Gabor Lenđel

Gabor Lenđel (; ; born 11 April 1951) is a Serbian and Yugoslav musician, composer and music producer and former athlete of Hungarian descent, known as the leader of the rock band Teška Industrija, as well as for his work as composer of popular and theatre music.

Biography Early career (1964–1974) Gabor Lenđel was born in Subotica on 11 April 1951. He started his musical career as a teenager, forming the band Suze Mladih Krokodila (Young Crocodiles' Tears) in 1964, in which he played guitar. The rest of the group continued to perform together, but did not see large commercial and critical success and disbanded at the end of 1978. In an interview following the album release, Lenđel stated that, although he formed the band, he never legally registered the name Teška Industrija, but that he considers only first three studio albums as the real Teška Industrija releases, and that Hadžiavdić and Propadalo continued to use the name Teška Industrija after the group's 2005 reunion out of "nostalgic reasons".

Solo works (1978–present) After his army service ended, Lenđel moved to Novi Sad, where he got a job at Radio Novi Sad as a music producer and arranger.

Lenđel wrote the rock opera Zöld Hajú Lany (Green-haired Girl), which was the first rock opera in Hungarian language. Lenđel played keyboards on the recording and produced the album.

Awards and honors Pro urbe Award by the Subotica City Council (2010)

Discography With Teška Industrija Studio albums Ho ruk (1976) Teška Industrija (1976) Zasviraj i za pojas zadjeni (1978) Kantina (2005) Putnički voz uspomena (2024)

Singles "Karavan" / "UFO" (1975) "Kolika je Jahorina planina"/ "Kovači sreće" (1975) "Kadija" / "Šta je rekla Ana" (1975) "Život je maskenbal" / "Našem putu kraja nema" (1976) "Štap" / "Nepoznata pjesma" (1976) "Igraj mala opa, opa" / "Otišla je ljubav moja" (1977) "Alaj mi je večeras po volji" / "Ja i ti i ljubav naša" (1977)

Solo Compilation albums Gold Collection (2022)

Singles "Tetovirane duše" (1986)