Leslie Mándoki

Hungarian-born Leslie Mándoki (Mándoki László) (born January 7, 1953 in Budapest, Hungary) is a musician who performed for music group Dschinghis Khan and has since then gone on to a solo performer.

Leslie Mandoki studied drums and percussion at the musical conservatory of Budapest in the early 1970s. At the same time he was a band leader for the local jazz-rock group JAM, citing groups like Cream and Jethro Tull as his influence. In July 1975 Leslie Mandoki together with Gabor Csupo and others fled from Hungary to Munich, Germany to avoid prosecution by the communist government for being a member of the student opposition.

At first unsuccessful as a solo musical artist, he became a member of the pop band Dschinghis Khan and later with more serious musical work. It was with one of Dschinghis Khan's greatest hits, Moskau, that Leslie became recognized internationally as "that greasy guy in the Moskau video", most likely due to his rough appearance and over-zealous dance movements. This title was recognized only recently, as the stylings of the late 1970s quickly faded and views of Moskau's music video on websites such as YouTube quickly increased.