Rootwater

Rootwater
During concert in Mega Club in Katowice, 2007
Background information
Origin	Warsaw, Poland
Genres	Nu metal thrash metal alternative metal
Years active	2002–2010[1]
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^[2] 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. Many critics 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),^[3] or are sung in traditional Roma language (Caje Sukarije), Polish, or French (Climchoque).

Members

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

Studio albums

Title	Album details
Under	Released: 27 April 2004 Label: Fonografika Formats: CD
The Legends of Hava Nagila (EP)	Released: 2006 Label: Fonografika Formats: CD
Limbic System	Released: 1 March 2007[4] Label: Mystic Production Formats: CD, digital download[5]
Visionism	Released: 15 June 2009[6] Label: Mystic Production Formats: CD, digital download[7]

Music videos

Year	Title	Directed	Album
2004	"Hava Nagila"	—	Under
2010	"Living in the Cage"	Mania Studio[8]	Visionism

References

1. [1] Archived 15 May 2010 at the Wayback Machine
2. "Root Water Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic.
3. "Rootwater – Hava Nagila". YouTube. 29 July 2006. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
4. "Rootwater – Limbic System – Muzyka w Interia.pl". Muzyka.interia.pl. 1 March 2007. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
5. "iTunes – Music – Limbic System by Rootwater". Itunes.apple.com. 1 March 2007. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
6. "Rootwater – Visionism – Muzyka w Interia.pl". Muzyka.interia.pl. 15 June 2009. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
7. "iTunes – Music – Visionism by Rootwater". Itunes.apple.com. 15 June 2009. Retrieved 26 July 2015.
8. "Aktualności – ROOTWATER u Lynch'a – Wytwórnia płytowa – Mystic Production". Mystic.pl. 4 November 2009. Retrieved 26 July 2015.

External links

• Media related to Rootwater at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website