Gypsies

seen live

Two bands are called Gypsies: 1. A rap group from Århus, Denmark 2. A band from Sri Linka. 1. Gypsies is a danish rap/R'nB/indie-group from Århus. Until their first album, One Hand Up came out in 2007, they where mostly known for being the danish band Outlandish's backingband. They are said to be a terrific live-band. The danish music-magazine Gaffa rated the album One Hand Up three out of six stars. Gypsies consists of: SHAKA LOVELESS - Vox. PETER BLONDE - Bass. LASSE BOMAN - Guitar. BENJAMIN KISSI - Vox. ANDREAS HAGEDORN - Keys. BIRK NEVEL - Drums. 2. The Gypsies is a Sri Lankan band that performs English and Sinhala songs and have been around since the early 1970s. The band was formed in 1969 by Anton Perera, a confectioner at the Glucorasa company, comprised of his five sons (Sunil, Nihal, Piyal, Nimal, Lal) - all of whom had recently completed high school. Lead singer Sunil Perera, schooled at St Peter's College in Colombo, renovated a portion of his house on Galle Road (in Ratmalana) into a recording studio and began recording their first album. In the thirty years that followed, many changes have occurred in the group's membership that have led to the eight members present today. Sunil Perera and Piyal Perera are the two surviving members from the original line up. Their early success was due to a series of 5 LPs they released in the 1970s (entitled Dance With the Gypsies). In the 1980s the group released their first audio cassette containing their novelt...