siekiera formed in 1982 or 1983 in puławy, poland, under the name of "trafo". the line-up then was tomasz adamski - guitar, tomasz budzyński - vocals, jerzy janaczek - bass, and irek "borys" czerniak - drums. they started by playing cover songs of uk subs and the exploited. in the autumn of 1983 they changed their name to siekiera (polish for "axe"). there is a legend that the name came from a guy who heard their music and compared it to an axe. the original line-up was tomasz adamski (a.k.a. dzwon) - guitar, leader, the author of all lyrics and music, tomasz budzyński (a.k.a. budzy) - vocals, dariusz malinowski (a.k.a. malina) - bass, and krzysztof grela (a.k.a. koben) - drums. for a while some guy called piotr szewczyk played guitar, but they fired him because of his blues influences.