The band Rywale ("The Rivals") was started by Kazio Wojtkowiak and Mirek Szczygieł. The first rehearsals took place in Mirek's flat on the Centrum B estate, later in the auditorium of the DMR (Young Workers' Hostel) in Wzgórza Krzesławickie.
   The band played at dance evenings for young workers of HiL (the Lenin Steelworks) and of other Nowa Huta workplaces. In late autumn 1969, after Mirek Szczygieł left for professional military service, the band broke up.
   Rywale were active in 1968-1969. The band's repertoire included songs by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Czerwone Gitary...