Tilt is a Polish rock band who have been playing together on and off since 1979. They are regarded as one of the first
punk band
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s in the nation, but as the founder mentioned in an interview, they were a
post punk
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band from the beginning. Tilt was founded in
Warsaw
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in 1979 by
Tomasz Lipinski and it has continued to exist to the present day, with several breaks in between. In its first years, Tilt performed songs in English, later switching to Polish. Currently, they perform and record as Tomek Lipinski & Tilt, with Lipinski on guitar and vocals, Wojciech Konikiewicz on keyboards, Karol Ludew on drums, Piotr Leniewicz on bass, and Alek Korecki on saxophone.
Name
The name comes from the penalty message "Tilt" in
pinball
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machines, which is displayed after
excessive "nudging", and in Polish gamers' parlance "to nudge" was actually "tiltować", "to tilt". As Lipinski explained, "We wanted to act on society in this way: to 'tilt' it."
[An interview with Tomasz Lipiński, in: Mikołaj Lizut, '' PRL – Punk Rock Later'', Sic! Publishing House, Warszaw, 2003, , p. 48]
Selection of past and present members
Several members of the Polish punk scene have rotated through the band's ranks:
* Tomek Lipiński – vocals, guitar
* Tomasz Szczeciński – bass
* Jacek Lenartowicz – drums
* Tomasz "Gogo Szulc" Kożuchowski – drums
* – saxophone
* Franz Dreadhunter – bass, keyboards
* Tomasz Pierzchalski – saxophone
* Artur Hajdasz – drums
* Dariusz Malejonek – bass
* Marcin Ciempiel – bass
* Tomasz Czulak – drums
* Piotr Lewicki – keyboards, guitar
Discography
Albums
* ''Tilt'' (1988)
* ''Czad Kommando Tilt'' (1990)
* ''Rzeka miłości, koncert w Buffo '96'' (1996 - live album)
* ''Emocjonalny terror'' (2002)
* ''Gwiazdy polskiej muzyki lat 80.'' (2007 - compilation album)
* ''TILT i Tomek Lipiński - przebojowa kolekcja DZIENNIKA'' (2007)
Singles
* "Runął już ostatni mur" (1985)
* "Za zamkniętymi drzwiami (Widziałem cię)"(1985 - featured on the compilation ''Fala'')
* "Mówię ci, że..." (1986)
* "Co się stało w tym kraju nad Wisłą?" (2002)
References
External links
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Polish punk rock groups
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