Polish-American Musicians

EM_WaveThreads: 20 Posts: 513 Joined: Nov 11, 11 ♂ [Suspended]	Edited by: EM_Wave Nov 30, 11, 12:17 #1
Who is your favorite Polish-American musician? My favorite would have to be Peter Steele (born Peter Thomas Ratajczyk) from the band Type O Negative. He died not too long ago unfortunately. He was a very funny guy. RIP Petrus.

pipThreads: 11 Posts: 1,293 Joined: Jul 4, 11 ♀	Nov 30, 11, 12:20 #2
johnny rzeznik

EM_WaveThreads: 20 Posts: 513 Joined: Nov 11, 11 ♂ [Suspended]	Nov 30, 11, 22:12 #3
pip: johnny rzeznik Ah yes, from the Goo Goo Dolls. I remember learning one of his songs on the guitar when I was a kid.

ShAlEyNsTfOhThreads: 8 Posts: 232 Joined: Feb 5, 11 ♂ [Suspended]	Nov 30, 11, 22:16 #4
there are soo many of them... very famous ones.. that is, if u consider those jews of polish descent as well. but I would choose Billy Talent :D

Wroclaw BoyThreads: 57 Posts: 5,478 Joined: Jul 3, 09 MEMBER ♂	Nov 30, 11, 22:32 #5
EM_Wave: My favorite would have to be Peter Steele (born Peter Thomas Ratajczyk) from the band Type O Negative. You must be putting from the rough there my man.

EM_WaveThreads: 20 Posts: 513 Joined: Nov 11, 11 ♂ [Suspended]	Nov 30, 11, 22:34 #6
Wroclaw Boy: You must be putting from the rough there my man. Um...what?

ShAlEyNsTfOhThreads: 8 Posts: 232 Joined: Feb 5, 11 ♂ [Suspended]	Nov 30, 11, 22:35 #7
by the way, billy talent is a canadian band. :D

BBmanThreads: - Posts: 459 Joined: Jan 4, 11 ♂	Nov 30, 11, 23:38 #8
pip: johnny rzeznik This is what first came to my mind when i saw the title of the thread:) Here's another, Ed Kowalczyk.

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Dec 1, 11, 07:06 #9

The legendary Peter Cetera of the group Chicago, was influenced to play music, by listening to Polka bands.

A sincere thanks PF, for putting up with me FIVE terrific years, muah!

Peter Cetera

PennBoyThreads: 157 Posts: 3,443 Joined: Dec 7, 08 ♂	Dec 1, 11, 07:39 #10
John Rzeznik from the Goo Goo Dolls Or Marilyn Manson half Polish half German lol

EM_WaveThreads: 20 Posts: 513 Joined: Nov 11, 11 ♂ [Suspended]	Edited by: EM_Wave Dec 1, 11, 10:01 #11
PennBoy: Or Marilyn Manson half Polish half German lol Woah ****. Manson is really half Polish? He does make some great music. "The Dope Show" is a fantastic song.

PennBoyThreads: 157 Posts: 3,443 Joined: Dec 7, 08 ♂	Dec 1, 11, 15:30 #12
EM_Wave: Woah ****. Manson is really half Polish? Yes he is

JonnyMThreads: 16 Posts: 4,487 Joined: Mar 9, 11 ♂	Dec 1, 11, 15:53 #13
PennBoy: Yes he is No. He's American.

time meansThreads: 9 Posts: 2,306 Joined: Apr 21, 08 ♂	Dec 1, 11, 16:35 #14
pip: johnny rzeznik Born in Buffalo New York which the last time i looked was in the good ol US of A and nowhere near Poland.

PennBoyThreads: 157 Posts: 3,443 Joined: Dec 7, 08 ♂	Dec 1, 11, 16:45 #15
JonnyM: He's American. time means: Born in Buffalo New York which the last time i looked was in the good ol US of A and nowhere near Poland. No **** he's American the topic is Polish Americans. We're talking about his ancestry/blood he's half German half Polish. American isn't an ethnicity.

BarneyThreads: 16 Posts: 1,630 Joined: May 26, 08 ♂	Dec 1, 11, 16:46 #16
Pee Wee King

JonnyMThreads: 16 Posts: 4,487 Joined: Mar 9, 11 ♂	Dec 1, 11, 17:11 #17
PennBoy: ancestry/blood That means nothing. Does he identify as Pol-Am and speak the language?

PennBoyThreads: 157 Posts: 3,443 Joined: Dec 7, 08 ♂	Dec 1, 11, 17:14 #18
JonnyM: That means nothing. Does he identify as Pol-Am and speak the language? If you lived in American u'd know that everyone who knows they are Polish identify as Polish being at least one of his/her ancestries. And Americans live and talk like Americans.

JonnyMThreads: 16 Posts: 4,487 Joined: Mar 9, 11 ♂	Dec 1, 11, 17:34 #19
PennBoy: If you lived in American u'd know that everyone who knows they are Polish identify as Polish being at least one of his/her ancestries. An ancestor doesn't make an ethnicity. Has Mr Manson ever discussed how he identifies?

PennBoyThreads: 157 Posts: 3,443 Joined: Dec 7, 08 ♂	Dec 1, 11, 18:01 #20
JonnyM: An ancestor doesn't make an ethnicity. Has Mr Manson ever discussed how he identifies? Every American first and foremost identifies as an American (unless brainwashed by his parents from an early age lol). He just knows his ancestry but doesn't live or act on it.

time meansThreads: 9 Posts: 2,306 Joined: Apr 21, 08 ♂	Dec 1, 11, 18:24 #21
PennBoy: he's American So he's not Polish then?

ShawnHThreads: 9 Posts: 3,056 Joined: Jul 2, 09 ♂	Dec 1, 11, 18:33 #22
JonnyM: An ancestor doesn't make an ethnicity. So a Chinese guy came to America with his bride, and has kids in America. His kids marry other folks of the same lineage, and so do their kids. Are you denying they might just be ethnically Chinese?

PennBoyThreads: 157 Posts: 3,443 Joined: Dec 7, 08 ♂	Dec 1, 11, 19:24 #23
ShawnH: Are you denying they might just be ethnically Chinese? Yes they most certainly are. I have a few Irish American friends who are full Irish. So what if they're 3rd generation in America. Their grandparents then parents married people who were only of Irish background, they didn't mix that makes then full Irish.

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Dec 1, 11, 20:23 #24

ShawnH:

Are you denying they might just be ethnically Chinese?

And are you forcing their great-grandchildren to be ethnically Chinese especially if they can't hold a conversation in the language and have never been there? And did Marilyn Manson's Polish ancestor marry someone of what you quaintly call the same 'lineage'?

More pertinently, Does Marilym actually identify as Pol-Am or is someone just clutching at straws...

WroclawThreads: 77 Posts: 7,404 Joined: Apr 1, 06 ♂ [Moderator]	Dec 1, 11, 20:43 #25
can we stop this continual argument of what is and what is not a pol/am. thank you.

yousuckyousuck1	Dec 1, 11, 20:52 #26
I agree, Pete is my favorite Polish -American too! A little on the biased side but I can boast. Cathy Ratajczyk- Peter Steeles sister. Thanks for saying he's your choice

JonnyMThreads: 16 Posts: 4,487 Joined: Mar 9, 11 ♂	Dec 1, 11, 21:36 #27
Wroclaw: can we stop this continual argument of what is and what is not a pol/am. thank you. It's very relevant to the discussion, if a particular ethnicity is being attributed to a musician who is not part of that community. And it is in the title of the thread, after all.

blackadderThreads: 4 Posts: 403 Joined: Jun 28, 07 ♂	Dec 1, 11, 21:41 #28
EM_Wave: He died not too long ago unfortunately. He was a very funny guy. RIP Petrus. He shouldn't quit drinking I suppose.He died of heart failure after he quit drinking.

joepilsudskiThreads: 44 Posts: 2,529 Joined: Apr 27, 07 ♂	Dec 1, 11, 21:44 #29
Pat Benatar aka Patricia Mae Andrzejewski

blackadderThreads: 4 Posts: 403 Joined: Jun 28, 07 ♂	Dec 1, 11, 21:54 #30
Jack White

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