Red Warszawa is a heavy metal band from

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, formed in 1986 by "Lækre" Jens Mondrup and "Heavy" Henning Nymand. Red Warszawa's lyrics are in the

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and mainly concern taboo themes such as

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and the like, presented in a blackly humorous and

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fashion. The band's lyrics and image present the group as low-class, uneducated, crass, alcoholic and proud of it. The main recurring theme of the band's lyrics is low-class Danish social misery and its connected vices such as

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, alcoholism,

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, drug abuse and lacking education. The band had a cameo in the Danish movie In China They Eat Dogs, as a heavy metal band inadvertently getting

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History

In 1986 "Lækre" Jens Mondrup and "Heavy" Henning Nymand's teacher played a song by a

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punk band. They liked it and decided to play it themselves, so they started the band today known as Red Warszawa. Around 1990 Red Warszawa changed their music style to Heavy Metal, but they still claim that their style is Polish punk because they think it sounds much cooler.

Band name

According to the band's website, the name was supposed to mean "Red Warsaw" -

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as in the colour red, and

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as in the capital of

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. But the band members thought that the city was called ''Warszawa'' in

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- as it is called in both Danish and

- so they named their band "Red Warszawa". ''Red'' in Danish means ''save'', and because of that, many Danes thought that ''Red Warszawa'' was an organisation like

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( Danish: ''Red Barnet''). ''Red Warszawa'' is pronounced as in

and Danish ''Warszawa''.

Members

;Current members * "Lækre" Jens Mondrup -

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(1986–1991, 1992–1993, 1995–present) * "Heavy" Henning Nymand -

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(1986–present) * Morbus Crohn -

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(2013'ish–present) * Matthias "MyTightAss" Pedersen -

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(2006–present) ;Former members * Stefan Kjergaard - Guitar (1987-1990) * "Panik" Troels Christensen - Bass (1987-1989) * Robert Smidt - Drums (1987-1988) * Mads Flanding - Horns (1987) * Michael Nielsen - Drums (1988-1989) * Jacob Sundmand - Vocals (1989) * Damien Gregory - Keyboards (1990) * Martin Thordrup - Bass (1990-1993) * Anders Schlandbuch - Drums (1990) * Erik Gert Olsen - Vocals (1994) * Joachim Bøggild - Bass (1994) * Lev Averboukh - Drums (1994) * "Tonser" Henrik Holstrøm - Bass (1995-2002) * Jan Wiegandt - Drums (1995-1996) * Lars Gerrild - Drums (1996-1998) * "Dumme" Daniel Preisler Larsen - Drums (1999-2000) * Morten "Måtten Møbelbanker" Nielsen - Drums (2000-2013) * Lars "Majbritt" Mayland - Bass (2002-2003) * Thomas "Tove Tusindpik" Christensen - Bass (2003-2006)

Timeline

Discography

Hævi Mætal og Hass ''Hævi Mætal og Hass'' (English: Heavy Metal and Hash, in slang) is the Danish Heavy metal band Red Warszawa's first studio album. The album is under titled "Greatest Hits 1986–1996 Volume 1". Name "Hævi Mætal og Hass" is not correct Da ...

(1996) *

Skal Vi Lege Doktor? ''Skal vi Lege Doktor?'' ( Danish for "Shall we Play Doctor?") is the Danish Heavy metal band Red Warszawa Red Warszawa is a Heavy metal music, heavy metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 1986 by "Lækre" Jens Mondrup and "Heavy" H ...

(1998) *

Tysk Hudindustri ''Tysk Hudindustri'' ( Danish for "German Flesh Industry") is the third studio album from the Danish heavy metal band Red Warszawa Red Warszawa is a Heavy metal music, heavy metal band from Copenhagen, Denmark, formed in 1986 by "Lækre" Jen ...

(2000) * Omvendt Blå Kors (2002) *

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(2004) * De 4 Årstider I Nordvest (2010) *

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References

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