plastic people of the universe

(Not sure if this is a good way to start off on this blog thing or not.
Or if starting off is a good thing.)

Collected bits:

Came across this in the Times the other day – an article on Tom Stoppard’s play “Rock ‘n’ Roll”. The play deals, in part, with the Czech band “Plastic People of the Universe” and their place in the recent history of Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic). A lot of this was new to me and I went looking for some more information (and MP3s). I quite like what I found here on the band’s page. Looks like more recent stuff. It’s a great mix of sounds and influences, especially nice for that 70s prog-rock sound.

[photo, from the band's site, by Jakub Dospiva - 2006]