The band Wulkany ("The Volcanoes") was formed in 1964 at Secondary School No. IV in Nowa Huta. It played mainly at school dance evenings. Its programme consisted mostly of covers of well-known English bands, especially their hits heard fresh on Radio Luxembourg.
     Rehearsals were also held at the Tabakiera club under the watchful eye of the manager, Zdzisław Synowiec, and the band used equipment built by Andrzej Radwan, which later became the property of the Tobacco Works, where the Tabakiera club was located.
     At the school's studniówka (pre-graduation ball) in 1965, besides Wulkany, the band Popioły also played (the band's first line-up, in which among others Radek Ratyński,  Zbyszek Sałata,  Zenek Rybarczyk started playing. It was made up essentially of pupils of this school, but played mostly at the Korczak Youth Culture Centre (MDK), also known as the Scouts' House) .
     That line-up was the forerunner of the Popioły re-formed by Radek Ratyński in 1967, after the break-up of Ryszardy. Interestingly, School No. IV produced many later musicians: Konrad Ratyński, as well as the later singer of Ryszardy - Joanna Makiej, and later Jola i Roma Doniec.
      After the band members' final school exams in 1965, Wulkany and Popioły were disbanded.
 Line-up:

lead guitar, vocals - Tadeusz Sawik
rhythm guitar, vocals - Jerzy Kanik
drums, vocals - Jerzy Cichocki
manager - Zdzisław Synowiec  at the Tabakiera club