Rootwater

Rootwater
Rootwater
	During concert in Mega Club in Katowice, 2007
Background information
Origin	Warsaw, Poland
Genres	Nu metal; thrash metal; alternative metal;
Years active	2002–2010
Labels	Fonografika, Mystic Production
Members	Maciej Taff; Sebastian Zusin; Filip "Heinrich" Hałucha; Marcin "Valeo" Walenczykowski; Grzegorz "Oleynik" Olejnik
Past members	Paweł "Paul" Jaroszewicz; Tomasz "Yońca" Jońca; Paweł Jurkowski; Przemysław Bieliński; Michał Truong; Artur Rowiński
Website	rootwater.pl

Rootwater was a Polish nu metal band, formed in Warsaw in 2002^[2] by Sebastian Zusin, Tomasz "Yońca" Jońca and Paweł Jurkowski. Soon, Maciej Taff has joined the band as a vocalist. In their music there are many hardcore, thrash, folk and punk, and even ambient influences clearly audible. The name of the band comes from a Magic: The Gathering card captioned "Rootwater Commando". The band is famous for their psychedelic album covers. Many critics are comparing Rootwater's music to System of a Down's music, which is probably caused by a similar use of native "folkish" melodies by both groups. Rootwater's vocalist, Maciej Taff usually sings in English, but some songs refer to Hebrew (Hava Nagila),^[3] or are sung in traditional Roma language (Caje Sukarije), Polish, or French (Climchoque).

Members[edit]

Last line-up

Maciej Taff – vocalist (2002–2010)
Sebastian Zusin – guitar (2002–2010)
Filip "Heinrich" Hałucha – bass guitar (2004–2010)
Marcin "Valeo" Walenczykowski – guitar (2009–2010; died 2018)
Grzegorz "Gregor" Olejnik – drums (2009–2010)

Former members

Paweł "Paul" Jaroszewicz – drums (2008)
Michał Truong – guitar (2004–2009)
Artur Rowiński – drums (2004–2008)
Tomasz "Yońca" Jońca – guitar (2002–2004)
Paweł Jurkowski – drums (2002–2004)
Przemysław Bieliński – bass guitar (2002–2004)

Discography[edit]

Studio albums[edit]

Title	Album details
Under	Released: 27 April 2004 Label: Fonografika Formats: CD
The Legends of Hava Nagila (EP)	Released: 2006 Label: Fonografika Formats: CD
Limbic System	Released: 1 March 2007^[4] Label: Mystic Production Formats: CD, digital download^[5]
Visionism	Released: 15 June 2009^[6] Label: Mystic Production Formats: CD, digital download^[7]

Music videos[edit]

Year	Title	Directed	Album
2004	"Hava Nagila"	—	Under
2010	"Living in the Cage"	Mania Studio^[8]	Visionism

References[edit]

^ [1] Archived 15 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Root Water Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic.
^ "Rootwater – Hava Nagila". YouTube. 29 July 2006. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
^ "Rootwater – Limbic System – Muzyka w Interia.pl". Muzyka.interia.pl. 1 March 2007. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
^ "iTunes – Music – Limbic System by Rootwater". Itunes.apple.com. 1 March 2007. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
^ "Rootwater – Visionism – Muzyka w Interia.pl". Muzyka.interia.pl. 15 June 2009. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
^ "iTunes – Music – Visionism by Rootwater". Itunes.apple.com. 15 June 2009. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
^ "Aktualności – ROOTWATER u Lynch'a – Wytwórnia płytowa – Mystic Production". Mystic.pl. 4 November 2009. Retrieved 26 July 2015.

External links[edit]

Media related to Rootwater at Wikimedia Commons
Official website

[1] [1] Archived 15 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine

[2] "Root Water Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic.

[3] "Rootwater – Hava Nagila". YouTube. 29 July 2006. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2015.

[4] "Rootwater – Limbic System – Muzyka w Interia.pl". Muzyka.interia.pl. 1 March 2007. Retrieved 26 July 2015.

[5] "iTunes – Music – Limbic System by Rootwater". Itunes.apple.com. 1 March 2007. Retrieved 26 July 2015.

[6] "Rootwater – Visionism – Muzyka w Interia.pl". Muzyka.interia.pl. 15 June 2009. Retrieved 26 July 2015.

[7] "iTunes – Music – Visionism by Rootwater". Itunes.apple.com. 15 June 2009. Retrieved 26 July 2015.

[8] "Aktualności – ROOTWATER u Lynch'a – Wytwórnia płytowa – Mystic Production". Mystic.pl. 4 November 2009. Retrieved 26 July 2015.

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