Unforgettable Turkish Rock Groups

90’s for Turkish music find identity It can be said that the search passed. Different styles were tried and new names and groups emerged. For rock music, on the one hand, the Anatolian rock influences continue, on the other hand, punk, heavy, hard rock species such as

It was a period when people called rockers were excluded from society or considered strange, especially in those years when pop music was popular.

Here, most 90’s and 2000’s who came into our lives at the beginning and who are still listening even if they leave, For Turkish rock music valuable groups!

Turkish rock music groups that we cannot forget:

• Victim | 1997-2005, 2006-2017
• Cilekes | 2002-2011
• nursery | 2000-?
• Direct-t | 1997-?
• Malt | 2006-2016
• calm | 1999-2011
• Whiskey | 1979-2009
• Grizu | 1993-?
• Blue Beard | 1980-?
• Dr. Skull | 1983-1994

A band that changed the course of Turkish rock music: Kurban

• Featured songs: Don’t Lie, Don’t Ask, Mehmet Ağa in Yellow Boots, In vain, Again

Turkish rock music changing course a group: the victim. Firstly outside Founded under the name Kurban, they started their careers with English songs. Afterwards, they changed their name and continued to make their music.

Kurban, especially with his debut in the early 2000s, managed to stand out from pop music, which was the favorite of that period. disbanded in 2017 Although they upset their fans a lot with their statements, they are still sung by heart even today with their songs with lyrics such as ‘There is no such thing as love, my friend.

Those who try the untried in music: Çilekeş

• Featured songs: None, Back From Myself, Not Enough, Black, Detention

in Ankara a Turkish group founded ÇilekeşAlthough they did not announce their disbandment definitively, they have not produced new things or given concerts since 2011. The band, which made their name known by winning the first place in a competition they participated in, managed to become one of the legendary bands by making music that had not been tried before in Turkey.

Even today, those who listen to and love rock music have Çilekeş songs on their playlists. A period of rock music generation and favorite of festivals was a group.

Pop-rock group with disco sauce: Nursery

• Featured songs: Unfinished Wine, A Personal Suicide, I’m Still Yours

From Popcorn name to Nursery The group, which was founded in 2000 with its translated name; especially in 2007. ‘There is no time’ With his album, he made a lot of noise in his time. Even bands like Motörhead, Limp Bizkit, Muse appeared. At Rock’n Coke festivals By taking the stage, he had an important place in the Turkish rock music part of his period and even today. their own music ‘Popped rock with disco sauce!’ define as. After a while, the group disbanded as the group members decided to continue their careers solo.

Group that makes grunge music embellished with ethnic elements: Direc-t

• Featured songs: Longing, But I Have No Love, Go, But You Are

The group decides on their names as a result of crashing into the pole while driving in the same vehicle: Direct-t. Direc-t, a band from Adana, composed both English and Turkish compositions. Also, they do not take shelter in a single genre of music, but to make a definition, for their music Grunge adorned with Turkish ethnic elements can be said. Although the Direc-t group did not make a statement about their separation, they left their active period in the early 2000s.

Proof that Cenk Durmazel is also successful in music: Malt

• Featured songs: Earthquake, Impossible, Neanderthal, Goal, Eye of Love

We know from the Cenk & Erdem duo. Soloist of Cenk Durmazel Malt group, which was published in 2006 ‘The Self-titled Album’ By making an album called Turkish rock music, he signed songs that will be remembered even after years. The band, who announced that they broke up in 2016 after 10 years of music, is still listened to by Turkish rock lovers with their albums, which they claim will not have any trouble while listening to the band, even though it upset their fans.

Indie rock band that left their fans very upset by leaving: Calm

• Featured songs: Rain Diary, Nasty Comedy, My Subject, Tulips White

The one who made his fans very upset with his disbandment and made calm music like his name. Turkish indie rock band Sakinbecame a favorite of many youth festivals, especially at the beginning of its establishment. also Rolling Stone in a popular culture-defining magazine such as 10 promising local bands By being included in the list, they proved their success in their music. Announcing their separation in 2011, the Sakin group left behind their concert recordings and songs, which are still listened to fondly.

Turkey’s first hard rock/metal band: Whiskey

• Featured songs: Burn Us, Mirror, Only With You, Witch

Turks also make metal and a group with the heaviest evidence: whiskey. Turkey’s first hard rock/metal group. Whiskey is a band founded by Kamil Özaydın to bring the rock music culture that is lacking in Turkey to large masses. Group members not only produce songs but also with instrument production They are people who care about every detail of music. Although his works are published on platforms under the name of Whiskey, the group does not continue as before after the death of most of its members.

A beautiful mix of grunge and hard rock genres: Grizu

• Featured songs: Beer and Coffee, It’s All a Dream, You Live Once, Blood and Money

After being established in Istanbul in 1993, Tuzla Ice named grunge and hard rock They gained a bone audience by releasing an album in a mix of genres. The group, such as the lack of distribution for business reasons They may not have gotten the audience they wanted, but they still are today. ‘Beer and Coffee’ His song continues to be listened to by people who like to listen to Turkish rock music. Although Grizu never officially announced his departure, all members left the group over time, except Emre Akdeniz, who was its founder.

One of the values ​​of the Turkish rock music community since 1980: Blue Beard

• Featured songs: Two Ways, Take Away, Take Me, Yacht I’m Coming, Days, I Started Walking

in 1980 they started their careers apart from their demo albums. their first album, Pull Git.The Mavisakal group, which continued by publishing in 1992, attracted a lot of attention in Turkey by the rock music community they were involved in at that time. Although the band members did not officially announce their separation due to frequent changes, the lineup with which they started their musical career has already disbanded. Bluebeardis a valuable band that has gifted Turkish rock music with great albums such as Kan Kokusu and Çektir Git.

A skull-headed group of four fellow medical students: Dr. Skull

• Featured songs: Rools for the Fools, Voice of the Sun, Princess, Metal on Metal

The musical adventures of 4 close boyfriends that started in high school, all of them at Hacettepe University in the same year. Faculty of Medicine He continued to win. on the name Dr. Skull The band, which is the name of the band, has engraved its name in Turkey’s rock/metal music history and has managed to become a legend. Dr. Skull has never been able to fit into a single genre of music. Mostly by trying different styles together They have released 3 solid albums. He said goodbye to his fans in Turkey and around the world by holding a concert in Ankara in 2019.