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Romanian pop-rock band For other bands, see Taxi (disambiguation) § Music.

Taxi is a Romanian pop-rock band. The band's musical genres include rock, contemporary pop, using Nashville-style guitar licks.

Taxi
Origin	Romania
Genres	pop rock, pop, alternative rock, satirical music, rock, contemporary pop, folk rock
Years active	1999–present

Members	Dan Teodorescu Adrian Bortun Cantemir Neacşu Mugurel Coman Darius Vicky Albu

Website	http://www.trupataxi.ro

The band was founded on 13 March 1999 in Bucharest. It represented Romania at the Eurovision Song Contest 2000 with the song The Moon, finishing 17th.

Band members

Dan Teodorescu (vocals, guitar)
Adrian Bortun (bass guitar)- until November 2009
Cantemir Neacșu (lead guitars), January 2006 – present
George (a.k.a. Georgică or GXG) Pătrănoiu (lead guitars) December 1999 – January 2006
Andrei Bărbulescu (drums), March–November 1999, February 2003 – June 2006 (?)
Lucian Cioargă (drums), December 1999 – February 2003
Darius Neagu (drums), July 2006 – present
Mugurel Coman (keyboards), January 2006 – present
Vicky Albu (vocals)
Kerezsi Csongor (bass guitar) - November 2009 – present

Official Website - includes free downloads of the band's songs, including at least six in English.
TAXI - Concert, Bucuresti | theFest.ro

Preceded byMălina Olinescu with "Eu cred"	Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2000	Succeeded byMonica Anghel and Marcel Pavel with "Tell Me Why"
Preceded byMălina Olinescu with "Eu cred"	Winner of Selecţia Naţională 2000	Succeeded byMonica Anghel and Marcel Pavel with "Tell Me Why"

v t e Romania in the Eurovision Song Contest
Participation	~~1993~~ 1994 ~~1996~~ 1998 2000 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 ~~2016~~ 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~ 2021 2022 2023
Artists	Theodor Andrei Luminița Anghel Monica Anghel ~~Ovidiu Anton~~ Dan Bittman Cezar ~~Dida Drăgan~~ Elena Alex Florea Hotel FM The Humans Ilinca Mandinga Nico Nicola Mălina Olinescu Ovi Marcel Pavel Ester Peony Roxen Sanda Paula Seling ~~Sincron~~ Sistem Taxi Todomondo Mihai Trăistariu Vlad Voltaj Wrs
Songs	~~"Alcohol You"~~ "Amnesia" "The Balkan Girls" "Change" "D.G.T. (Off and On)" "De la capăt (All Over Again)" "Dincolo de nori" "Don't Break My Heart" "Eu cred" "Goodbye" "I Admit" "It's My Life" "Let Me Try" "Liubi, Liubi, I Love You" "Llámame" "Miracle" ~~"Moment of Silence"~~ "The Moon" ~~"Nu pleca"~~ "On a Sunday" "Pe-o margine de lume" "Playing with Fire" ~~"Rugă pentru pacea lumii"~~ "Tell Me Why" "Tornerò" "Yodel It!" "Zaleilah"
Note: Entries scored out signify where Romania did not compete.

v t e Eurovision Song Contest 2000
Countries	Austria Belgium Croatia Cyprus Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Iceland Ireland Israel Latvia Macedonia Malta Netherlands Norway Romania Russia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey United Kingdom
Artists	Alsou Nina Åström August and Telma Pınar Ayhan and the SOS Jane Bogaert Brainstorm Charmed Nicki French Ines Goran Karan Sofia Mestari Olsen Brothers Claudette Pace PingPong Roger Pontare Stefan Raab The Rounder Girls Nathalie Sorce Taxi Eamonn Toal Voice Linda Wagenmakers XXL Serafín Zubiri
Songs	"100% te ljubam" "All to You" "Colgado de un sueño" "Desire" "Don't Play That Song Again" "Envie de vivre" "Fly on the Wings of Love" "Kad zaspu anđeli" "A Little Bit" "Millennium of Love" "The Moon" "My Heart Goes Boom" "My Star" "No Goodbyes" "Nomiza" "On aura le ciel" "Once in a Lifetime" "Sameach" "Solo" "Tell Me!" "La vita cos'è?" "Wadde hadde dudde da?" "When Spirits Are Calling My Name" "Yorgunum Anla"