Abaddon (band)

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Name = Abaddon


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Origin = Poland
Genre = Punk rock
Years_active = 1982-1987
2001-present
Label = New Wave Records
Pop Noise
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Current_members = Kiki
Zwierzak
Perełka
Władysław Refling
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Abaddon is a Polish punk rock band.

History

Early history

The band was formed in 1982 in Bydgoszcz, under the name of Partyzantka Miejska ("Urban Guerilla"), which soon changed to Abaddon. Their first big show took place at the Jarocin Festival in 1983. Shortly afterwards, two days before a show in Poznań, Wolf left the band. The vocal were taken over by Kiki (Waldek Jedyczowski).

Abaddon played two more times at the Jarocin fest (1984 and 1985). One of their songs, recorded there in 1985 ("Kto ") appeared on the legendary Fala compilation LP. Playing a gig in Żnin, they met a Yugoslavian journalist, Peter Barbaric, who arranged six-day tour for them (shows in Zagreb, Izola, Beograd, and two concerts in Ljubliana). They earned enough cash to finance a recording session in Ljubliana's Borutcine Studio. In May 1985 they recorded album "Wet Za Wet" LP.

In 1987, the band members got into conflict—some of them wanted to play heavier hardcore while the others preferred to change the style to more melodic punk. That became the cause of Abaddon's split. Most of the members stopped playing music at all with the exception of Tomek Dorn (Perelka) who joined local cold wave band, Variete in 1989.

Return

In 2001, Tomek Dorn reformed the band together with the singer Kiki and two new members: Wladek Refling (bass) and Zwierzak (guitar). They played the first show in June 2001. Their "Wet Za Wet" album was re-issued on CD by Pop Noise Records in 2001 with four bonus songs—three of them live and all four of them were on the bootleg 7"s—on it.

Members

Current

*Waldemar "Kiki" Jedyczkowski - vocals
*Zwierzak - guitar
*Władysław Refling - bass guitar
*Tomasz "Perełka" Dorn - drums

Former

*Wolf - vocals (1982)
*Tomasz "Lutek" Frost - bass guitar (1982-1987)
*Bernard "Beniu" Szafrański - guitar (1982-1987)

Discography

* "Wet Za Wet" 1986
* "Walcz o Swoją Wolność" 1996
* "Nie do Poznania" 1999

References

* [http://homepages.nyu.edu/~cch223/poland/abaddon_main.html http://homepages.nyu.edu/~cch223/poland/abaddon_main.html] , URL accessed 31 August 2006