Dezerter founded as SS-20 in 1981 in Warsaw is one of the most popular punk bands from Poland. 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Warsaw (Polish: , , in full The Capital City of Warsaw, Polish: Miasto Stołeczne Warszawa) is the capital of Poland and its largest city. ... Punk rock is an anti-establishment music movement beginning around 1976 (although precursors can be found several years earlier), exemplified and popularised by The Ramones, the Sex Pistols, The Clash and The Damned. ...

They had to change the name to Dezerter because of the reaction of the Communist authorities. This article is about communism as a form of society and as a political movement. ...

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". Jarocin is a town in central Poland with 25,700 inhabitants (1995). ...

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: Warsaw University of Technology is the largest academic school of technology in Poland, and one of the largest in East Europe, employing 2. ...

• 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)

External link

• Dezerter's website (Polish)