The Cool Kids of Death is a Polish
alternative rock
Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from Popular culture, mainstre ...
band formed in
Łódź
Łódź, also rendered in English as Lodz, is a city in central Poland and a former industrial centre. It is the capital of Łódź Voivodeship, and is located approximately south-west of Warsaw. The city's coat of arms is an example of canti ...
in 2001. Their name comes from a
Saint Etienne song
A song is a musical composition intended to be performed by the human voice. This is often done at distinct and fixed pitches (melodies) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs contain various forms, such as those including the repetitio ...
.
The band is well known in Poland due to their radical lyrics and widely expressing the "Generation Nothing" ( pl, Generacja Nic, links=no) voice –the "movement" which accused the Polish establishment of constraining the professional chances and future of young and well-educated Poles.
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Polish alternative rock groups
Musical groups established in 2001
2001 establishments in Poland
Musicians from Łódź
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