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The Bill is a Polish punk rock band, formed in 1988 by Artur "Soko" Soczewica, in the Polish town of
Pionki Pionki is a town in Radom County, Masovian Voivodeship, central Poland with 18 846 inhabitants (2016). Surrounded by the ''Kozienice'' Wilderness, Pionki is located in northern part of historic province of Lesser Poland, from Radom, and from ...
. The band's name is pronounced in a similar way to the Polish word 'debil', which means 'moron'. The Bill played several times at the
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 ...
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finales.


Past Band members

*Jacek "Szmery" Szulikowski -
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(1988-1989) *Robert "Mielony" Mielniczuk -
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(1989-2011) *Artur "Soko" Soczewica -
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s (left band after "I give you fire" album in 1996) *Dariusz "Skóra" Stawski -
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s (Played with the band, but was never an official member) *"Jędrek" -
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(2000 - 2005) *"Ludek" -
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(2000 - 2005) *Maciej "McKurczak" Stępień -
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s (2005 - 2010)


Current band members

*Dariusz "Kefir" Śmietanka -
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*Gerard "Gere" Chodyra -
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*Sebastian Stańczak -
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*Artur "Artie" Woźniak -
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Discography

*1993 - ''The Biut'' (pronounced similar to 'debiut' meaning 'debut') *1994 - ''Początek Końca'' (''The Beginning of the End'') *1995 - ''Sex 'N' Roll'' *2000 - ''Daję wam ogień'' (''I Give You Fire'') - recorded in 1996, but not released until 2000 *2007 - ''Niech tańczą aniołowie'' (''Let the Angels Dance'') *2013 - ''8siem'' Polish musical groups Polish punk rock groups {{Poland-band-stub