Siekiera

Siekiera was big in Poland from 1983-1988 or so.  They started out as a punk rock band then started making new wave somewhere down the line.  Now, why is it when I go to Greenpoint, I never hear this awesome shit playing in people's cars?  I only hear La Bouche and Haddaway.

The music video for "Misiowie Puszyści," from 1985, combines my two loves: industrial new wave and bicycles. Well just the first couple seconds have a bicycle in it.  The rest of the video takes place in a meat locker.  It's killer.

Then there is the more new wave "Ludzie Wschodu" from their well-known 1986 (recorded '85) LP, "Nowa Aleksadria."  It was clearly recorded once they hired a producer that understood Killing Joke and Joy Division.  You can listen it to it on YouTube, but I've posted it below as well.

Siekiera "Ludzie Wschodu"