Polish Punk Rabbit Hole

Pyrrho Epoche

Pyrrho Epoche

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I was strolling through the Spotify playlist woods a few few months ago and fell down a Polish punk rabbit-hole. I had no idea punk was so big in Poland. From what I understand, in the 80's, there was a huge rebellion against Russian control and labor unions. Maybe someone can elaborate, as I am not a history buff.
Anyway, punk is big there and it is a warm change from the Emo, California style punk in the states. I am not saying there is no good hardcore bands in the states, but the Polish really take their punk seriously. If anybody has gone down this rabbit hole, you are welcome to share. I might be alone on this thread, as this music is not well known in the states. Anyway, here is a few bands that when I heard them, I was like WOW, now THIS is heavy.











I will post some more later and feel free to comment or post anything that you like.

Dan
 
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DOA, like the band DOA? They spent time touring in Poland in the 80's and produced some stuff for Dezerter that could not be produced in Poland because of the political censorship. I will find the Dezerter album.

Here ya go:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiy1z_z57pseJsbvwFVfAZV7Bav3GoPJ6&si=iv31HQANvgJzvH7r

Underground Out of Poland
Underground Out of Poland is the debut studio album by Polish punk rock band Dezerter. It was released in US during 1987 through Maximumrocknroll Records (Joey poopiehead from D.O.A. helped in the release),[1] and was re-released in 1996 by QQRYQ Productions and 2002 by Pop Noise Records. Track 1-4 was recorded in 1983, in Studio Wawrzyszew,[1] 5-8 and 15-17 in 1984 at Jarocin Festival,[1] 10-15 and 18 on illegal session on Program 1 Polskiego Radia studio.[1]
 
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This is the best station that I found for newish Polish punk and a mix of other newish punk music from other countries. They have an endless catalog, there is not much repeating of the same songs/no commercials and yes, about 1 outta 40 or so songs is metal, which I do not much care for....but, overall, I spend hours on here.
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"The song Bella Ciao became a symbol of resistance against fascism during World War II. The song was often sung by anti-fascist partisans as they fought against the Nazi occupation of Italy. The song has since become an anthem for social justice and a symbol of the struggle. Every year on 25 April, Bella Ciao is sung across Italy on the Festa della Liberazione which marks the country's liberation from German occupation and fascist rule at the end of world war two."

This is a great Polish punk version, from the new Farben Lehre LP.

 
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This song was so fun to play, I translated it and found some interesting info. Lyrics below:



Synopsis:
"The Warsaw Uprising (1944) was the greatest military upsurge in the occupied by Nazis Europe. Nazis are responsible for all crimes. The discussion wheather the Uprising was a good or bad decission has been conducted in Poland for many years. The results of the Uprising were tragic- about 200 000 civil citizens of Warsaw died and the city itself was leveled. Make them count the corpses... is a poem by Anna Świrczyńska, a hospital orderly during the Uprising, who in her poem accused the commanders for egoistic ambitions and lack of resonsibility for bringing on the uprising."

Lyrics, Poem(English)

Corpses

Make these ones who gave the first order to fight
count our corpses
Make them go along the unexisting streets
Though the city which ceased to exist
Make them count our corpses weeks and months long
Make them count till they are dead
Make them count weeks and months long
Make them count till they are dead....
Make them count our corpses, make them count our corpses…
Make them count our corpses, make them count our corpses…
Corpses, corpses, corpses, corpses……………………….
 
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Pyrrho Epoche said:
I was strolling through the Spotify playlist woods a few few months ago and fell down a Polish punk rabbit-hole. I had no idea punk was so big in Poland. From what I understand, in the 80's, there was a huge rebellion against Russian control and labor unions. Maybe someone can elaborate, as I am not a history buff.
Anyway, punk is big there and it is a warm change from the Emo, California style punk in the states. I am not saying there is no good hardcore bands in the states, but the Polish really take their punk seriously. If anybody has gone down this rabbit hole, you are welcome to share. I might be alone on this thread, as this music is not well known in the states. Anyway, here is a few bands that when I heard them, I was like WOW, now THIS is heavy.











I will post some more later and feel free to comment or post anything that you like.

Dan
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Thanks for posting this, awesome! Proof of the universal language. (that would be "music" :D)
 
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