Big Cyc
| Big Cyc | |
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Big Cyc in 2007
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Łódź, Łódź Voivodeship, Gdańsk, Ostrów Wielkopolski |
| Genres |
Punk rock Ska Pop rock Pastiche |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Labels | Sony BMG Music Entertainment Poland, Universal Music Poland |
| Website | Official Site |
| Members |
Jacek Jędrzejak (Dżej Dżej) Jarosław Lis (Dżery) Roman Lechowicz (Piękny Roman) Krzysztof Skiba Piotr Sztajdel (Gadak) |
| Past members | Robert Rejewski |
Big Cyc ("Cyc" is Polish for "Tit") is a Polish rock band formed in March 1988.
The band is well known in Poland for their controversial behaviour. The cover of their first album, Z partyjnym pozdrowieniem (Polish for With a Party Greeting), was an image of Vladimir Lenin with a Mohawk hairstyle. The title of their second album, Nie wierzcie elektrykom (Don't Trust Electricians) refers to the Polish president Lech Wałęsa, an electrician by profession. Their fourth album cover, Wojna plemników (War of Spermatozoons) featured a nun drying condoms on a clothes line. In May 1999, the band leader Krzysztof Skiba was charged with indecent exposure and fined the equivalent of US$308 for mooning the Polish prime minister Jerzy Buzek during a festival in February 1999.
The members of Big Cyc met at the University of Łódź. Jędrzejak played guitar in a student reggae band Rokosz (laureate of the Golden Ten during the Jarocin Festival), Skiba performed in student theatre Pstrąg and in many school cabarets, also co-creating street happenings named “The Orange Alternative”. In 1988 Rokosz broke up, and Jędrzejak wanted to create a new rock band. In this new group such artists as Jarosław Lis (drums), Roman Lechowicz (guitar) and Robert Rejewski (vocal) performed. After some time, Rejewski was replaced by Skiba, who introduced a significant creative potential. Jędrzejak, Lis, Skiba, and Lechowicz became the four of Big Cyc. The members of the band took pseudonyms: Dżej Dżej (Polish for JJ, Jędrzejak), Dżery (Polish for Jerry, Lis), and Piękny Roman (Polish for Pretty Roman, Lechowicz). Skiba remained with his own name.
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