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Siekiera timeline (EN)

1986
Released only LP Nowa Aleksandria

In 1986 Siekiera released their only LP, Nowa Aleksandria – it is influenced mainly by Killing Joke and regarded as one of the greatest Polish albums of all time. In 1987, a new guitarist, Wieslaw Borysewicz, was recruited, and Tomasz Adamski concentrated on singing. In 1987 they also played a…
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1985
Recorded eight new tracks

Tomasz Adamski reformed Siekiera with two new members: Zbigniew Musinski – drums and Pawel Mlynarczyk – keyboards. Dariusz Malinowski took the vocal duties (besides playing bass). In February 1985 they recorded eight new tracks, some of them were played on the radio. In May and June they recorded some songs…
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1984
First official show

In 1984 they played their first official show in a club “Remont” in Warsaw . They also performed at the Jarocin Festival , and they were well received by the audience. In October 1984, after a performance with TZN Xenna and Youth Brigade , Budzynski left the band following a…
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1982
Formed under name Trafo

Siekiera formed in 1982 or 1983 in Puławy, Poland, under the name of “Trafo”. The original line-up consisted of guitarist Tomasz Adamski, vocalist Tomasz Budzyński , bass player Jerzy Janaczek, and drummer Irek “Borys” Czerniak. They started by playing cover songs of UK Subs and The Exploited . In the…
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