Steve Gilpin
Stephen Ellis" Steve" Gilpin( 28 April 19506 January 1992) was a New Zealand- born rock music vocalist and a founder of new wave band Mi- Sex.
In November 1972, he won the national final of TV talent show," New Faces".
In 1977 he was a founder of Mi- Sex, which became one of the most popular new wave bands in New Zealand and Australia in the late 1970s to early 1980s.
They relocated to Australia in August 1978 and reached number one on the Australian Kent Music Report Singles Chart with" Computer Games"( 1979) and had top five hits with" Computer Games" and" People" on the New Zealand Singles Chart.
Gilpin also had a solo career including releasing material before forming Mi- Sex.
He joined various groups after their disbandment and performed as a solo artist.
He was severely injured in a car accident in November 1991 and died of his injuries on 6 January 1992, aged 42.
Not from Here
Not from Here is the fifth studio album by New Zealand band Mi-Sex.
It is the first studio album by the band since "Where Do They Go?" in 1983.
The album features lead vocals by Steve Balbi.
Balbi joined Travis New on guitar, alongside original Mi-Sex members Don Martin, Murray Burns, Paul Dunningham and Colin Bayley.
The album was released in September 2016 and peaked at number 93 on the Australian ARIA Charts.
Across the Great Divide tour
The Across the Great Divide tour was a concert tour by Australian alternative rock bands Powderfinger and Silverchair in 2007.
The tour featured concerts in 26 towns across Australia and multiple shows in New Zealand.
According to Powderfinger frontman Bernard Fanning, the aim of the tour was to" show[ that] both bands are behind the idea of reconciliation."
Both bands aimed to increase awareness of the efforts of Reconciliation Australia to reduce the current 17- year gap in life expectancy between the average Australian life and that of Indigenous Australians.
A triple DVD set was released with the same title as the tour on 1 December 2007 with the Melbourne performances for both bands and backstage occurrences from the tour.
Shanghaied!
Shanghaied!
is the third studio album by New Zealand new wave band Mi- Sex, released in October 1981.
The album peaked at number 28 on the Australian Kent Music Report.
Jerzy Kossela
Jerzy Kossela( né Kosela; 15 July 1942 – 7 January 2017) was a Polish guitarist, vocalist and founding member of the bands Electron, Niebiesko- Czarni, Pięciolinie and Czerwone Gitary.
He was the first founding member of the band Czerwone Gitary, during 1965- 1967.
Following his departure from the band, he continued to remain active in Polish music and performed on stage until 1976 after which he would then spend 15 years as a music presenter.
Upon the band's reunion in 1991, he once again became its guitarist and singer.
In 1993, he left the band again due to a conflict with former band founder, Seweryn Krajewski.
By 1999, Kossela had rejoined Czerwone Gitary again.
He composed such hits as" Bo ty się boisz myszy"( music and lyrics)," Historia jednej znajomościMatura"( lyrics to the music of Krzysztof Klenczon).
He co-authored the book" Czerwone Gitary to właśnie my!"
On the Czerwone Gitary's album Jeszcze raz( One More Time), which debuted 14 March 2015, the song" Kocham dwie dziewczyny" appeared, originally written in 1965.
From May 2015 he stopped performing in concerts with the band Czerwone Gitary, citing health reasons.
People (Mi-Sex song)
" People" is a song by New Zealand group Mi- Sex, released in March 1980 as the lead single from their second studio album," Space Race"( 1980).
The song peaked at number 3 in New Zealand and 6 in Australia.
The Art
The Art( sometimes stylised as THEART) were an Australian Alternative Rock band based in Sydney.
They began performing under the name The Follow in 2004.
Tasmanian band leader Azaria Byrne was previously known as an unsuccessful contestant on the reality television series Popstars.
Early highlights of the band's career, were supporting successful bands such as the Pixies, Marilyn Manson, Linkin Park, Nine Inch Nails, Sonic Youth and Thirty Seconds to Mars as late as 2010, however this was marred by the crowd booing and calls to" get off the stage".
In their later years the band was signed to Golden Robot Records alongside other bands such as Rose Tattoo and Mi- Sex but have not been active since 2016.
Mi-Sex
Mi-Sex( also styled as MiSex) is a New Zealand new wave rock band that was originally active from 1977 to 1986.
Led by Steve Gilpin as vocalist, Kevin Stanton as guitarist and songwriter and Don Martin as bassist.
They provided top ten singles," Computer Games" in October 1979( No. 1 in Australia, No. 5 in New Zealand) and" People" in 1980( No. 6 and No. 3, respectively).
Their first two albums both reached the New Zealand top 10," Graffiti Crimes"( July 1979) and" Space Race"( No. 1, June 1980).
They were known for their cutting edge production and dynamic live shows.
Gilpin died in January 1992, two months after a serious car accident from which he never recovered.
Mi- Sex have periodically reformed, including in 2011 with Steve Balbi( ex- Noiseworks) on lead vocals.
Stanton died on 17 May 2017.
Castaway (Mi-Sex song)
" Castaway" is a song by New Zealand group Mi- Sex, released in May 1982.
The song peaked at number 23 in Australia.
Czerwone Gitary
Czerwone Gitary( The Red Guitars) is one of the most popular rock bands in the history of Polish popular music.
The band formed in 1965 and achieved its greatest success from 1965 to 1970.
Often considered the Polish equivalent of the Beatles, many of their hits are now classics in Poland.
The group toured extensively outside Poland( in Czechoslovakia, Hungary, United States, Germany and Soviet Union) but had mostly disappeared from the Polish scene by the 1980s.
The band reformed in the 1990s.

Question: Are both bands, Czerwone Gitary and Mi-Sex, from the same country?
Answer: no