Pilli Bebek (English: Battery Baby) is a Turkish rock band formed in Ankara in 1993. The band has been in continuous existence since 1993 and has performed more than 1600 live shows in 42 cities. While Pilli Bebek is influenced by many genres ranging from heavy metal to Turkish art music, Scandinavian popular music to Latin music, they find themselves conceptually close to the Barcarolle style. The band's name comes from the popular children's program Torchy the Battery Boy (broadcast as Pilli Bebek in Turkish) shown on TRT in the early 1970s. Although the band was founded in Ankara, Turkey, it relocated to Istanbul after the Ankara street children beheading tragedy.
The band is known for composing the music for the hit TV series Behzat ÃÂ, with the music for the series being usually taken from the album "Olsun".
The foundations of Pilli Bebek were laid in 1992 by Cem Kñsmet and Ahmet Baà ÂbaÃÂlar. The duo started out by giving concerts at bars and pubs mainly located on Sakarya Street, one of the most visited streets in Ankara, and although the band went quiet for a while after Kñsmet's military service, it became active again after Kñsmet came back and Sonat ÃÂzer joined the band.
The band was renamed to Pilli Bebek in 1995.
In January 2000, the band released its first album "Uyandñrmadan" under the Aà Âk Müzik Yapñm label, apart from Kñsmet and Baà ÂbaÃÂlar, the album also featured Gürcan Konanç on drums. In addition to nine songs, the album also included a interpretation of Selçuk Alagöz's Malabadi Köprüsü.
As the band started recording their second album "Olsun", their line-up changed. With Baà ÂbaÃÂlar leaving the band, Cudi Genç replaced him as the bands bass guitarist and Onur Ertem replaced Konanç on drums.
In 2010, up-and-coming Turkish television series Behzat ÃÂ. Bir Ankara Polisiyesi, signed a deal with Pilli Bebek for the series music. As songs from the album Olsun were used extensively, Kñsmet started to write new songs similar to that of those in the Olsun album. These songs, which total up to 10 were collected in the first Behzat ÃÂ. songs album released in 2012. Half of the songs in the album were new interpretations of old songs, while the other half consisted of one cover (Nilüfer's Haram Geceler) and four new songs.
In May 2024, the group released the album "ÃÂekiç ve Gül: Bir Behzat àHikayesi (Original TV Series Soundtrack)", consisting of 11 songs, all of which are interpretations of the songs in the first Behzat ÃÂ. songs album. The album was made for the Turkish web series ÃÂekiç ve Gül: Bir Behzat ÃÂ. Hikayesi.
On 8 June 2024, the group released the album "Ankara Yanñyor Behzat ÃÂ. Film Müzikleri" consisting of 20 songs.
On 13 June 2024, Pilli Bebek released the album Kuduz DüÃÂünü consisting of 20 songs.