Gábor Szakácsi, also known as Gabi Hun or Gabor Hun, is a Hungarian-born American rock guitarist and vocalist, best known as the frontman of Seattle punk group Sledgeback. He fronted C.A.F.B., one of the most influential Hungarian punk bands of the 1990s, with whom he released six full-length albums between 1993 and 2017. After leaving Hungary, Hun started Sledgeback in 2004 and released several albums with the group. His distinct voice became the trademark of Sledgeback.
Hun rose to fame in Hungary and its surrounding areas with his band C.A.F.B. following the success of their 1997 album "Zanza" which launched the group into the country's mainstream. Despite its success the band was unable to work together due to Gabor Hun's drug related problems. He has left the country after the recording sessions of their 1999 album and formed Sledgeback years later in Seattle. Szakácsi, known for founding the Seattle-based punk rock band Sledgeback, established several new musical projects in the region during the mid-2010s. Most notably, he co-founded the bands Classless Action and The Scoffs, collaborating with musicians from other established local punk rock groups. In the mid-2020s, he also collaborated with the rock band The Hallucinatorz, contributing to their third studio album and appearing in the official music video released for the project.
C.A.F.B. - "Diktátor" (Written by Gabor Szakacsi) 2002
Notable contributions
Gábor Szakácsi with Therapy? in Seattle (2001).L-R-Graham Hopkins; Andy Cairns; Gábor Szakácsi; Michael McKeegan.-Front:Martin McCarrick
At its beginnings Szakácsi was a contributing member of the Hungarian band Brains, which is a successful pop music group today, regularly appearing some of the most prominent festivals of Europe.
In the spring of 2011 Gabor Hun interviewed Los Angeles punk rock singer Doug Dagger of The Generators and Canadian psychobilly musician Big John Bates (Former member of Annihilator) for the Hungarian music magazine Totalrock. The staff of the magazine opened a full section for Hun, called "vs.Gabihun". Gábor Szakácsi joined Seattle based punk group The Scoffs as guitarist in 2019.
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