From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Breakout (band)
Breakout (band)
Breakout In 1970 the band was more and more criticised by
Polish mass media for pro-West lifestyle and long hair.
Origin Rzeszów, Poland As a result, the radio and TV stopped broadcasting their
Genres Blues rock songs.
Hard rock In 1971 Breakout accomplished arguably their best al-
bum: Blues. It was recorded by: Tadeusz Nalepa (vocal,
Years active 1968–1982
1986–1992 lead guitar), Dariusz Kozakiewicz (guitar), Tadeusz Trz-
1993–1999 ciński (harmonica), Jerzy Goleniewski (bass), Józef Haj-
dasz (drums).
Labels Polskie Nagrania Muza
Pronit, Yesterday Next year they recorded their fourth album Karate.
Andromeda, Digiton, After the recording was finished Jan Izbiński (vocal)
Fraza Records, Intersonus, joined for a short time. Karate turned out to be their best
Pomaton EMI, Andante, selling work to date. In 1973 year Włodzimierz Nahorny
Wilk Records
left Breakout, and the musicians helped to record the so-
Associated acts Blackout lo album of Mira Kubasińska Ogień.
Franciszek Walicki Between 1973 and 1975 the band went on concerts to
Website www.breakout.pl
USSR, England and Holland.
In 1974 Breakout recorded their fifth album Kamienie,
Past members which was recorded by: Tadeusz Nalepa (lead guitar, har-
Mira Kubasińska monica, vocal), Winicjusz Chróst (guitar), Zdzisław
Tadeusz Nalepa Zawadzki (bass), Wojciech Morawski (drums). On 21
Bogdan Lewandowski November 1974, the band received the Golden Plate for
Andrzej Tylec Karate. Throughout 1975 there were many personal
Zbigniew Wypych
changes within the band, and at the beginning of the
next year the personnel was established as: Mira
Breakout is a Polish blues rock band, formed in 1 Febru-
Kubasińska (vocal), Tadeusz Nalepa (guitar), Zbigniew
ary 1968.
Wypych (bass), Bogdan Lewandowski (keyboards), An-
drzej Tylec (drums). With these members Breakout
History recorded an album called NOL.
Fans had to wait till 1979 for the new album. Żagiel zie-
After a few years of playing as Blackout, the first perfor-
mi, recorded with Roman "Pazur" Wojciechowski, was a
mance of Breakout took place at the Musicorama festival
part of the Olympian Triptych prepared for the Olympics
in February 1968. In April the new bass player - Michał
1980 in Moscow, and simultaneously they recorded next
Muzolf, joined the group. In June the band toured in the
album called ZOL.
countries of Benelux. After the band returned to Poland,
The band ceased to exist in 1982 when the band
they became one of the most famous Polish rock bands,
leader Tadeusz Nalepa began the solo career. Up to the
owing much to a new sound-kit brought from western
present day the band has been often reactivated for vari-
Europe, but also as they were arguably the first group to
ous events and concerts.
play blues rock in Poland.
On 19 June 2007, in Rzeszów, the Breakout Festival
In November, Breakout played a few concerts all
was organized in memory of Mira Kubasińska and
around Poland. In January and February 1969 their song
Tadeusz Nalepa.
"Gdybyś kochał, hej!" topped the radio chart list.
In 1969 they realised their first album Na drugim
brzegu tęczy, which they had recorded without K. Dłu- Band members
towski, but with Włodzimierz Nahorny, who played the
• Tadeusz Nalepa (1943–2007) - guitar, harmonica,
saxophone and flute. In August Breakout took the new
vocal
bass-player Piotr Nowak, but just at the beginning of
• Mira Kubasińska (1944–2005) - vocal
1970, he was replaced by Józef Skrzek. The same year
• Janusz Zieliński - bass
Franciszek Walicki (manager) left the band.
• Krzysztof Dłutowski - keyboards
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Breakout (band)
• Józef Hajdasz - drums • Żagiel ziemi (1980)
Discography Compilations
• Blackout (2) (1994)
Studio albums • Breakout 1969/70 (1996)
• Ballady (1995)
• Blackout (1967)
• Na drugim brzegu tęczy (1969)
• 70A (1970) External links
• Blues (1971) • Breakout.pl
• Karate (1972) • Nalepa’s Discography
• Ogienie (1973) • Breakout on Europopmusic.eu (English)
• Kamienie (1974) • Polish Rock Archives: Breakout
• NOL (1976) • Festival Breakout
• ZOL (1979)
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Categories:
• Blues rock groups
• Musical groups established in 1968
• Musical groups disestablished in 1982
• Polish rock music groups
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