Dezerter founded as SS-20 in 1981 in Warsaw is one of the most popular punk bands from Poland. They had to change the name to Dezerter because of the reaction of the Communist authorities. 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. Dezerter however is not widely known in other countries perhaps because the band refrains from singing in the English language.