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    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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  • Mystery Disc release. The title was the inspiration for the name of the Czech band Plastic People of the Universe. The tune is loosely based on Richard Berry's...
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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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  • Prague underground (culture) (category Counterculture of the 1960s)
    by counter-cultural artists such as the art rock bands DG 307 and The Plastic People of the Universe (including the art historian and poet Ivan Martin...
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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 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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    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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    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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    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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    (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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • characters such as Batman and many others in the mainstream DC Universe as a member of the Justice League. Plastic Man has been substantially adapted into...
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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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  • The Masters of the Universe franchise, created in 1982 as a toyline by American company Mattel, contained many characters in its various incarnations...
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    The Who's Keith Moon collapses onstage ten minutes into a performance at the Boston Garden. March 15 – Members of The Plastic People of the Universe are...
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  • The Age of Plastic is the debut album by the English new wave duo the Buggles, first released on 10 January 1980 on Island Records. It is a concept album...
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  • projects, films, conceptual art projects and eventual solo LPs. The creation of the Plastic Ono Band, which began in 1967 with Ono's idea for an art exhibition...
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