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Rockerii polonezi de la Riverside au de toate: zece ani de experienţă împliniţi chiar în această primăvară, versuri care merg de la poezie la discurs pur, idee, profunzime, instrumentişti de primă mână şi un vocal cu un timbru greu de uitat. La 8 mai vor putea fi ascultaţi în Capitală, în concert. Luna mai înseamnă pentru trupă un amplu turneu european în cadrul căruia a treia escală va fi la Bucureşti. Concertul de la Kulturhaus a fost posibil prin implicarea Twin Arts şi a Institutului Polonez de la Bucureşti, care aniversează la rândul său zece ani de existenţă în România. „Suntem în discuţii cu Riverside de doi ani de zile pentru un concert în România. . . Ne pla­ce mult muzica lor şi ne-am gândit că vom fa­ce o surpriză faină rockerilor români. A fost pu­ţin dificil să ne sincronizăm, dar într-un final am reuşit. Ne-a surprins plăcut şi feedbackul mai mult decât pozitiv pe care oamenii îl au şi pentru trupa de deschidere, Tides From Nebula, ce par a avea destui fani în ţară”, ne-a...

Despite not being the biggest progressive rock powerhouse of Europe, Poland have certainly sprouted great and interesting progressive bands since the heyday of progressive rock, being the biggest examples of that the singer and multi-instrumentalist Czeslaw Niemen and the supergroup SBB. After the fall of the communist regime, during the 90's and 2000's, more bands begun to form and release their material, strengthening the country's own progressive rock scene, such as the neo prog bands Abraxas and Collage, and Riverside is, quite possibly, the biggest and best known band to come out from that scene. Riverside was formed almost by accident, when two of its members, the guitarist Piotr Grudziñski and the drummer Piotr Kozieradzki, listened to Marillion in Kozieradzki's car back in 2001. Both played in heavy metal bands at the time, but had the common interest for progressive rock, so they decided to join with their mutual friend, Jacek Melnicki, who owned a studio, and ...

Poland will never be known as a hotbed for progressive rock, with extremely few noteworthy prog bands emerging from the country. However, it's fairly obvious from their debut album that RIVERSIDE could very well become the first. Formed in 2001 by four Polish musicians from different musical backgrounds (ranging from death metal to prog), RIVERSIDE was created when Grudznik and Kozieradzki met keyboard player Jacek Melnicki, who owned a recording studio in which the band would record their material. After recruiting bassist Mariusz Duda (who they would later discover to be a very talented singer), things clicked and after a couple of gigs in 2002 which were enthusiastically received, they decided it was time to do some recording. After completing most of their debut album in 2003, they released a self-financed demo, which led to interest from record labels. Their debut album "Out Of Myself" wasn't completed until later due to previous commitments for the band member...