Acid Drinkers
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![]() L-R: Aleksander "Olass" Mendyk, Tomasz "Titus" Pukacki, Maciej "Ślimak" Starosta and Darek "Popcorn" Popowicz (2008) | |
Background information | |
Origin | Poznań, Poland |
Genres | Thrash metal, heavy metal, crossover thrash |
Years active | 1986–present |
Labels | Metal Mind, Under One Flag, Sony Music Entertainment Poland, Mystic |
Members | Tomasz "Titus" Pukacki Darek "Popcorn" Popowicz Maciej "Ślimak" Starosta Łukasz "Dzwon" Cyndzer |
Past members | Robert "Litza" Friedrich Przemek "Perla" Wejmann Tomek "Lipa" Lipnicki Aleksander "Olass" Mendyk † Wojciech "Jankiel" Moryto Robert "Bobby" Zembrzycki |
Acid Drinkers are a Polish thrash metal band formed in September 1986 in Poznań. Acid Drinkers were formed on 21 September 1986 consisting of Tomasz "Titus" Pukacki (vocals, bass) and Robert "Litza" Friedrich (guitar, vocals). The band's style is thrash metal, with influences of heavy metal and hardcore punk. Acid Drinkers are rated as one of the most important bands in the Polish thrash and heavy metal world.[1]
History
The band's lineup expanded as Dariusz "Popcorn" Popowicz (lead guitar) and a drummer Piotr "Chomik" Kulk (shortly after replaced by Maciej "Ślepy" Głuchowski) joined the band. With this lineup, the band worked on its own compositions, such as "Barmy Army", "Del Rocca" and "I Mean Acid". Within a month of the band's creation, Pukacki was called to join the army and left the band for two years. The others did not intend to idle their time away; Friedrich and Popowicz undertook a reactivation of the band named Slavoy. Soon both of them received a proposal to play for reputable groups: Popowicz from Wolf Spider, and Friedrich from Turbo.
After returning from the army, Pukacki tried to reactivate his first band, Los Desperados. His attempts failed and Pukacki himself, after meeting with Popowicz, decided to reform Acid Drinkers with Friedrich and Maciek "Ślimak" Starosta. Their debut took place 26 August 1989 on Słodowa Island in Wrocław. That performance was actually the beginning of the band's true career. Rumors about a new heavy metal group swiftly spread across Poland. Soon afterwards, the band received an opportunity to record an album. With this line-up came their best-known classics, including their debut, Are You a Rebel?, Vile Vicious Vision, and their most famous, Infernal Connection. At the end of 1998, Friedrich decided to leave the band. Przemysław "Perła" Wejmann, a vocalist and guitarist and a leader of Guess Why, replaced him. With Wejmann on board, the Acids recorded three albums: Amazing Atomic Activity, Broken Head and Acidofilia. At the very beginning of 2003, Wejmann decided to leave the band. It took almost a month before a new guitarist was chosen. The new member, Tomek "Lipa" Lipnicki, turned out to be a well-known frontman of an already-disbanded group, Illusion. Together with Lipnicki, the Acids recorded a well-received long-play, Rock Is Not Enough. After over a year of cooperation, the new guitarist left Acid Drinkers for his own project, Lipali. His place in the band was taken over by Aleksander "Olass" Mendyk from None. The new member of Acid's crew quickly integrated himself into the band and was an active member. The band released a critically acclaimed album Verses of Steel, with most of the songs written by the new guitarist. On 30 November 2008, Mendyk died from circulatory failure in Kraków, at the age of 29. He was replaced on 9 May 2009 by Wojciech "Jankiel" Moryto.
Acid Drinkers are widely considered the best thrash metal band in Poland.[citation needed] Their popularity has gone far beyond the typical metal music sphere. The Acids have played over 500 shows, including in major festivals such as Jarocin, Metalmania, Węgorzewo, Przystanek Woodstock and Odjazdy; they performed at many of these festivals as headliners. They preceded performances in Poland by, among others, Deep Purple, Megadeth, Bruce Dickinson, Sepultura, Paradise Lost and Slayer. Moreover, many known Polish artists such as Edyta Bartosiewicz, Kazik Staszewski, Tomek Lipnicki, Patrycja Kosiarkiewicz and Grzegorz Skawiński took part in Acids' recordings. Acid Drinkers were four times (in 1998, 2000, 2004, 2009) awarded with a Fryderyk in the hard and heavy category, and in 1998 TVP 2 awarded them the "Złoty bączek" (Golden spinning top) award for being the best music group from Poland. Additionally, they were acknowledged as one of the five best Polish artists of the 1990s (together with Hey, Kazik Staszewski, Edyta Bartosiewicz and O.N.A.) by journalists and readers of Tylko Rock (Only Rock) magazine.
In 2010, the band released a second cover album called Fishdick Zwei - The Dick Is Rising Again. The band members covered compositions from artists such as Red Hot Chili Peppers, Metallica, Slayer, Frank Sinatra Donna Summer, The B52's, and guests (Anna Brachaczek team BiFF and Czesław Mozil).
Band members
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Timeline
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Discography
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Studio albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||||||||
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POL [2][3][4][5][6][7][8] | |||||||||||||||||||
Are You a Rebel? |
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Dirty Money, Dirty Tricks |
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Strip Tease |
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Vile Vicious Vision |
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Infernal Connection |
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The State of Mind Report |
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High Proof Cosmic Milk |
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Amazing Atomic Activity |
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Broken Head |
| 15 | |||||||||||||||||
Acidofilia |
| 25 | |||||||||||||||||
Rock Is Not Enough |
| 16 | |||||||||||||||||
Verses of Steel |
| 9 | |||||||||||||||||
La part du diable |
| 6 | |||||||||||||||||
25 Cents for a Riff |
| 4 | |||||||||||||||||
Peep Show |
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"—" denotes a release that did not chart. |
Cover albums
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |||||||||||||||||
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POL [2] | |||||||||||||||||||
Fishdick |
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Fishdick Zwei – The Dick Is Rising Again |
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"—" denotes a release that did not chart. |
Compilation albums
Title | Album details |
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Maximum Overload |
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Acid Empire Anthology 1989–2008 |
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Live albums
Title | Album details |
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Varran Strikes Back: Alive! |
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Video albums
Title | Video details |
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15 Screwed Years |
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The Hand That Rocks the Coffin |
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Music videos
Year | Title | Directed | Album |
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1992 | "Menel Song / Always Look..." | — | Strip Tease |
1993 | "Zero" | — | Vile Vicious Vision |
"Midnight Visitor" | — | ||
"Pizza Driver" | — | ||
1994 | "Track Time 66,6" | — | Infernal Connection |
1996 | "2B1" | — | The State of Mind Report |
1998 | "High Proof Cosmic Milk" | — | High Proof Cosmic Milk |
"Sad Like a Coal Check" | Łukasz Jankowski | ||
"Proud Mary" | |||
1999 | "Satisfaction" (The Rolling Stones cover) | Amazing Atomic Activity | |
2000 | "Don't Go to Where I Sleep" | Broken Head | |
2002 | "Disease Foundation" | — | Acidofilia |
"Acidofilia" | — | ||
2004 | "Hate Unlimited" | Łukasz Jankowski | Rock Is Not Enough |
"E.E.G.O.O." | |||
2008 | "Swallow the Needle" | CVK Studio Filmowe[32] | Verses of Steel |
"Blues Beatdown (In Memory of Olass)" | Gunn, Wicek, Krzyk, Blonson[33] | — | |
2010 | "Love Shack" (The B-52's cover) | TakeOne Studio[34][35] | Fishdick Zwei – The Dick Is Rising Again |
2011 | "Hit the Road Jack" (Ray Charles cover) | ||
2012 | "Old Sparky" | La Part Du Diable |
References
- ^ Babula, Jordan. Brzykcy, Paweł. Dąbrowski, Paweł. Gajewski, Marcin. Filipowski, Robert. Kirmuć, Michał. Koziczyński, Bartosz. Królikowska, Wiktoria. Królikowski, Wiesław. Kszczotek, Grzegorz. Machała, Wojciech. Pawlak, Marcin. Świrkowicz, Marek. Weiss, Wiesław. 50 na 50: najważniejsze płyty polskiego rocka (pl). Teraz Rock 4(50)/2007. ISSN 1730-394X
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- ^ "Oficjalna lista sprzeday :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". Olis.onyx.pl. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "Are You A Rebel?". muzyka.wp.pl. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "Dirty Money, Dirty Tricks". muzyka.wp.pl. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
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- ^ "Vile Vicious Vision". muzyka.wp.pl. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
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- ^ "The State of Mind Report". muzyka.wp.pl. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
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- ^ "Aktualności - ACID DRINKERS ujawniają okładkę nowej płyty! - Wytwórnia płytowa - Mystic Production". Mystic.pl. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
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- ^ "Fishdick". muzyka.wp.pl. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
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- ^ "iTunes Store". itunes.apple.com. September 2010. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "Strona Główna". Metalmind.com.pl. Archived from the original on 1 March 2007. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "Acid Drinkers - Swallow The Needle". YouTube. 8 July 2008. Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "Acid Drinkers - Blues Beatdown (In Memory Of Olass)". YouTube. 7 February 2009. Archived from the original on 19 December 2021. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "Acid Drinkers - 25 Cents For a Riff". Acid-drinkers.com. Archived from the original on 22 March 2012. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
- ^ "Aktualności - ACID DRINKERS nagrali nowy klip! - Wytwórnia płytowa - Mystic Production". Mystic.pl. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
External links
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- Official site (archived)
- Acid Drinkers on MySpace
- Acid Drinkers at AllMusic
- v
- t
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- Are You a Rebel?
- Dirty Money, Dirty Tricks
- Strip Tease
- Vile Vicious Vision
- Infernal Connection
- The State of Mind Report
- High Proof Cosmic Milk
- Amazing Atomic Activity
- Broken Head
- Acidofilia
- Rock Is Not Enough
- Verses of Steel
- La part du diable