Apteka
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Apteka is a Polish
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 rock
Rock music
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 band, founded in 1983 in Gdynia
Gdynia
Gdynia is a city in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland and an important seaport of Gdańsk Bay on the south coast of the Baltic Sea.Located in Kashubia in Eastern Pomerania, Gdynia is part of a conurbation with the spa town of Sopot, the city of Gdańsk and suburban communities, which together...

. Their LP "Narkotyki" won "Płyta Roku" ("LP of the Year") of Gazeta Wyborcza
Gazeta Wyborcza
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in 1992.

The word "apteka" means "drug store" in Polish, and the lyrics of Apteka's song are often about drugs.

Discography

  • Big Noise – LP/CD (Arston 1990)
  • Narkotyki – CD (SPV Poland 1992)
  • Urojonecałemiasta – MC (SPV Poland 1993), CD (Sonic Records 2003)
  • Menda – CD (SP Records 1995)
  • Spirala – CD (Koch International 1996)
  • Apteka – CD (Universal Music Group 2007)
  • Tylko dla... - CD (Fonografika 2010)
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