Collage is the first Polish neo prog band who gained popularity outside homeland and became widely known to prog fans all over the world and its legend is getting even stronger as time passes by.
The band was founded by Mirek Gil (gitar) and Wojtek Szadkowski (drums) in 1985 in Warsaw, Poland. Both gentlemen were great songwriters responsible for the majoraty of compositions on all band's albums and Wojtek has written nearly all lyrics for Collage songs. They are Collage's backbone and leaders till now.
Collage's first release titled "Baśnie" (Fairytales) released in 1990 received enthusiastic reception by both fans and critics. “Baśnie”, written in Polish language, entered German, Frace, Duch and Italian markets. Collage members were completely unaware of this fact till 1992 when Italian label Winyl Magic released the album in Italy a year later.
After a few line up changes, in 1993 Collage released “Nine Songs Of John Lennon” – a tribute album including covers of John Lennon songs. At that time the line up changes were finally over and the band could work on another demo. It was sent out to many European labels and Collage has finally signed to Dutch label, IS Music. In 1994 Collage released the album titled “Moonshine”. It was a huge commercial and artistic success and till now is considered as one of the best prog rock albums ever recorded. In Poland it was voted the 6th best rock album of all times. In 1995 RoadRunner Records released the album worldwide.
In 1996 Collage released their next and so far last album titled “Safe”. After the promotional tour Collage decided to disband. Mirek Gil founded successful bands Believe and Mr. Gil, Wojtek Szadkowski started projects Satellite, Strawberry Fileds and Peter Pan.
In 2013 Collage members met again and started heavy rehearsals for the upcoming tour. Their brand new album is planned for late 2015.
Collage - current line-up:
Karol Wróblewski - vocals
Mirosław Gil - guitar
Krzysztof Palczewski - kyboards
Piotr Witkowski - bass guitar
Wojciech Szadkowski - drums
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