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Marsyas
active from year 1973

Excellent folk-rock band, in th beginnings inspired by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, later aiming towards rock influenced by R&B, reggae etc., always with a good taste. Zuzana Michnova and Petr Kalandra were the founders, the third equal being Oskar Petr in the beginning; however, he left after the first album. Support of many other well-known musicians on the early recordings (M.Kocab, O.Soukup, E.Viklicky, J.Hruby). After 1989 the band practically vanished, with some occasional one-time reunions. The definitive end of the original Marsyas comes with the death of Petr Kalandra in 1995. After 2004, Michnova puts together a bunch of musicians that occasionally perform under Marsyas name; they even recorded one new song for the compilation 1978-2004. Unfortunately, the activity of this group is quite sporadic.


Members:

Oskar Petr  (1973-1978) , vocal, guitars, rhythm instr.-other, background vocal, flute
Petr Kalandra  (1973-1985) , vocal, guitars, mouth organ, percussion, background vocal
Zuzana Michnova  (since 1973) , vocal, rhythm instr.-other, percussion, background vocal
Pavel Skala  (since 1978) , keyboards, vocal, guitars
Jiri Vondracek  (since 1978) , vocal, guitars, percussion, keyboards
Jaroslav Petrasek  (1983-1984) , drums, percussion
Jaroslav Nejezchleba "Olin"  (1983-1985) , background vocal, violoncello, violin, bass guitar, percussion
Jiri Vesely  (1985-1987) , bass guitar
David Noll  (1985-1988) , vocal, keyboards
Vaclav Bratrych  (1986-1986) , saxophones
Petr Pokorny "Kulich"  (1986-1988) , steel/slide guitar, guitars
Jiri Chlumecky  (1986-1988) , drums, programming, sequencers
Petr Michalik  (1987-1988) , bass guitar
Petr Roskanuk  (1987-1988) , guitars
Pavel Pulkert  (1987-1988) , drums
Jiri Charypar  (since 2004)
Jiri Zelenka "Zeli"  (since 2011) , drums
Jakub Zitko, keyboards

Discography:

Marsyas , Supraphon 1978 ,
Kousek prizne ( Pieces Of Favour ) , Supraphon 1982 ,
Jen tak ( Just So ) , Supraphon 1984 ,

compilations / live recs.:

Marsyas 1978-2004 , Supraphon 2004
V mydlovych bublinach ( In Soap Bubbles ) , Galen 2012 ,
La Fabrika / Praha ( Michnova, Zuzana ) , Galen 2014

samplers etc.:

Koncert pro chmelojedy ( Concert For Hops Eaters ) , Supraphon 1981
20 let Porty ( 20 Years Of Porta Contest ) , Supraphon 1986
25 let v tom... ( 25 Years In ) ( Nejezchleba, Olin ) , Indies Happy Trails 2008

SP / EP:

Podzimni sen / Zni , Panton 1974
Vyznani / Ondrej ( Confession / Andrew ) ( Prazsky vyber - Prague Selection ) , Panton 1977
Mini jazz klub 17 , Panton 1978
Ten muz / Horsky lazne , Supraphon 1983 ,
Velkomesto / Zitra ti reknu , Supraphon 1986 ,

participation:

Zizen ( Thirst ) ( Prazsky vyber - Prague Selection ) , Panton 1978 ,
V pritmi ( In The Gloom ) ( Michnova, Zuzana ) , Supraphon 1989 ,

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