Breakout

Biography

Breakout (originally known as Blackout) was a Polish blues rock band, formed on 1 February 1968.

History

After a few years of playing as Blackout, the first performance of Breakout took place at the Musicorama festival in February 1968. In April the new bass player - Michał Muzolf, joined the group. In June the band toured in the countries of Benelux. After the band returned to Poland, they became one of the most famous Polish rock bands, owing much to a new sound-kit brought from western Europe, but also as they were arguably the first group to play blues rock in Poland.
In November 1968, Breakout performed several concerts across Poland. By January and February 1969, their song "Gdybyś kochał, hej!" had reached the top of the radio charts.
In 1969 they released their first album Na drugim brzegu tęczy×Na drugim brzegu tęczy1969 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 10 tracksA1Poszłabym za tobą3:18A2Nie ukrywaj - wszystko wiem2:58A3Na drugim brzegu tęczy4:02A4Czy mnie jeszcze pamiętasz?5:25A5Wołanie przez Dunajec2:29B1Masz na to czas3:48B2Gdybyś kochał, hej!3:10B3Powiedzieliśmy już wszystko3:56B4Gdzie chcesz iść5:30B5Po ten księżyc złoty0:45, which they had recorded without K. Dłutowski, but with Włodzimierz Nahorny, who played the saxophone and flute. In August, Breakout took the new bass-player Piotr Nowak, but just at the beginning of 1970, he was replaced by Józef Skrzek. The same year Franciszek Walicki (manager) left the band.
In 1970, the band was more and more criticised by Polish mass media for pro-West lifestyle and long hair. As a result, the radio and TV stopped broadcasting their songs.
In 1971, Breakout accomplished arguably their best album: Blues×BluesFebruary 1971 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 9 tracksA1Ona poszła inną drogą3:37A2Kiedy byłem małym chłopcem3:11A3Oni zaraz przyjdą tu3:01A4Przyszła do mnie bieda2:01A5Pomaluj moje sny2:48A6Usta me ogrzej4:10B1Gdybym był wichrem7:59B2Co stało się kwiatom6:18B3Dzisiejszej nocy4:33. It was recorded by: Tadeusz Nalepa (vocal, lead guitar), Dariusz Kozakiewicz (guitar), Tadeusz Trzciński (harmonica), Jerzy Goleniewski (bass), Józef Hajdasz (drums).
Next year they recorded their fourth album Karate×Karate1972 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 9 tracksA1Daję ci próg4:15A2Takie moje miasto jest3:00A3Nocą puka ktoś4:28A4Powiedzmy to2:40A5Rzeka dzieciństwa5:13B1Jest gdzieś taki dom4:20B2Śliska dzisiaj droga2:42B3Zaprowadzić Ciebie muszę tam3:56B4Karate8:17. After the recording was finished Jan Izbiński (vocal) joined for a short time. Karate turned out to be their best selling work to date. In 1973 year Włodzimierz Nahorny left Breakout, and the musicians helped to record the solo album of Mira Kubasińska Ogień×Ogień1973 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 7 tracksA1Nie zapalaj światła3:04A2Wielki ogień12:44A3Liście zabrał wiatr4:32B1Na dnie mych oczu6:27B2Masz to dziś6:20B3Czarno-czarny film3:13B4Dałeś mi pierścień3:50.
Between 1973 and 1975 the band went on concerts to USSR, England and the Netherlands.
In 1974 Breakout recorded their fifth album Kamienie×Kamienie1974 · Studio albumSpotify (search)YouTube Music (search)Tracklist · 9 tracksA1Czy zgadniesz3:46A2Czułość niosę Tobie3:47A3Spiekota4:12A4Modlitwa7:33B1Bądź słońcem3:36B2Pójdę prosto3:10B3Koło mego okna3:42B4Kamienie6:53B5Tobie ta pieśń3:16, which was recorded by: Tadeusz Nalepa (lead guitar, harmonica, vocal), Winicjusz Chróst (guitar), Zdzisław Zawadzki (bass), Wojciech Morawski (drums). On 21 November 1974, the band received the Golden Plate for Karate. Throughout 1975 there were many personal changes within the band, and at the beginning of the next year the personnel was established as: Mira Kubasińska (vocal), Tadeusz Nalepa (guitar), Zbigniew Wypych (bass), Bogdan Lewandowski (keyboards), Andrzej Tylec (drums). With these members Breakout recorded an album called NOL.
Fans had to wait till 1979 for the new album. Żagiel ziemi, recorded with Roman "Pazur" Wojciechowski, was a part of the Olympian Triptych prepared for the Olympics 1980 in Moscow, and simultaneously they recorded next album called ZOL.
The band ceased to exist in 1982 when the band leader Tadeusz Nalepa began the solo career. Up to the present day the band has been often reactivated for various events and concerts.
On 19 June 2007, in Rzeszów, the Breakout Festival was organized in memory of Mira Kubasińska and Tadeusz Nalepa.

Band members

Tadeusz Nalepa (1943–2007) – guitar, harmonica, vocal
Mira Kubasińska (1944–2005) – vocal
Janusz Zieliński – bass
Krzysztof Dłutowski – keyboards
Józef Hajdasz – drums

Studio albums

Blackout (1968)
Na drugim brzegu tęczy (1969)
70a (1970)
Blues (1971)
Mira (1971)
Karate (1972)
Ogień (1973)
Kamienie (1974)
NOL (1976)
ZOL (1979)
Żagiel ziemi (1980)

Compilations

Blackout (2) (1994)
Breakout 1969/70 (1996)
Ballady (1995)