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A Consumer guide to The Plastic People of the Universe

Yanosik, Joseph

2021 . - Bok . - 132 sider

Fra omslaget: "The Plastic People of the Universe are the legendary godfathers of the Czech underground music scene. Formed in 1968 shortly after the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia which crushed the liberal reforms of the Prague Spring, the band endured two decades of Soviet "normalization." Stripped of their professional status, then banned from performing in public, they were eventually thrown in jail. Their crime? Making music that didn't conform to the Communist regime's tastes. Yet the band never wavered in their determination to make their own authentic art and their brave perseverance ultimately led to the Velvet Revolution which ended the totalitarian regime in Czechoslovakia. Their incredible story has often allowed their music to be overlooked. Not anymore. A Consumer Guide to The Plastic People of the Universe is the first book to focus on the band's remarkably original music - a magical brew of progressive rock, free jazz, European roots music and psychedelia - and the only guide to review every album in their discography plus selected works by related bands - over 80 albums in all. Books and DVDs about the band are also reviewed inside."

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