The music genre adopted by the band is alternative rock with some influences from grunge, punk, ska and hardcore. Luna amară was also the first band to introduce a trumpet in the romanian alternative rock landscape.
Luna amară was formed in Cluj-Napoca in September 1999 by five students. Initially the band was called Tanagra Noise, having their debut stage appearance was at a Freshman's Ball on December 12 that same year. Later, they decided to change their name to the current one because the current one was harder to remember and because the band started to compose more and more songs in Romanian.
Starting from 2002, Luna Amară starts getting noticed by the critics and the mass media from Romania, with songs such as Gri Dorian (Dorian grey), Roșu Aprins (Bright Red), Folclor (Folklore), Mara, Ego nr. 4 and Oraș (City) are some of the songs which reached the top of the local radios across Romania.
Luna Amară performed live on the same stage with legendary bands and artists such as Faith No More, Clawfinger, Incubus, Paradise Lost, Exploited, Apocalyptica, HIM, Amorphis, Klimt 1918, Toy Dolls. In 2010, Luna Amară was among the bands invited to sing during the Tuborg Green Fest/Sonisphere event, on the 27th of june. Other bands having live performances at the same event were Anathema, Stone Sour, Alice In Chains and Rammstein. On the 2nd of october, the same year, Luna Amară performed in the opening of the Ozzy Osbourne concert in Bucharest. Later on, Luna Amară opened the stage for Deftones in 2011.
Outside Romania, Luna amară was invited to the Sziget Festival in Budapest both in 2005 and 2007, and to Peninsula in 2011, on the same day as Iggy Pop.
The band members have been invited to interviews on all the Romanian TV stations and have been presented in major Romanian music and cultural publications, such as Bravo, Popcorn, Music Event, Art&Roll, Musical Report.
During the years, Luna amară did not remain just a simply alternative band; as they declared in an interview for Ziare.com, the messages they seek to promote are honesty, civic involvement, the courage to speak out what you think, love, the dangers of social autism, the importance of friendship and human solidarity, personal frustration, the real dialogue among persons, the political lies, traps from our personal lives, [as well as] the soul fulfillment. These themes in the band's songs have also caused some dificulties, in part because of their aim.
In 2004 Luna amară was not paid after the performance in Alba-Iulia on 1st of december (the National Day) because of the song called Folclor (Folklore). The lyrics of the song were rather a manifest to revolt against the corrupt political leadership bringing the country in poverty and weakening the state altogether. Because of the same song, the band was banned from a concert in Cluj-Napoca, their native city.
In 2012, the band vocalist Mihnea Blidariu was briefely held up and threatened to get fined by the Romanian Gendarmerie because he dedicated the song Albastru (Blue) "to the lads with shields and batons that had beaten up the innocent in Piața Universității, in January and February 2012". He also added to the public "if you want, you can raise the middle finger to the Bucharest Gendarmerie".
The cause the band members were involved the most was the one against opening a mining exploatation at Roșia Montană, where the members of Luna amară also performed live at every edition of Fân Fest, being also personally involved in the protests.
The latest album to-date is called Nord (North), and was launched in 2018.
Band members :
Mihnea Blidariu (trumpet, voice, guitar)Valentin Deac (guitar solo)Nick (voice, guitar)Sorin Moraru (bass)Razvan Ristea (drums)Richard Constandini (manager)
VERSUS
Luna Amară Lyrics
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Şi tot ce ţi-a rămas e doar să ceri
Nopţi şi-o zi
În care nu mai ai un sens de-a fi
Cu capul sus
Cu pumnul strâns
În gri.
De ploi de frică-n sufletul tău nud
Îţi aminteşti
Copil flămând
De-un aer crud
Atunci când nu eram
Atunci când nu eram
Ei şi noi
Şi nu mai sunt nici îngeri nici eroi
Tot – nimic
Ne e împărţit de-un diavol foarte mic
Mai ştii ceva
De mintea ta
Când nu vedea
Atunci când nu eram
Atunci când nu eram
Atunci când nu eram
Atunci când nu eram
Stins – aprins
De o minciună ce s-a tot întins
Poţi – nu poţi
Cu tine în tăceri să-i duci pe toţi
Nu oboseşti
Scormoneşti
În capul tău
În ce e rău
N-ai vrea să-ncerci
Să te mai miri
De toate acele amintiri.
Atunci când nu eram
Atunci când nu eram
Atunci când nu eram
Atunci când nu eram.
The lyrics of Luna Amară's song "Versus" speak to the feelings of isolation and detachment from the world around you, and the struggle to find meaning in life. The opening lines "Azi şi ieri / Şi tot ce ţi-a rămas e doar să ceri" speak to a sense of emptiness, with the past and present feeling indistinguishable and the future uncertain. The following lines "Nopţi şi-o zi / În care nu mai ai un sens de-a fi / Cu capul sus / Cu pumnul strâns / În gri" convey a sense of despair and hopelessness, as the singer feels lost and alone.
As the song progresses, the lyrics continue to explore the idea of feeling disconnected from those around you. The lines "Ei şi noi / Şi nu mai sunt nici îngeri nici eroi / Tot – nimic / Ne e împărţit de-un diavol foarte mic" suggest a sense of disillusionment with society, as the singer laments the loss of heroes and angels, and feels as though everything is divided and meaningless. The repeated refrain "Atunci când nu eram" serves to reinforce this feeling of estrangement from the world, as the singer remembers a time when things were different, but can no longer connect with that reality.
Overall, "Versus" is a song about the struggle to find meaning in a world that seems to have lost its way. The lyrics convey a sense of alienation and despair, but also a determination to keep fighting, even in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds.
Line by Line Meaning
Azi şi ieri
Today and yesterday
Şi tot ce ţi-a rămas e doar să ceri
And all that's left for you is to ask
Nopţi şi-o zi
Nights and a day
În care nu mai ai un sens de-a fi
In which you don't have a sense of being anymore
Cu capul sus
With your head up
Cu pumnul strâns
With a clenched fist
În gri.
In grayness.
Ars şi ud
Burned and wet
De ploi de frică-n sufletul tău nud
Because of rains of fear in your naked soul
Îţi aminteşti
Do you remember
Copil flămând
Hungry child
De-un aer crud
Of a raw air
Atunci când nu eram
When we weren't there
Ei şi noi
Them and us
Şi nu mai sunt nici îngeri nici eroi
And there are no longer angels nor heroes
Tot – nimic
Everything - nothing
Ne e împărţit de-un diavol foarte mic
We're divided by a very small devil
Mai ştii ceva
Do you still know something
De mintea ta
About your mind
Când nu vedea
When it couldn't see
Stins – aprins
Off - on
De o minciună ce s-a tot întins
From a lie that kept stretching
Poţi – nu poţi
You can - you can't
Cu tine în tăceri să-i duci pe toţi
With you in silences to carry them all
Nu oboseşti
You don't get tired
Scormoneşti
You dig
În capul tău
In your head
În ce e rău
In what's bad
N-ai vrea să-ncerci
You wouldn't want to try
Să te mai miri
To wonder anymore
De toate acele amintiri.
About all those memories.
Contributed by Madison Y. Suggest a correction in the comments below.
Horia Săndulescu
nush ce credeti voi, da eu chiar cred ca baietii au evoluat cu albumul asta, atat din pdv expresiv cat si dpdv compozitional. ei sunt printre putinele trupe de la noi care parca chiar au ceva de zis ;)
Samurai
Azi şi ieri
Şi tot ce ţi-a rămas e doar să ceri
Nopţi şi-o zi
În care nu mai ai un sens de-a fi
Cu capul sus
Cu pumnul strâns
În gri.
Ars şi ud
De ploi de frică-n sufletul tău nud
Îţi aminteşti
Copil flămând
De-un aer crud
Atunci când nu eram
Atunci când nu eram
Ei şi noi
Şi nu mai sunt nici îngeri nici eroi
Tot – nimic
Ne e împărţit de-un diavol foarte mic
Mai ştii ceva
De mintea ta
Când nu vedea
Atunci când nu eram
Atunci când nu eram
Atunci când nu eram
Atunci când nu eram
Stins – aprins
De o minciună ce s-a tot întins
Poţi – nu poţi
Cu tine în tăceri să-i duci pe toţi
Nu oboseşti
Scormoneşti
În capul tău
În ce e rău
N-ai vrea să-ncerci
Să te mai miri
De toate acele amintiri.
Atunci când nu eram
Atunci când nu eram
Atunci când nu eram
Atunci când nu eram.
javelin665
Super!
drdani18
un albun destul de bunicel pe timp de criza se putea si mai bine...avem, cel putin eu, am pretentii de la ei.. o formatie buna care imi place mult... asta e ste cursul si in muzica...nu ii poti multumii pe toti... oricum e bine .. si ii felicit
Titu Vianu
pink floyd - us and them
Murgoci Ionut
@treizecisitrei :) de acord
Murgoci Ionut
nu e "de cacat" , dar nici nu e un album cine stie ce. ca versuri au inceput sa o dea pe lalaiala. nu tu solouri bine puse. daca in genere ascult punk si vreau sa schimb un pic, albumu asta nu ma ajuta deloc...Asfalt suna bine pt vremea lui.