Abaddon is a Polish hardcore punk band that got together in Bydgoszcz, Poland in 1982 under the name "Partyzantka Miejska" ("Urban Guerilla"), but soon decided on the name "Abaddon" (a biblical term for a place of destruction and an angel). Their first significant performance occurred at the Jarocin Festival in 1983. Soon after that, two days before a show in Poznań, the lead singer Wolf quit the group. Kiki (Waldek Jedyczowski) then became the lead singer. Abaddon again performed at the Jarocin Festival in 1984 and 1985. One of their songs, (Kto), which was recorded at the 1985 Festival, was featured on the Fala compilation LP. They soon met a journalist from Yugoslavia, Peter Barbaric, who arranged a tour for them that was profitable enough to pay for a recording session at the Borutcine Studio in Ljubliana. That session, done in May 1985, produced the album Wet Za Wet. In 1987, conflicts emerged among the band members as some of them wanted to pursue heavier hardcore while others preferred a more melodic punk. That strife eventually led to Abaddon's split. Most of the members abandoned the music scene except for Tomek Dorn (Perelka). He went on playing for a local cold wave band called Variete. In 2001, two of the original members, Tomek Dorn and Kiki, reformed the band with two new musicians, Wladek Refling (bass) and Zwierzak (guitar). Wet Za Wet was also re-issued on CD by Pop Noise Records in 2001 with four bonus tracks—three of them live versions.
Links To Peel[]
Peel got hold of the band through the French label New Wave and played several tracks from the group in early 1987. During that time, Peel would often play Polish punk bands, some of them brought from listeners and others through record labels. After Peel's death, Abaddon's album 'Za Wet Za' was later found in his Record Collection: A, making it one of only two Polish artists to be found (so far) in his Record Collection. (Two albums by the Polish heavy metal band TSA are in the "T" section of the collection) On 28 May 1969, Peel had played a very different kind of Polish music - Krzysztof Penderecki's 'Apotheosis' from "Dies Irae: The Oratorio in Memoriam for the Victims of Auschwitz", performed by the Chorus & Orchestra Of The Cracow Philharmonia, conducted by Henryk Czyz. Therefore, other records by Polish artists may well be found on further investigation of the Peel collection.
Shows Played[]
Abaddon - Kto?
- 1987
- 23 February 1987: Kto? (Who?) (LP - Wet Za Wet) New Wave
- 01 March 1987 (BFBS): 'Wet Za Wet (An Eye For An Eye) (LP-Wet Za Wet)' (New Wave)