The Plastic People Of The Universe - Ach To Státu Hanobení

Czech alternative rock group. Formed in 1968 in Prague by . Disbanded in 1988, reformed in the 1990s, regularly performing since 1997 until present. The Plastic People of the Universe (PPU) is a rock band from Prague, Czech Republic. It was the foremost representative of Pragues underground culture (19681989). This avant-garde group went against the grain of the communist regime and due to its non-conformism often suffered serious problems such as arrests. Bass player formed the band in 1968, which was heavily influenced by Frank Zappa (Plastic People is a song by the Mothers of Invention) and the Velvet Underground. Czech art historian and cultural critic (aka Magor, which means: loony or blockhead) became their manager/artistic director in the following year, fulfilling a similar role the one Andy Warhol had with the The Velvet Underground. Because Jirous believed that English was the lingua franca of rock music, he employed Paul Wilson, a Canadian who had been teaching in Prague, to teach the band the lyrics of the American songs they covered and to translate their original Czech lyrics into English. Wilson served as PPU lead singer 19701972. In 1974, thousands of students traveled from Prague to the town of České Budějovice to visit a PPU performance. Stopped by police, they were sent back to Prague in cattle cars, and several students were arrested. The band was forced underground until the Velvet Revolution in 1989. Unable to perform openly, an entire underground cultural movement formed around the band during the 1970s. In 1976 the PPU were arrested and put on trial by the communist government to make an example. They were convicted of "organized disturbance of the peace" and sentenced to terms in prison ranging from 8 to 18 months. Despite their clashes with the government, the musicians never considered themselves activists and always claimed that they wanted only to play their music. The band broke up in 1988, with some members forming the group (Midnight). At former Czech president Václav Havels suggestion, they reunited in 1997 in honor of the 20th anniversary of Charter 77, and have performed regularly since then. Founder and leader Milan Hlavsa died in January 2001. Group split in two subjects in mid 2016: 1/ PPU/New Generation --> Jiří Kabeš, Joe Karafiát, Vojtěch Starý (keyboards), Václav Březina (bass), Jakub Koláček (drums) 2/ PPU --> Vratislav Brabenec, Josef Janíček, (drums), jr. (bass, vocals), (guitar)

Members

• Ivan Bierhanzl
• Vratislav Brabenec
• Jan Brabec
• Milan Hlavsa
• Ladislav Leština
• Jiří Kabeš
• Josef Janíček
• Josef Rössler
• Jarda Kvasnička
• Jan Schneider
• Antonín Korb
• Zdeněk Fišer
• Jiří Števich
• Ivan Martin Jirous
• Pavel Zeman
• Václav Stádník
• Petr Placák
• Milan Schelinger
• Vladimír Dědek
• Tomáš Schilla
• Jan Macháček
• Joe Karafiát
• Eva Turnová
• Ludvík Kandl
• Paul Wilson
• Otakar Michl
• David Macháček
• David Babka
• Johnny Jůdl
• Tomáš Skřivánek

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