Cristi Minculescu (born January 9, 1959 in Bucureşti, Romania) is the lead singer of hard rock band IRIS (since 1980). Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Bucharest ( Romanian: Bucureşti) is the Capital city, industrial and commercial centre of Romania. Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania Hard rock (also referred to as heavy rock) is a variation of Rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage and Psychedelic rock IRIS is a well known Romanian Hard rock band It was established in 1977 by Ioan Dumitrescu (drums Ion Olteanu (lead solo guitar and vocals and Emil Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) He and his wife Rodica have two twin-children, Mădălina and Florin.