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IRA

Background information
Origin	Radom, Poland
Genres	rock, hard rock, pop-rock
Years active	1987–1996, 2002–present
Labels	Proint, Kontakt, TOP Music, Akar, Zic-Zac, BMG Poland, QL Music, My Music

Members	Artur Gadowski Piotr Sujka Wojtek Owczarek Marcin Bracichowicz Piotr Konca

Past members	Kuba Płucisz Darek Grudzień Grzegorz Wawrzeńczuk Tomek Bracichowicz Piotr Łukaszewski Jarek Zarychta Paweł Matrack Zbigniew Suski Sebastian Piekarek Maciek Gładysz

Website	http://www.ira.art.pl

IRA - Polish rock band formed in 1987 in Radom by Jakub Płucisz (guitar), Wojciech Owczarek (drums), Artur Gadowski (vocal, guitar), Dariusz Grudzień (bass) and Grzegorz Wawrzeńczuk (keyboards). They gained a wide popularity in Poland in the early nineties, mainly after releasing the "Mój Dom" album, with the hit title song, which was still during their garage and semi-professional days. They also gained some local popularity amongst the Polish-speaking citizens in the United States, where they lived and worked for few months. After signing a professional contract back in Poland, they released a few albums which didn't prove to be commercially successful (except for the "Mój Dom" follow-up, which was "IRA 1993"), and the band disbanded afterwards. Artur Gadowski started a solo career. He opened for Brian May before his show in Warsaw in September 1998. Artur's solo efforts weren't very successful either, and what success he did gain was largely based on the then legendary status of IRA. A few years later the band reunited, and exists up to now. Once again, they have not attained much popularity, but are well-known amongst hard rock fans in Poland (though they play mainly pop-oriented hard rock), and their concerts are selling rather well.

The name "IRA" comes from a Latin word ira, meaning anger (this was the band founders' intention), however most people think they used an acronym for Irish Republican Army.

Discography

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions	Sales	Certifications
Title	Album details	POL	Sales	Certifications
Ira	Released: December 1989 Label: Pronit Formats: CD, CS	—
Mój dom	Released: June 1991 Label: Kontakt, Top Music Formats: CD, CS	—
1993 rok	Released: April 16, 1993 Label: Top Music Formats: CD, CS	—
Znamię	Released: September 1, 1994 Label: Top Music Formats: CD, CS	—
Ogrody	Released: September 28, 1995 Label: Zic Zac Formats: CD, CS	—
Tu i teraz	Released: August 12, 2002 Label: BMG Poland Formats: CD	24
Ogień	Released: April 29, 2004 Label: El Mariach Formats: CD	2
Londyn 08:15	Released: September 3, 2007 Label: QL Music Formats: CD	1
9	Released: November 2, 2009 Label: QL Music Formats: CD, digital download	15	POL: 15,000+	POL: Gold
X	Released: April 16, 2013 Label: My Music Formats: CD, digital download	4
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

References

External links

Official website

Category:

Polish rock music groups