Bahadır Akkuzu

Bahadır Akkuzu (February 3, 1955 – August 6, 2009) was a Turkish singer and musician who was a self-taught

Biography

Akkuzu began playing shows at the age of 15 and at the age of 17 joined a rock and roll group called "4 Adam". This was followed by a stint in "The Signal" and then a long career as a member of the Turkish/Anatolian psychedelic-progressive rock band Kurtalan Ekspres, which he joined in 1978. He was a contemporary of and worked with the famous Turkish musicians Cem Karaca, Erkin Koray, and Edip Akbayram. His band-mate and friend Barış Manço died in 1999 at the age 56. Akkuzu took over singing duties for the band after his friend died.^[1]

He was generally considered an experimental rock musician who cited many western influences, among which were

Akkuzu died of a heart attack on August 6, 2009, and was interred at the Zincirlikuyu Cemetery.

Discography

With Kurtalan Ekspres

• Hal Hal / Eğri Eğri Doğru Doğru Eğri Büğrü Ama Yine De Doğru (1981) (Türküola 239)
• 3552 (2003 Sony Müsik)
• Fourteen Numara (1986 Film score)

References

External links

• Kurtalan Ekspres MySpace Page
• blog interview (in Turkish)
• Hit song "Hal Hal" video