The Moog, one of Hungary's most popular alternative rock bands is on the road in the US in support of their new album 'Razzmatazz Orfeum'. They're co-headlining with Denver post-punk dance outfit The Photo Atlas. The tour includes shows in LA, San Francisco, NYC, Austin, Atlanta, Washington, DC and more.

They've been compared to such modern-day chart-toppers as The Strokes and The Hives; but The Moog's influences run deep and wide: The Beatles, David Bowie, The Sonics, The Smiths, Nirvana, Ramones, Sonic Youth, Roxy Music and Bauhaus. The band managed to infuse their music with their own personality and heritage, and the resulting sound is brightly original, fusing together elements of 60's garage music, goth rock, punk, and pop. Under the influence of American and British rock, they write and sing in English but their sound is distinctively Eastern European, as heard in their immediate, contagious and haunting melodies.

The band's debut album, Sold for Tomorrow was mixed by the legendary Nirvana producer Jack Endino, and it turned quite a few heads around, thanks to the two indie underground hit singles and videos, 'I Like You' and 'Everybody Wants'. Both videos were heavily played on mtvU and even made the first-round nominations for the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards. SPIN.com acclaimed, 'The album boasts rough-around-the-edges garage pop tunes, and Everybody Wants is a catchy three-chord gem.

To record their sophomore release, Razzmatazz Orfeum, the group set up shop in Seattle 'its climate and weather not unlike Budapest' and they worked with one of the Northwest's most respected contemporary producers, Geoff Ott (Queens Of The Stone Age, Mark Lanegan, Pearl Jam, etc.)

The record's second single, When I See You, achieved the biggest success so far for The Moog. The video which was shot in LA's Bob Baker puppet theater by legendary director AG Garth (White Stripes, Von Bondies, Adult) has been on regular show on MTV2's Subterranean program as well as on the newly started MTV channel LOGO.

The Moog will soon receive another huge boost Stateside, when they land on U.S. soil for their fourth American tour in spring of '10.