Hey is a Polish rock band founded in

Szczecin Szczecin ( , , ; ; ; or ) is the capital city, capital and largest city of the West Pomeranian Voivodeship in northwestern Poland. Located near the Baltic Sea and the Poland-Germany border, German border, it is a major port, seaport, the la ...

in 1991 by guitarist Piotr Banach and singer Kasia Nosowska. They are one of the most popular Polish music acts of the 1990s. Although Hey sometimes described themselves as the first Polish

grunge Grunge (sometimes referred to as the Seattle sound) is an alternative rock Music genre, genre and subculture that emerged during the in the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington, particularly in Seattle and Music of Olympia, Washington, O ...

band, their melodic, guitar-driven rock and eclectic appearance owed more to new wave and heavy metal influences; their first three albums contained songs in both Polish and English. During the band's mid-1990s heyday, they sold out stadiums throughout Poland, and attempted to break into the English-language market with a series of concerts overseas and an English version of their 1995 album ''?''. When this failed to arouse interest, the band began to write in Polish only, and gradually adopted a harder-edged, more industrial-influenced sound. Overall, the band has sold over 2.3 million album copies (as of April 2020). In addition, Nosowska has also enjoyed a successful career as a solo artist. She has released six solo albums that derive more from an electronic style.

Members

Current line-up

* Kasia Nosowska (vocals) * Paweł Krawczyk (

guitar The guitar is a stringed musical instrument that is usually fretted (with Fretless guitar, some exceptions) and typically has six or Twelve-string guitar, twelve strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming ...

) * Marcin Żabiełowicz (

) * Robert Ligiewicz (

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a percussion mallet, beater including attached or enclosed beaters or Rattle (percussion beater), rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or ...

) * Jacek Chrzanowski (

bass guitar The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an Electric guitar, electric but with a longer nec ...

) * Marcin Macuk ( keyboards)

Former members

* Piotr Banach (guitar) (1992–1999) * Marcin Macuk (bass guitar) (1992)

Discography

Studio albums

Remix albums

Extended plays

Live albums

Video albums

References

External links

* *
Myspace page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hey Polish rock music groups Musical groups established in 1992 Musicians from Szczecin