it was a cheap and efficient trick to cheat the regime. At first, the band practiced at a Culture House in Nieporęt Dezerter debuted during the Mokotów Music Autumn Festival, in November 1981. In the autumn of 1982, together with other Polish punk rock bands http://dezerter.com it went on a tour across southeastern corner of the country. The tour was named Rock Galicja, and featured shows in Rzeszów, Krosno, Sanok, and Mielec. Earlier on, Dezerter played at the 1982 Jarocin Festival, where it was filmed by the Polish TV. In 1983 Dezerter recorded a four-song 7″ EP, Ku przyszłości also known as Spytaj milicjanta Ask a policeman. The record was issued by the state company Tonpress, and was very warmly welcomed by fans, with 50,000 copies sold. With fast guitar riffs and intelligent lyrics written by Grabowski, Dezerter's concerts drew thousands of fans and its LPs were very popular, especially in the late 80s and early 90s.
