Polak was a British indie rock band formed in May 1996 in Brighton, England on the ashes of Adorable by Piotr Fijalkowski (now Pete Fijalkowski).
Members included:
- Pete Fijalkowski (vocals, programming, guitar, 1996-end)
- Krzys Fijalkowski (guitar, 1996-2003)
- Bob Brown (bass, guitar, 1997-end)
- Chris Parsons (drums, 1997-end)
- Simon Dunford (keyboards, 1997-99)
- Matthew Sigley (keyboards, 1999-2001)
- Richard Brincklow (keyboards, 2001-2002)
After the album release of Rubbernecking, they were offered a third album by One Little Indian but by that time they were down to a three piece (Chris, Bob and Pete) and everyone was so up to their eyeballs in debt that there was no chance they’d be able to promote the album at all, so they decided to call it a day. They had recorded a couple of tracks with Bob on guitar.
Links to Peel[]
Peel played a couple of tracks from the band on his radio programmes in 1998. Singer, Pete Fijalkowski, was previously a member of Adorable, a group that Peel played a track from on his BBC Radio One show in 1992.
Shows Played[]
- 10 March 1998: 'Cha Cha Cha' (v/a 7" EP - 33 1/3) Noisebox
- 15 October 1998: I'm Sick (CDS) Generic Label