Kazik Staszewski
Kazimierz Staszewski (also: Kazik Staszewski Kazik or only ) ( born March 12, 1963 in Warsaw, Poland) is a popular Polish rock / punk / rap singer, songwriter and saxophonist.
Biography
Kazik grew up with his mother and grandmother on in Warsaw. His father Stanisław Staszewski, a poet and musician, Kazik barely knew. When he was four years old, the father had the family, due to disputes with the socialist regime, left and fled to France, where he died in 1972. In May 1981, Kazik passed the Abitur. Because he did not want to do his military service, he did diagnose a mental illness in itself.
Bands
Kazik founded in 1979, the band from Poland in 1981 Novelty Poland emerged. The name Novelty Poland derives from the song "novelty " of the band Joy Division. Novelty Poland disbanded after only three months and one only known concert. In 1982, he called on the basis of Novelty Poland which still successful band cult into being in 1992, he founded Kazik na żywo and 1998 El Doopa. In 1991 he began his solo career in parallel. Kazik was with some prizes ( Paszport Polityki, Fryderyki, Machinery) at the MTV Music Awards 2001 ( " Best Polish Act") was Kazik with the prize for the best Polish band excellent, but he declined -. Like some other awards previously also because it hostile to the recognition of his music through marketing and commerce.
Style
Kazik's music can be mostly rock and punk rock associate, in his music but also reggae, rap and jazz elements to find. Most of his songs sings Kazik in Polish, individual songs or passages are sung in Russian, English or German.
Many of his lyrics are critical of society or with a political background. 1991 called the song Wałęsa dawaj nasze sto milionów! ( German: " Wałęsa - Give us our hundred million " ), a national talk show, in which even Lech Walesa, who in the song criticized former President of Poland, spoke up, and became a topic in the major Polish news program WiadomoĹ.
Discography of Kazik and his bands
Kazik
Cult
Kazik Na żywo
El Doopa
- 2000 - A Pudle?
- 2007 - Gra?
Buldog
- 2006 - Płyta