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Tomasz Birek

Tomasz Birek

Guitarist. Often remembered more clearly for his equipment than for his face.

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Partly confirmed

  • Named in multiple accounts as the main guitarist.
  • May have worked at a railway depot or mechanical workshop.
  • Known for modifying his guitar and amplifier himself.
  • Associated with a rougher, more metallic playing style than typical local punk.

Rumors, myths, contradictions

  • Some say he built homemade distortion devices from salvaged radio parts.
  • A persistent rumor claims one of his guitars had missing frets or damaged markers.
  • One account has him leaving the band before the last known concert; another puts him on stage at the very end.
  • An unlikely story says he later played in a wedding band under another surname.

Notes

Compared with Suchy, Birek remains less romanticized. He tends to appear in memory as the practical one: soldering, carrying gear, arguing about sound, keeping things barely functional.

Several people remembered the noise. Fewer remembered the man producing it.