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TSA is a Polish
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and heavy metal band.


History

The band formed in 1979 in
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as an initiative of guitarist Andrzej Nowak. The original line-up additionally included Stefan Machel (guitar),
Janusz Niekrasz TSA is a Polish hard rock and heavy metal band. History The band formed in 1979 in Opole as an initiative of guitarist Andrzej Nowak. The original line-up additionally included Stefan Machel (guitar), Janusz Niekrasz (bass) and Marek Kap ...
(bass) and Marek Kapłon (drums). TSA was originally an instrumental band. It won a "battle of the bands" during the 1981
Jarocin Festival Jarocin Festival was one of the biggest and most important rock music festivals in 1980s Europe, by far the biggest festival of alternative music in the Warsaw Pact countries. Founded in 1980, the festival was based on the earlier ''Wielkopolskie ...
at which members met Marek Piekarczyk, a singer in
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. He debuted as TSA's vocalist a month later at the Pop Session festival in
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. The band's song "Zwierzenia kontestatora" ("Confessions Of A Contestant") appears in the musical documentary '' Behind the Iron Curtain'', which documents the heavy metal band
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's first visit to Poland and other countries in Eastern Europe. The song is used as background music during the scene filmed in the music club Remont. TSA's song "Marsz wilków" ("The Marching Of The Wolves") is used in the 1983 Polish children's movie ''Akademia Pana Kleksa'' (''Academy of Mr. Kleks'') – a film based on
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-based names, "TSA" may have no meaning, although in a 2003 press release one of the founders claimed that the acronym originally meant "Tajne Stowarzyszenie Abstynentów" – "Teetotallers' Secret Association". In 2018, the band suspended its activities. In May 2021, there was a reactivation with the core of the team supplemented by Zbyszek Kraszewski and
Paweł Mąciwoda Paweł Mąciwoda (; born on 20 February 1967) is a Polish bassist who began playing with the German hard rock band Scorpions in 2003 and became an official member in January 2004. He is the band's longest-tenured bassist, having since surpassed ...
.


Members

; Current line-up *Marek Piekarczyk − lead vocals (1981–1989, 1991–1992, 1998–1999, 2001–present) *Stefan Machel − guitar, backing vocals (1980–1989, 2001–present) *
Paweł Mąciwoda Paweł Mąciwoda (; born on 20 February 1967) is a Polish bassist who began playing with the German hard rock band Scorpions in 2003 and became an official member in January 2004. He is the band's longest-tenured bassist, having since surpassed ...
− bass guitar (1998–1999, 2021–present) *Zbigniew Kraszewski − drums, backing vocals (1984–1989, 2021–present) ; Former members *Andrzej Nowak (†2022) − guitar (1979–1983, 1987–1989, 1991–1992, 1998–1999, 2001–2022) *Janusz Niekrasz − bass guitar, backing vocals (1980–1989, 2001–2018) *Marek Kapłon − drums (1980, 1981–1983, 2001–2018) *Paweł Stompór − guitar (1991–1992) *Marek Raduli − guitar (1980) *Antoni Degutis − guitar (1984–1986, 1998–1999) *Ryszard Petelnik − guitar (1980) *Andrzej Walczak − bass guitar (1991–1992) *Tomasz Zatwarnicki − bass guitar (1979) *Dariusz Biłyk − drums (1991–1992) *Duane Cleveland − drums (1998–1999; US citizen, only non-Polish member in band history)Duane Cleveland Metal Archives bio
/ref> *Leszek Wojtas − drums (1980) ; TSA-Evolution line-up *Janusz Pyzowski − lead vocals (1990–1992) *Stefan Machel − guitar (1990–1992) *Piotr Łukaszewski − guitar (1990–1992) *Janusz Niekrasz − bass guitar (1990–1992) *Zbigniew Kraszewski − drums (1990–1992)


Discography

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