The Plastic People of the Universe

The Plastic People of the Universe
The Plastic People of the Universe
	from left to right: Joe Karafiát, Eva Turnová, Vratislav Brabenec, Jiří Kabeš and Josef Janíček
Background information
Origin	Prague, Czechoslovakia
Genres	Rock, experimental rock, Prague underground
Years active	1968–1988; 1997–present
Labels	Globus; Guerilla
Members	Vratislav Brabenec; Josef Janíček; Jiří Kabeš; Eva Turnová; Joe Karafiát; Jaromír Kvasnička
Past member(s)	Milan "Mejla" Hlavsa ; Paul Wilson ; Jan Brabec; Ivan Bierhanzl; Pavel Zeman; Ludvík "Eman" Kandl
Website	Official website

The Plastic People of the Universe (or shortly PPU) is a rock band from Prague, Czechoslovakia (Today Czech Republic). In 60s and 70s was frontman bass player Milan "Mejla" Hlavsa (*1951-†2001) and current frontman is saxophonist Vratislav Brabenec (*1943). On his "debut" album Egon Bondy's Happy Hearts Club Banned, the group set to music poems by Egon Bondy. The band became famous when it was put in prison by the communist government.^[1]

Selected discography

Muž bez uší (live recordings 1969-72)
Vožralej jak slíva (live recordings 1973-75)
Egon Bondy's Happy Hearts Club Banned (1974)
Ach to státu hanobení (live recordings 1976-77)
Pašijové hry velikonoční (1978)
Jak bude po smrti (1979)
Co znamená vésti koně (1981)
Kolejnice duní (1977–82)
Hovězí porážka (1983–84)
Půlnoční myš (1985–86)
Líně s tebou spím - Lazy Love / In Memoriam Mejla Hlavsa (2001)
Pašijové hry / Passion Play (with Agon Orchestra) (2004)
Maska za maskou (The Mask Behind the Mask) (2009)^[1]
Non Stop Opera (2011)
Co znamená vésti koně (2017)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Willoughby, Ian (15 January 2010). "Radio Prague - Plastic People return with first new LP in nearly 10 years". radio.cz. Retrieved 16 June 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: year (link)

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[rp-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Willoughby, Ian (15 January 2010). "Radio Prague - Plastic People return with first new LP in nearly 10 years". radio.cz. Retrieved 16 June 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: year (link)

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