Máté Balla

Máté Balla (born 12 January 1991) is a Hungarian rock musician, best known as the guitarist of the garage rock band Ivan & The Parazol.

The native form of this personal name is Balla Máté. This article uses Western name order when mentioning individuals.

Máté Balla
Birth name	Máté Balla
Born	(1991-01-12) 12 January 1991 Budapest, Hungary
Genres	Garage rock, Indie rock
Instruments	Lead guitar
Years active	2010–present
Associated acts	Ivan & The Parazol

Early life and personal life

Balla was born in Budapest, Hungary. In an interview with NullaHatEgy, Ball said that Ivan & The Parazol play Classic rock rather than Indie rock. He also pointed out that in Hungary the Hungarian indie bands were not persistent enough to reach international success.[1]

On 10 June 2015, Balla was featured on D'Addario's website as a user of the strings.[2]

Ivan & The Parazol

Main article: Ivan & The Parazol

Balla is the founding member of Ivan & The Parazol.

Discography

With Ivan & The Parazol:

• Yellow Flavour (2012)
• Sellin' My Soul (2012)
• Mama Don't You Recognize Ivan & The Parazol? (2012)
• Mode Bizarre (2014)
• The All Right Nows (2015)

Instruments

Guitars

• Fender Stratocaster

Effect pedals

• Boss DS-2
• Electro-Harmonix Big Muff

Strings

• D'Addario EXL 120
• D'Addario EXL 115
• D'Addario EJ 26

Amplifiers

• Orange

See also

• Budapest indie music scene
• Ivan & The Parazol

References

1. ""Az legyen a cikk címe, hogy ezek nem csajoznak!" – Interjú az Ivan and the Parazollal". Nullahategy.hu. 5 June 2012.
2. "Balla Máté személyében újabb D'Addario endorsert köszönthetünk!". D'Addario. 10 June 2015.

External links

• Balla on Discogs