Riverside (band)

Riverside
Riverside in 2023.
Riverside in 2023.
Background information
OriginWarsaw, Poland
GenresProgressive rock, progressive metal
Years active2001–present
LabelsInside Out, Mystic Production
SpinoffsHate, Lunatic Soul, Meller Gołyźniak Duda
MembersMariusz Duda
Piotr Kozieradzki
Michał Łapaj
Maciej Meller
Past membersJacek Melnicki
Piotr Grudziński (died 2016)
WebsiteRiversideband.pl

Riverside are a Polish progressive rock band from Warsaw. They were founded in 2001 by friends Mariusz Duda, Piotr Grudziński, Piotr Kozieradzki and Jacek Melnicki, who shared a love for progressive rock and heavy metal, although Duda, the main lyricist and composer of the band, was originally a fan of electronic, ambient, experimental music, like Radiohead, Massive Attack, Dead Can Dance, Tangerine Dream, Peter Gabriel,[1] and later on, prog rock like Pink Floyd, Rush, Tool, Marillion, as well as thrash metal.[2] Riverside can be described as a blend of atmospheric rock and metal elements, resulting in a sound similar to that of Porcupine Tree, and Pain of Salvation.[2]

  1. ^ "BACKGROUND MAGAZINE Interview Mariusz Duda (Riverside, Lunatic Soul)". Backgroundmagazine.nl. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Band". Riversideband.pl. Archived from the original on 5 January 2016.