Myslovitz

Myslovitz
Myslovitz during concert in MegaClub, Katowice, Poland 2007.
Background information
Origin	Mysłowice, Poland
Genres	Alternative rock
Years active	1992–present
Labels	MJM Music PL, Columbia Records, Sony Music Entertainment Poland, Sony BMG Music Entertainment Poland, Pomaton EMI, EMI Music Poland
Associated acts	Lenny Valentino
Members	Michał Kowalonek Wojciech Powaga Jacek Kuderski Wojciech Kuderski Przemek Myszor

Myslovitz is a Polish rock band. Since 2003, EMI Group has been attempting to establish them internationally, with considerable support from MTV Europe. The band take their name from their industrial hometown of Mysłowice in Upper Silesia (Southern Poland).

Former members:

Guitarist and vocalist Artur Rojek started the band in 1992 as "The Freshmen", taking the initial name from the 1990 film The Freshman, starring Marlon Brando and Matthew Broderick—which indicates a fascination with cinema that would become a characteristic feature throughout the band's career. In 1994 they changed their name to Myslovitz after their hometown of Mysłowice. The band's early phase was characterised by a somewhat debonair punk attitude, as Rojek admits:

Even so, they soon caught the media's attention, winning several important competitions for young musicians; this enabled them to make their first professional recordings in the studio of Radio Lodz. In 1994, Myslovitz were signed by MJM Music Pl and recorded their self-titled debut album with British producer Ian Harris, who had previously worked for, amongst others, Joy Division, New Order, and The Exploited. Upon its release in 1995, the album received euphoric reviews and was declared "Debut of the Year" by several music magazines. Some critics compared it to Oasis, who were at the peak of their popularity at that time.

In 1996, Myslovitz were joined by a third guitarist and keyboarder, Przemek Myszor, and released the second album Sun Machine on Sony Music Polska. The album spawned two somewhat beatlesque airplay hits - Z twarzą Marilyn Monroe ("With a Face Like...") and Peggy Brown, the latter being a cover version of a fellow Mysłowice rock band, with lyrics originally by the Irish "national bard" Turlough O'Carolan (in a translation by the Polish lyricist and translator Ernest Bryll).