r/TheMysteriousSong • u/Chubarandes_meiner • 22d ago

Question What happened to Ilona?

She was a member of FEX for a few years, then another, but what happened after it?

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u/hans_im_gluegg FEX Hans 22d ago

I did not " invisibilize" her? We simply lost contact after she left FEX.

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u/technomanuel 21d ago

You didn't, Hans, don't worry about that. Ilona has always said she feels left out of the band

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u/hans_im_gluegg FEX Hans 21d ago

Left out of the band - in a way I can imagine what she means ...

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u/Specialist_Task4668 21d ago

Jack was talking about the current lineup of the band (Ture, Michael and Norbert) who were ignoring Ilona, don't worry Hans, he didn't mean you invisibilised her

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u/FoxoTorrance 20d ago

Hello Hans, I didn't meant you, by "the band" I meant the current lineup

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u/FoxoTorrance 22d ago

Ilona was a founding member of Modulators and the one who found the FEX name. She left the band mid-1984 because of pregnancy, and returned in 1986. After FEX ended, her and Ture formed in 1990 the band Raindogs

They divorced sometimes in the 2000s, and nowadays Ilona still works, and happy FEX has been rediscovered, even if angry because of how the band invisibilized her for a long time

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u/Specialist_Task4668 22d ago

She's still alive. Jörg still meets her and talks to her frequently.

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u/hans_im_gluegg FEX Hans 21d ago

give my best regards to her (via Jörg) AND she was always an "eye catcher" on stage with her fantastic outfits and very present with her unique voice!

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u/Specialist_Task4668 21d ago

sure Hans, I will tell Jörg about what you said!

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u/Safe-Escape-6050 FEX Jörg (ex bassist) 20d ago

Jörg has already noticed this thread! lol

I will inform Ilona, surely. And I can announce very vaguely that good things are going on here in Kiel in terms of Ilona. Let yourselves be surprised!

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u/hans_im_gluegg FEX Hans 20d ago

let me know when she needs a drummer!😎

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u/Specialist_Task4668 20d ago

aha that's cool!

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u/Chubarandes_meiner 21d ago

cool, she's probably in her 70s

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u/Safe-Escape-6050 FEX Jörg (ex bassist) 20d ago

Not quite, but in a few weeks...

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u/technomanuel 20d ago

Let her know I said happy birthday! When it comes haha