Dezerter
Dezerter founded as SS-20 in 1981 in Warsaw is one of the most popular punk bands from Poland.
They had to change the name to Dezerter because of the reaction of the Communist authorities.
With fast guitar riffs and intelligent lyrics written by Grabowski its concerts have drawn thousands of fans and its LPs were very popular, especially in the late 80s and early 90s.
The most famous Dezerter's concert took place during the 1984 Jarocin Festival in Jarocin, Poland and it was attended by some 20,000 people. The concert was recorded and later parts of it were released on a LP "Underground out of Poland".
Dezerter however is not widely known in other countries perhaps because the band refrains from singing in the English language.
Members
The founding members were students of Warsaw University of Technology:
- Robert Matera (guitar)
- Krzysztof Grabowski (drums).
Other members in the band:
- Stepa" (Darek Stepnowski)- bass, vocals
- Skandal" (Darek Hajn) - vocals
Discography
- Underground Out Of Poland (1987)
- Kolaboracja (album) (1987)
- Kolaboracja II (1989)
- Wszyscy przeciwko wszystkim (1990)
- Blasfemia (1992)
- Jak powstrzymałem III wojnę światową czyli nieznana historia Dezertera (1993)
- Ile procent duszy (1994)
- Mam kły mam pazury (1996)
- Kolaboracja II (1997)
- Ziemia jest płaska (1998)
- Decydujące starcie (2001)
- Nielegalny zabójca czasu (2004)
- Punk not jazz (2006)