SBB (band)

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SBB (first known as Silesian Blues Band, later as Szukaj, Burz, Buduj – Polish for "Search, Destroy, Build") is a Polish progressive rock band formed in 1971 in Siemianowice, Upper Silesia. It was made up of multi-instrumentalist and vocalist Józef Skrzek, guitarist Apostolis Anthimos, drummer Jerzy Piotrowski, and sound engineer Grzegorz Maniecki. SBB was one of the most popular super-groups in Poland and Europe in the 1970s.

The band was one of the forerunners of progressive rock and jazz-rock and attracted many influential jazz musicians, who often performed with the band. The trumpeter Andrzej Przybielski and the saxophonist & bass clarinetist Tomasz Szukalski developed a long lasting association with SBB.

History

Niemen (1971–1973)

From 1971 until late 1973, SBB performed as Czesław Niemen's backing band, Grupa Niemen. During this time, it performed at the Rock & Jazz Now! opening show for the Olympic Games in Munich, organized by Joachim-Ernst Berendt and featuring Charles Mingus, John McLaughlin & Mahavishnu Orchestra. SBB also toured accompanying Jack Bruce. SBB's collaboration with Niemen can be heard on 5 albums. In Munich SBB recorded two LP's for CBS Records International, starting a long lasting friendship and collaboration with Reinhold Mack. Reinhold's son Julian Mack would later perform on SBB's 2005 album New Century.

Classic run (1974–1980)

In 1974, the newly formed SBB recorded a live album of their concert at Warsaw's Klub Stodoła on April 18-19, 1974.<ref name=audio>Template:Cite web</ref> When the album was released, it met with great commercial success, reaching a price on the black market four times higher than the retail price.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The group regularly toured Czechoslovakia, East and West Germany, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Hungary, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands and Belgium, where, in 1978, SBB won the OIRT award - the Gouden Zeezwaluw (Golden Seaswallow).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

The band split up in 1980, exactly 13 months before the proclamation of Martial Law in Poland. Józef Skrzek, Tomasz Szukalski and the band's technical crew continued as the Józef Skrzek - Tomasz Szukalski Duo and the Józef Skrzek Formation taking part in the prophetic movie The War of the Worlds: Next Century produced 11 months before the proclamation of Martial Law in Poland. After the proclamation of martial law, Apostolis Anthimos joined the jazz trumpeter Tomasz Stańko and the Greek band of George Dalaras, Jerzy Piotrowski joined or played with various bands, e.g. Kombi, Young Power, Krzak, Martyna Jakubowicz and Stanisław Sojka and Józef Skrzek performed mainly organ music in sacral buildings.

Reunions (1991–present)

SBB was briefly re-activated in 1991, 1993, 1998 and finally in 2000. After reactivation SBB also briefly toured in the United States (1994, drummer Jerzy Piotrowski stayed in the USA) and Russia and in 2006 performed as the highlight of the Baja Prog festival in Mexicali, Mexico (with the drummer Paul Wertico). In 2016 Michał Urbaniak began to play with the band.

Members

Timeline

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  1. Dates are approximate (esp. for the 1977 albums)
 at:06/01/1972 color:red layer:back #Strange is this world (Niemen)
 at:06/01/1973 color:red layer:back #Ode to Venus (Niemen)
 at:04/18/1974 color:gray layer:back #SBB
 at:05/20/1975 color:black layer:back #Nowy horyzont
 at:09/27/1976 color:black layer:back #Pamięć
 at:04/18/1977 color:black layer:back #Ze słowem biegnę do ciebie
 at:06/01/1977 color:black layer:back #Wołanie o brzęk szkła
 at:08/01/1977 color:red layer:back #Geira (Halina Frąckowiak)
 at:05/28/1978 color:black layer:back #Follow my dream
 at:10/01/1978 color:black layer:back # Amiga
 at:03/19/1979 color:black layer:back #Welcome
 at:02/16/1981 color:black layer:back #Memento z banalnym tryptykiem
 at:06/19/1993 color:gray layer:back #Live 1993
 at:02/01/1994 color:gray layer:back #Live in America
 at:06/01/1998 color:gray layer:back #Absolutely live
 at:06/01/1999 color:gray layer:back #W filharmonii
 at:06/01/2000 color:gray layer:back #Good bye
 at:06/01/2001 color:gray layer:back #Trio live tournee
 at:10/07/2002 color:black layer:back #Nastroje
 at:06/01/2004 color:gray layer:back #Odlot
 at:09/19/2005 color:black layer:back #New century
 at:02/24/2006 color:gray layer:back #Spodek
 at:10/29/2007 color:black layer:back #The rock
 at:01/26/2009 color:black layer:back #Iron curtain
 at:06/01/2009 color:gray layer:back #Behind the iron curtain
 at:10/05/2010 color:black layer:back #Blue trance
 at:03/19/2012 color:black layer:back #SBB 2012
 at:10/02/2015 color:gray layer:back #SBB & Michał Urbaniak
 at:09/23/2016 color:black layer:back #Za linią horyzontu
 at:03/26/2021 color:gray layer:back #SBB & NOSPR

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 bar:Anthimos text:"Apostolis Anthimos"
 bar:Skrzek text:"Józef Skrzek"
 bar:Piotrowski text:"Jerzy Piotrowski"

 bar:Giercuszkiewicz text:"M. Giercuszkiewicz"
 bar:Muzykant text:"Mirosław Muzykant"
 bar:Wertico text:"Paul Wertico" 
 bar:Głyk text:"Ireneusz Głyk"
 bar:Németh text:"Gábor Németh"

 bar:Piwowar text:"Sławomir Piwowar"

 bar:Rusek text:"Andrzej Rusek"

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 bar:Skrzek from:start till:06/01/1981 color:Bass width:3
 bar:Skrzek from:07/01/1991 till:end color:Vocals
 bar:Skrzek from:07/01/1991 till:end color:Organ width:9
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 bar:Skrzek from:04/20/1994 till:end color:Bass width:3

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 bar:Piotrowski from:02/20/2015 till:end color:Drums

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 bar:Németh from:03/01/2007 till:11/20/2010 color:Drums

 bar:Piwowar from:05/20/1979 till:12/30/1981 color:Guitars
 bar:Piwowar from:01/10/2006 till:05/01/2006 color:Guitars

 bar:Rusek from:03/20/1993 till:04/20/1994 color:Bass

</timeline>

Discography

Title Album details Peak chart positions
POL
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http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=497&lang=en
http://olis.onyx.pl/listy/index.asp?idlisty=425&lang=en
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SBB (1)
  • Recorded: April 18–19, 1974<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Label: Polskie Nagrania Muza
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Nowy horyzont (2) —
Pamięć (3)
  • Released: September 27, 1976<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Label: Polskie Nagrania Muza
 —
Ze słowem biegnę do ciebie —
SBB (Wołanie o brzęk szkła / Touha po zvonění střepů / Slovenian Girls)
  • Released: 1977
  • Label: Supraphon
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Jerzyk
  • Released: 1977
  • Label: Wifon
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SBB (Amiga)
  • Released: 1978
  • Label: Amiga
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Follow My Dream —
Welcome
  • Released: March 19, 1979<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Label: Wifon, Spiegelei-Intercord
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Memento z banalnym tryptykiem —
Nastroje —
New Century
  • Released: September 19, 2005<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Label: Metal Mind Productions
 17
The Rock 30
Iron Curtain 17
Blue Trance 50
SBB 26
SBB & Michał Urbaniak
  • Released: October 2, 2015<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
  • Label: Agencja Muzyczna Polskiego Radia
Za linią horyzontu
  • Released: September 23, 2016<ref>Template:Cite web </ref>
  • Label: Agencja Muzyczna Polskiego Radia
 22
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

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