Rootwater

Rootwater
Rootwater
	During concert in Mega Club in Katowice.
Background information
Origin	Warsaw, Poland
Genres	Nu metal[citation needed]; thrash metal; metalcore;
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 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.^{[citation needed]} Many critics^[who?] 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),^[2] 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: April 27, 2004 Label: Fonografika Formats: CD
The Legends of Hava Nagila (EP)	Released: 2006 Label: Fonografika Formats: CD
Limbic System	Released: March 1, 2007^[3] Label: Mystic Production Formats: CD, digital download^[4]
Visionism	Released: June 15, 2009^[5] Label: Mystic Production Formats: CD, digital download^[6]

Music videos[edit]

Year	Title	Directed	Album
2004	"Hava Nagila"	—	Under
2010	"Living in the Cage"	Mania Studio^[7]	Visionism

References[edit]

^ [1] Archived May 15, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
^ "Rootwater - Hava Nagila". YouTube. 2006-07-29. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
^ "Rootwater - Limbic System - Muzyka w Interia.pl". Muzyka.interia.pl. 2007-03-01. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
^ "iTunes - Music - Limbic System by Rootwater". Itunes.apple.com. 2007-03-01. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
^ "Rootwater - Visionism - Muzyka w Interia.pl". Muzyka.interia.pl. 2009-06-15. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
^ "iTunes - Music - Visionism by Rootwater". Itunes.apple.com. 2009-06-15. Retrieved 2015-07-26.
^ "Aktualności - ROOTWATER u Lynch'a - Wytwórnia płytowa - Mystic Production". Mystic.pl. 2009-11-04. Retrieved 2015-07-26.

External links[edit]

Official website

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

[2] "Rootwater - Hava Nagila". YouTube. 2006-07-29. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 2015-07-26.

[3] "Rootwater - Limbic System - Muzyka w Interia.pl". Muzyka.interia.pl. 2007-03-01. Retrieved 2015-07-26.

[4] "iTunes - Music - Limbic System by Rootwater". Itunes.apple.com. 2007-03-01. Retrieved 2015-07-26.

[5] "Rootwater - Visionism - Muzyka w Interia.pl". Muzyka.interia.pl. 2009-06-15. Retrieved 2015-07-26.

[6] "iTunes - Music - Visionism by Rootwater". Itunes.apple.com. 2009-06-15. Retrieved 2015-07-26.

[7] "Aktualności - ROOTWATER u Lynch'a - Wytwórnia płytowa - Mystic Production". Mystic.pl. 2009-11-04. Retrieved 2015-07-26.

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