Árpád Szarvas is a musician, best known as the lead singer, songwriter, lyricist, guitarist of EZ Basic.

Árpád Szarvas
2017, Petőfi TV
Background information
Birth name	Árpád Szarvas
Genres	Indie rock, Psychedelic pop, Electronic music
Instruments	vocals, guitar
Years active	2001–present

Early life and personal life

Szarvas is from Szabadka and lived in Szeged, Hungary, however, he moved to the capital city, Budapest after graduating at Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of Szeged to pursue a music career.

EZ Basic

Szarvas played guitar in Pale Blue Eyes, a Szeged-based noise rock band while attending the secondary school. The band played music influenced by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Sonic Youth, and Joy Division. However, he left the band and formed EZ Basic with his friend Dénes Pesztalics. Szarvas was influenced by bands such as The Jesus and Mary Chain, House of Love, Primal Scream, and Broadcast. He is the founding member of EZ Basic.[1] Apart from EZ Basic, he also released music under the name Evil Men Have No Songs and Models Can't Fuck.

Discography

With EZ Basic:

Albums and EPs

• EZ To Say EP (2007)
• Hocus Focus (2007)
• Hello Heavy (2010)
• Memories of Spring EP (2012)
• Dead End Darling (2015)
• Sissyfuzz (2017)

With Evil Men Have No Songs:

Albums and EPs

• Evil Men Have No Songs EP (2010)
• Always Somewhere Else EP (2012)
• Where We Come From EP (2013)

With Models Can't Fuck:

Albums and EPs

• Move To Iceland EP (2011)
• Models Can't Fuck EP (2017)

Singles

• Ghost Kid (2010, with Models Can't Fuck)
• Home Tonight (2010, with Evil Men Have No Songs)
• Move To Iceland (Möbel remix) (2012, with Models Can't Fuck)
• New Lines (2013, with EZ Basic)
• Unnatural (2014, with EZ Basic)
• Whatcha Gonna Do With Your Life? (2015, with EZ Basic)

Instruments

Guitars

Epiphone 5102T / EA-250

Amplifiers

• Orange

Effect pedals

• Boss DS-1
• Boss CH2
• Electro-Harmonix Small clone

See also

• EZ Basic

References

External links

• Szarvas on Discogs