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Jinx is: Slawek Wozniak - guitar, voc.
Andrzej Zalewski - bass, voc.
Mark Ratajczak - drums, voc.
Ken Ortman - guitar, voc.


Slawek, 26, left communist Poland in 1987. In ‘89 he and his friends became known as BEER GOGGLES. After playing one show, opening for SCREECHING WEASEL, in ‘91 they went to Poland to present themselves at Jarocin Festival. They played in front of 20,000 people, competing with 300 bands. Drunk as always, they took first place. Later on, they played shows with bands like: VIBRATORS, UK SUBS and Polish known punk groups such as: BRYGADA KRYZYS, ARMIA and KULT. It was fun while it lasted, until ‘93, when the guys called it quits. Andrzej and Mark, both 30, have known each other since they were 10. They formed their first, politically flavored punk band DEMOBIL in Poland in 1982. Andrzej played his hand made bass. It never tuned and sounded like a rubber band from his underwear. The guitar player used "an imitation of an imitation of a FENDER guitar " and a reel to reel recorder as a distortion device. Only Mark had a basic, but complete drum set. A few years later he left the country and Andrzej continued playing with KONWENT A for awhile. In ‘91 they met again in CHICAGO. In ‘95 Mark and Andrzej met Slawek and Robert from BEER GOGGLES. At first they joined their forces in emptying kegs of beer and kicking American butts in soccer. Some time later JINX was formed. The boys played some old songs of both their bands plus a few new ones and recorded them in March 96. Encouraged by good reviews of their 7", being compared to old style British punk heroes, they put the rest of their recorded material on a CD. Recently, the band was joined by Ken Ortman as a second guitar player. Ken is an old friend who played with BEER GOGGLES and then went on to play with BATTALION OF SAINTS.

JINX's popularity is growing in Chicago. They recently opened for THE DAMNED at HOUSE OF BLUES.

Here is Jinx with the Aldermen & other friends at the Damned show at the House of Blues...
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