The Plastic People of the Universe (PPU) is a Czech rock band from Prague. They are considered the foremost representatives of Prague's underground culture...
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inspiration for the name of the Czech band Plastic People of the Universe. The tune is loosely based on Richard Berry's 1957 classic "Louie Louie". The song is...
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Prague underground (culture) (category Counterculture of the 1960s)
friendship led to the creation of Charter 77, which was sparked by the imprisonment of Jirous and The Plastic People of the Universe. Mánička Prague Spring...
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Pospíšil under the name Garáž. In the 1980s, the band included guitarist Milan Hlavsa, from the Plastic People of the Universe. After the Velvet Revolution...
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Trutnov Open Air Music Festival (category Rock festivals in the Czech Republic)
Joke The Presidents of The USA Hedningarna The Dhol Foundation MTO The Plastic People of the Universe Eva Pilarová Monkey Business Support Lesbiens The Young...
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Pipes and Pints The Plastic People of the Universe Poutníci Prago Union Pražský výběr Priessnitz The Primitives Group Progres 2 The Prostitutes Psí vojáci...
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Milan Hlavsa (category The Plastic People of the Universe members)
the founder, chief songwriter, and original bassist of the Czech band the Plastic People of the Universe, which was part of the inspiration for the anti-establishment...
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Mánička (category Counterculture of the 1960s)
attempt to flee to the West with a hijacked plane. The performances of the Czech underground bands The Plastic People of the Universe and DG 307 were regularly...
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Rock 'n' Roll (play) (category University of Cambridge in fiction)
died during the play's run). The underground Czech group the Plastic People of the Universe are held up by another character as an ideal of resistance...
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Frank Zappa (redirect from Frank Zappa & the Mothers of Invention)
music. Rock artists such as The Plastic People of the Universe, Alice Cooper, Larry LaLonde of Primus, Fee Waybill of the Tubes all cite Zappa's influence...
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Vratislav Brabenec (category The Plastic People of the Universe members)
member of The Plastic People of the Universe. Vratislav Brabenec was born in Prague into the family of a postal worker. He studied gardening at the Agricultural...
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Ivan Martin Jirous (category People from Humpolec)
known as the artistic director of the Czech psychedelic rock group The Plastic People of the Universe, and later one of the key figures of the Czech underground...
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Václav Havel (redirect from 1st President of the Czech Republic)
(1998) To the Castle and Back (2007) Pizh'duks Odcházení, 2011 Havel was a major supporter of The Plastic People of the Universe, and close friend of its leader...
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Josef Janíček (category The Plastic People of the Universe members)
a former guitarist of The Primitives Group; from 1969 he played with The Plastic People of the Universe. He was also a member of Milan Hlavsa's band...
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Masters of the Universe (sometimes referred to as the He-Man or She-Ra series) is a sword and planet-themed media franchise created by Mattel. The main premise...
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Ivan Bierhanzl (category Living people)
Doktor Prostěradlo Band. Bierhanzl started working with The Plastic People of the Universe in the late 1970s, as a guest musician (Pašijové hry velikonoční...
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Czechs (redirect from People of the Czech Republic)
and the rock band The Plastic People of the Universe which played an important part in the underground movement during the communist regime. The Czech...
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Egon Bondy's Happy Hearts Club Banned (category The Plastic People of the Universe albums)
Czech underground band the Plastic People of the Universe. It was recorded in 1974/75, mainly at Houska Castle, enabled by the castle's then warden Svatopluk...
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Pavel Zajíček (category Deaths from pneumonia in the Czech Republic)
prominent member of the Czech underground scene during the 1970s, associated with the bands DG 307 and the Plastic People of the Universe. In 1973, Zajíček...
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Jiří Kabeš (category The Plastic People of the Universe members)
longtime member of The Plastic People of the Universe where he played on viola and violin, occasionally sang and played on theremin. In the early seventies...
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Illinois, US Pirate Party of Ukraine, a political party The Plastic People of the Universe, a Czech rock band Price per unit Prvi Partizan (Prvi Partizan...
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and the Velvet Underground, among others. The Primitives Group joined The Plastic People of the Universe in the 1970s. They reformed in 2016, starting their...
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Ed Sanders (category Living people)
with Jules Shear) The Sanders-Olufsen Poetry and Classical Music Project 2023 Ed Sanders and The Plastic People of the Universe - The Garden is Open -...
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and his dreams of leaving for America. The book mentions adult topics such as Laika, Prague Spring and Plastic People of the Universe. This book is about...
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Půlnoc (category 2022 disestablishments in the Czech Republic)
a Czech rock band established in 1988 by three members of the Plastic People of the Universe: Milan Hlavsa (bass guitar), Josef Janíček (keyboards),...
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of the major progressive rock bands Planet X: A band fronted by former Dream Theater keyboardist Derek Sherinian The Plastic People of the Universe Platypus...
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Tom Stoppard (category Commanders of the Order of the British Empire)
band The Plastic People of the Universe, mirroring the contrast between liberal society in England and the repressive Czech state after the Warsaw Pact intervention...
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Eva Turnová (category The Plastic People of the Universe members)
2001 she was a member of The Plastic People of the Universe. She left the band in 2015. Between 1995 and 2001 she was a member of DG 307. Her first husband...
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their American comic books. Created by cartoonist Jack Cole, Plastic Man was one of the first superheroes to incorporate humor into mainstream action...
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Charter 77 (category Counterculture of the 1970s)
the initiative played important roles in Czech and Slovak politics. Motivated in part by the arrest of members of the rock band the Plastic People of...
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