Editing Myslovitz (section)

==Myslovitz and Mysłowice==
Myslovitz follow the tradition of 1970s American rock acts who took their names from their places of origin, such as [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]] or [[Boston (band)|Boston]]. When choosing their name, the band seemed to be inspired by an ambiguous relationship towards their hometown which they felt to be rather provincial. In a review of ''The Best of...'', the liberal Catholic weekly ''[[Tygodnik Powszechny]]'' stated that ''"coming from Mysłowice, the band entered the new, wonderful world of show business with a small-town complex"''[https://web.archive.org/web/20041001022407/http://muzyka.onet.pl/mr,23699,1,recenzje.html]. In an interview with the ''Montreal Mirror'' (see above), Guitarist Przemek Myszor called Mysłowice ''"depressing" [...] like all small towns are. In Poland there are few big towns. And by big town I mean where there is culture. You know, towns that have big clubs. We still live in Mysłowice, but this is a city to die in, not to live. Our region of Poland, in the south, is very industrial, coal mining, hard industry"'' [http://www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/2002/112802/music2.html].
For statements like these, Myslovitz were sometimes chided for fouling their own nest; paradoxically, however, they even helped to sanitize the city's image. Says the music journalist Leszek Gnoiński (author of the "standard work" ''Encyklopedia Polskiego Rocka''): ''"Mysłowice is a city of some 100,000 people. Until the early 90s, it was known, at best, for its coalmines - until these five guys with guitars turned the mining town into a place that could be located on any map of Poland."'' Myslovitz's impact was one factor which stimulated the development of a local music scene. By now, with bands such as ''Negatyw'' and ''Supermusic'', a lively Alternative rock and [[hip hop culture]] is flourishing in Mysłowice. Far away from [[Warsaw]] as the centre of the commercial Polish entertainment industry, it even benefits from its image as being peripheral, obscure, and non-commercial - not totally unlike the British [[Madchester]] phenomenon in the 1980s and early 1990s.