KSU (band)

KSU
KSU live in Sanok, June 4, 2011
Background information
Origin	Ustrzyki Dolne, Poland
Genres	Punk rock
Years active	1977–present
Labels	Mystic Production
Members	Eugeniusz "Siczka" Olejarczyk Jarosław "Jasiu" Kidawa Leszek "Dziaro" Dziarek Paweł "Kojak" Gawlik Mateusz "Joseph" Sowa
Past members	Bogdan Augustyn "Bohun" Leszek Tomkow "Plaster" Bogdan Tutak "Tuptuś" Artur Solarz Adam Michno "Dżordż" Bartłomiej Kądziołka "QQŚ" Dariusz Dziuroń "Nero" Wojciech Bodurkiewicz "Ptyś" Mirosław Wesołkin Waldemar Kuzianik "Burek" Waldemar Moskal "Valdi" Piotr Sewerniak "Seru" Zygmunt Waśko "Zyga" "Cewka" Jakub Ziemba "Kuba" Marcin Nowak "Nowy" Grzegorz "Gekon" Rafał "Sysy" Grela Paweł Tylko "Prezo" Sebastian Sipa Sebastian Mnich "Sebek" Erik Bobella "Tuna"
Website	ksu.art.pl

KSU is a Polish punk rock band and one of the earliest representatives of punk in Poland, ^[1] founded in 1977 in the southeastern town of Ustrzyki Dolne in the Bieszczady Mountains. Young musicians from Ustrzyki met to play covers of Black Sabbath, Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin songs which they had heard on a radio tuned into Western European radio stations, beyond the Iron Curtain. In 1978 they came up with the name KSU, which comes from car license plates, issued by the Krosno Voivodeship authorities for vehicles from Ustrzyki Dolne. With a new name came new music - KSU was now motivated by Sex Pistols, Damned, and UK Subs.

In 1980, due to friendship with Kazimierz Staszewski, KSU travelled across Poland to Kolobrzeg, to participate in the New Wave Festival. The band was dubbed a sensation, but soon afterwards its members were one after one called up to the Polish Army and KSU ceased to exist. In 1988 KSU recorded an LP "Pod prąd" ("Against the flow"), which was warmly welcomed by its fans.

Currently KSU consists of four members, including Olejarczyk. Its lyrics are in most cases written by Maciej Augustyn, the brother of former singer Bogdan "Bohun" Augustyn.

Members

Current line-up

• Eugeniusz Olejarczyk ("Siczka") – guitar, vocals
• Jarosław Kidawa ("Jasiu") – guitar, backing vocals
• Paweł Gawlik ("Kojak") – bass guitar
• Leszek Dziarek ("Dziaro") – drums, backing vocals, programming
• Piotr Leszega ("Piter") - guitar, backing vocals

Discography

• Pod prąd (1988)
• Ustrzyki (1990)
• Moje Bieszczady (1993)
• Na 15 lecie! (1994)
• Bez prądu (1995)
• 21 (1999)
• Ludzie bez twarzy (2002)
• Kto cię obroni Polsko (2004)
• Nasze słowa (2005) POL No. 14 ^[2]
• Akustycznie XXX-lecie (2008) POL No. 21 ^[3]
• Dwa Narody (2014)

Live albums

Title	Album details
Przystanek Woodstock 2005	Released: June 5, 2006 [4] Label: Złoty Melon Formats: CD

Video albums

Title	Video details
Przystanek Woodstock 2005	Released: June 5, 2006 Label: Złoty Melon Formats: DVD

References

1. Gnoiński, Leszek; Jan Skaradziński (1996). Encyklopedia polskiego rocka. In Rock. pp. 255–256. ISBN   978-83-86365-08-1.
2. "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. 2005-02-20. Retrieved 2014-07-26.
3. "Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart". OLiS. 2008-04-28. Retrieved 2014-07-26.
4. "Kultura - informacje i wydarzenia kulturalne". Muzyka.onet.pl. Retrieved 2020-03-08.

Sources

• "• Kultura - Nowe pokolenie KSU [22-09-2004]". Archived from the original on 2009-02-01. Retrieved 2020-03-08.