Püdelsi is a Polish musical group founded in 1986 in

Kraków , officially the Royal Capital City of Kraków, is the List of cities and towns in Poland, second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city has a population of 804,237 ...

. The band's music became the continuation of the musical and lyrical heritage of the psychedelic art music group "Düpą", and its leader Piotr Marek, who committed suicide in 1985. The first release was the album ''Bela Pupa'', where most of the songs were sung by Polish pop vocalist Kora (Olga Jackowska), except "Morrison" and "W krainie ciemności" that were sung by Püdelsi's later frontman and vocalist, Maciej Maleńczuk. After receiving practically no critical reception on their album, the band dissolved in the late 80's. After almost 5 years on hiatus, Püdelsi revived their activity, and started working on a new album. "Viribus Unitis", the band's second record, was released in 1996. The band was influenced by

psychedelic rock Psychedelic rock is a rock music Music genre, genre that is inspired, influenced, or representative of psychedelia, psychedelic culture, which is centered on perception-altering hallucinogenic drugs. The music incorporated new electronic sound ...

hard rock Hard rock or heavy rock is a heavier subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and Distortion (music), distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the Garage rock, garage, Psychedelic rock, psychedelic and blues ...

reggae Reggae () is a music genre that originated in Jamaica during the late 1960s. The term also denotes the modern popular music of Jamaica and its Jamaican diaspora, diaspora. A 1968 single by Toots and the Maytals, "Do the Reggay", was the first ...

, and elements of

metal music Heavy metal (or simply metal) is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the United Kingdom and United States. With roots in blues rock, psychedelic rock and acid rock, heavy metal bands developed a ...

, and featured satirical, political and sometimes demonical lyrics. The newly taken musical direction was confirmed one year later, when ''Narodziny Zbigniewa'' was released. The material was recorded during the recording session of ''Viribus Unitis'', but didn't make the final cut. ''Narodziny Zbigniewa'' is dedicated to Düpą's frontman Piotr Marek, and consists of his lyrics exclusively. In 1999 the album ''Psychopop'' was released. It consists mainly of songs with a more pop-psychedelic touch, which eventually embedded the band's place in Polish mainstream music. Püdelsi's fifth album, called ''Wolność słowa'' was released in 2003. In 2005 Maciej Maleńczuk left the band in order to evolve his solo career, as well as his career as the vocalist in the band

Homo Twist Homo Twist was a Polish rock music, rock band founded in 1993 by Maciej Maleńczuk. Discography References

{{Authority control Polish musical groups ...

. After finding a new singer, Szymon Goldberg, Püdelsi recorded and released their sixth album, ''Zen'', in early 2007 and are currently working on some new material.Püdelsi - Biografia - Onet.pl Muzyka
/ref>

Discography

Studio albums

Compilation albums

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pudelsi 1986 establishments in Poland Musical groups established in 1986 Polish alternative rock groups