KSU

KSU is a Polish punk rock band and one of the earliest representatives of punk in Poland, 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.