current_members website years_active label image_size article_title landscape past_members background genre origin name
robert romanowski janson edyta kuczyńska michał marciniak paweł marciniak sławek -lsb- http://www.variusmanx.pl www.variusmanx.pl -rsb- 1989 -- present spv emi , sony music entertainment poland , zic zac , bmg poland , pomaton 250 varius manx
 yes anita lipnicka kasia stankiewicz monika kuszyńska anna józefina lubieniecka group_or_band pop , pop rock poland varius manx
varius manx

varius manx is a polish pop group , formed in Łódź in 1989 by composer robert janson .
the name is a variation on the english word `` various '' plus manx , the variety of cat .
the band have sold more than 2 million albums in their native poland .
the band 's first album , `` the beginning '' , which consisted entirely of instrumental music , was released in 1990 to measured success .
the 1993 follow-up `` the new shape '' , featured vocals by janson , robert amirian , and guests including edyta bartosiewicz .
the band 's breakthrough was its 1994 album `` emu '' , which marked a stark change in artistic direction .
the band now had a lead singer , anita lipnicka , and now performed primarily in polish .
the formula was highly successful , and both `` emu '' and the subsequent album `` elf '' -lrb- 1995 -rrb- each sold more than half a million copies .
the band won the polish music award , the fryderyk , in 1995 for best musical group .
the band provided much of the soundtrack to the film `` młode wilki '' , featuring in part songs from `` elf '' .
in 1994 they won the sopot international song festival .
in 1996 varius manx appeared on the television show `` szansa na sukces '' -lrb- a chance for success -rrb- , a karaoke show in which participants would sing the songs of the visiting band .
the show was won by 19-year-old kasia stankiewicz .
when , shortly afterward , lipnicka left the band to pursue a solo career , the remaining members asked stankiewicz to take her place .
the resulting lineup recorded `` ego '' , which was also highly successful , and produced what is probably varius manx 's best-known song , `` orła cień '' -lrb- an eagle 's shadow -rrb- , which was featured in the film `` kiler '' .
like its two predecessors , the album included a number of songs in english .
in 1997 the band released its next album , `` end '' , this time entirely in polish ; it sold a respectable 130,000 copies , although far less than its predecessors .
the same year , varius manx contributed to a second soundtrack , for the film `` nocne graffiti '' , after which it took a creative pause ; stankiewicz recorded her first solo album .
varius manx released a greatest hits album in 2000 , `` najlepsze z dobrych '' -lrb- the best of the good -rrb- , which included four new tracks as well as reworked versions of some of the band 's hits .
it was kasia stankiewicz 's last album with the band , as she departed the following year to pursue her solo career .
monika kuszyńska was chosen as the band 's new singer in may 2001 .
with her , the band recorded `` eta '' -lrb- 2001 -rrb- and `` eno '' -lrb- 2002 -rrb- .
in 2002 varius manx won the baltic prize in karlshamn , sweden with the song `` moje eldorado '' .
the cover for the band 's 2004 album `` emi '' was chosen in a competition , in which 317 suggestions were sent in ; the winner was an image of a white cat , a play on the band 's name .
on 28 may 2006 , the band survived a serious car accident .
robert janson and monika kuszyńska were badly injured .
janson has recovered , however kuszyńska remains paralysed .
in summer 2006 in sopot the most famous polish artists -lrb- including the band 's two previous vocalists -rrb- took part in a charity concert which had been organised to raise money for the rehabilitation of janson and kuszyńska .
