máté Balla
Birth nameMáté Balla
Born (1991-01-12) 12 January 1991 (age 33)
Budapest, Hungary
GenresGarage rock, Indie rock
Instrument(s)Lead guitar
Years active2010–present

Early life and personal life edit

Balla was born in Budapest, Hungary. In an interview with NullaHatEgy, Balla said that Ivan & The Parazol play Classic rock rather than Indie rock. He also pointed out that in Hungary the Hungarian indie bands were not persistent enough to reach international success.[1]

On 10 June 2015, Balla was featured on D'Addario's website as a user of the strings.[2]

Ivan & The Parazol edit

Balla is the founding member of Ivan & The Parazol.

Discography edit

With Ivan & The Parazol:

  • Yellow Flavour (2012)
  • Sellin' My Soul (2012)
  • Mama Don't You Recognize Ivan & The Parazol? (2012)
  • Mode Bizarre (2014)
  • The All Right Nows (2015)

Instruments edit

Guitars edit

Effect pedals edit

Strings edit

  • D'Addario EXL 120
  • D'Addario EXL 115
  • D'Addario EJ 26

Amplifiers edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ ""Az legyen a cikk címe, hogy ezek nem csajoznak!" – Interjú az Ivan and the Parazollal". Nullahategy.hu. 5 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Balla Máté személyében újabb D'Addario endorsert köszönthetünk!". D'Addario. 10 June 2015.

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