The Plastic People of the Universe were a Czech avant-garde/art-rock band from Praha that formed in 1968.
Members: Milan Hlavsa (vocals, bass, 1968-88, 1997-2001), Michal Jernek (vocals, clarinet, 1968-70), Jiří “Přemysl” Števich (guitar, 1968-70, 1972-73), Josef Brabec (drums, 1968-69), Pavel Zeman (drums, 1969-73), Josef Janíček (guitar, keyboards, theremin, vocals, 1969-?), Paul Wilson (vocals, guitar, 1970-72), Jiří Kabeš (violin, viola, theremin, vocals, 1970-?), Jan Jílek (trumpet, 1972-73), Vratislav Brabenec (saxophone, clarinet, vocals, 1973-82, 1997-?), Jiří Šula (drums, 1973-74), Jaroslav Vožniak (drums, 1974-76), Jan Brabec (drums, 1977-88, 1997-99), Pavel Zajíček (vocals, 1978-79), Jaroslav Unger (vocals, 1978-79), Ladislav Leština (violin, 1978-86), Ivan Bierhanzl (double bass, 1978-79, 2001-09), Jan Schneider (percussion, 1978-79), Josef Rössler (clarinet, 1980-81), Petr Placák (clarinet, 1983-85), Václav Stádník (bass clarinet, flute, 1983-85), Vladimír Dědek (trombone, 1985-86), Jan Macháček (guitar, 1985-86), Tomáš Schilla (cello, 1986-88), Michaela Němcová-Pohanková (vocals, 1986-88), Milan Schelinger (guitar, 1986-88), Ludvík “Eman” Kandl (drums, 1999-present), Josef “Joe” Karafiát (guitar, vocals, 1997-present), Eva Turnová (vocals, bass, 2001-15), Jaroslav Kvasnička (percussion, ?-2015), Vojtěch Starý (keyboard, vocals, ?-present), Tomáš Skřivánek (bass, ?-present), Jan Ježek (drums, ?-present)
Discography:
- Egon Bondy’s Happy Hearts Club Banned (1978)
- Passion Play (1980)
- Leading Horses (1983)
- Midnight Mouse [Půlnoční myš] (1986)
- Eliášův Oheň (1992)
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