Cool Kids Of Death

Cool Kids of Death is a Łódź-based band that grew into one of the defining names of Polish alternative rock in the first decade of the 21st century. Formed in 2001, the group was built around Krzysztof Ostrowski, Kuba Wandachowicz and Marcin Kowalski, the musicians who shaped both its sound and its sharply recognizable lyrical voice from the very beginning. From the start, CKOD was more than just an efficient guitar band. Its music brought together punk, post-punk, new wave, electro and the cold, nervous energy of the early 2000s, while the lyrics were quickly read as a commentary on the condition of a young generation in Poland. That is the context in which the label “Generation Nothing” became permanently...