The story of Indios Bravos probably began when Piotr Banach first met and -… Read Full Bio ↴The story of Indios Bravos probably began when Piotr Banach first met and - most importantly - heard Gutek (Piotr Gutkowski). It was in Katowice's Spodek, somewhere around 1996 on some music bussiness party. At the time Banach was in Hey and Gutek was vocaly supporting Overmind.

But the real beginning was the song "Drogi" which appeared two years later on "Part One". It was Gutek's first album and Banach's tenth but in many ways his first as he recorded it in a way he had never before.

In 2002 a decision about making the second record was made. The first meeting after couple of years took place in much nicer surroundings - somewhere half way between Szczecin and Koszalin in the attic of the house, boarding with the forest, first song for the new album - "Mental Revolution" was born. Later "The Sign" and "The Sun" were polished although Banach got the idea for those two while in Greece.

It's a very cosmopolitan record - two Poles under Spanish-sounding name, recording Jamaican music, ideas of which were first born in France, Greece and Japan. Even if we try to place Indios Bravos' music somewhere in Poland it proofs to be very difficult. Gutek was born, grew-up and lives in Katowice. Banach on the other hand is from Szczecin and lives in Warsaw. Szczecin is also home of the musicians who make Indios Bravos - the live band because from October 2002 Indios Bravos is not just a studio project but a full band set.

The first gig was very humble. Gutek and Banach were supported on stage by Pawel Gawronski (keboard and backing vocals) and Krzysztof Sak (guitar). Later the band expanded and was joined by Ryszard Labul (bass), Przemek Filipkowski (keyboard) and Tomek Kubik (drums).

Małpa
Indios Bravos Lyrics

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Odkąd małpa zlazła z drzewa
Aby uczłowieczyć się
Odkąd wie, że jest rozumna
Tylko ona, inne nie
Wciąż pogarda w niej wzrastała
Do tych, które nie są nią
Więc zaczęła wznosić mury
Oraz konstruować broń

Uwierzyła też, że zawsze
Po jej stronie będzie Bóg
A we władzy jest demonów
Niemoralny, tępy wróg

Odkąd małpa zrozumiała
Że nikt nie zatrzyma jej
Odkąd tylko odnalazła
Swojej egzystencji sens
Odtąd chciała coraz więcej
By nasycić żądze swe
Pomyślała aby skłócić
Z sobą inne małpy dwie
Wymyśliła politykę
Aby swe intencje kryć
Aby rządzić, aby władać

Aby z innych małp móc kpić
Z Ciebie i ze mnie kpić

Overall Meaning

The song "Małpa" by Indios Bravos talks about the evolution of humans and their tendency to gain power and control over others. The lyrics describe the story of a monkey who decided to leave the trees and become human-like. As she gained intelligence, she started to feel superior to other animals and built walls and weapons to protect herself from them. She believed in God but also recognized the existence of immoral demons in power.

The monkey's desire for more started to grow as she found purpose in her existence. She came up with politics to disguise her intentions and to control other monkeys. She wanted to rule and make a fool of others by mocking and belittling them. The song suggests that human tendencies for greed and corruption are innate and cannot be escaped. It also highlights the danger of power and control if it falls into the hands of the wrong people.

Line by Line Meaning

Odkąd małpa zlazła z drzewa
Since the monkey climbed down from the tree

Aby uczłowieczyć się
To become more human

Odkąd wie, że jest rozumna
Since it knows it has intelligence

Tylko ona, inne nie
Only it, not the others

Wciąż pogarda w niej wzrastała
Contempt grew within it

Do tych, które nie są nią
Towards those who aren't like it

Więc zaczęła wznosić mury
So it started building walls

Oraz konstruować broń
And constructing weapons

Uwierzyła też, że zawsze
It also believed that always

Po jej stronie będzie Bóg
God will be on its side

A we władzy jest demonów
But demons are in power