Brutus
active from year 1967
tea-party band from Rakovnik;, the original rock'n'roll sound slowly changing to punk. Often a subject of communist prosecution; thus changing the name: originally Mandragora, later Electronic, Elektronik, Brutus, Kyklop, after 1989 Brutus again. Performed and cooperated with a number of foreign bands like UK Subs, TV Smith, Suzie Quatro, Dr. Feelgood, also the Slovak Zona A and No Name. Since the beginnings, more than 40 musicians took turn in the band line-up.
Members:
Stanislav Karlik (1972-1982)
Jan Monhart (since 1973) , percussion, vocal
Alexandr Pleska (since 1974) , piano, vocal, leader, keyboards, el.piano, mouth organ
Vladimir Hasal (since 1977) , drums, vocal, tambourine
Milan Stelcl (1978-1994) , vocal
Milan Krizanovsky (since 1978) , bass guitar, vocal
Jan Porubcan (1983-2001) , guitars, el.guitar, vocal
Michal Cerman (since 1988) , vocal
Petr Prucha (1989-1990)
Petr Bradac (since 1990)
Vaclav Sklenicka (1992-1992)
Milan Zimmermann (1992-1996) , mouth organ, guitars, vocal
Milan Fiala (1994-1995) , vocal
Frantisek Matejovsky (since 1995) , saxophones, vocal, flute
Zbynek Slajchrt (since 1995) , saxophones
Ludek Maulis (1996-1997)
Zbynek Maulis (1996-1999) , bass guitar
Vojtech Kupcik (1997-1999)
Vaclav Kosar (since 1998) , guitars
Tomas Liska (2000-2006)
Pavel Fisar (since 2001) , drums
Ivan Galovic (since 2003) , vocal, mouth organ
Discography:
Trikrat denne akt , Fast Forward 1991
Mam horecku ( I've Got a Fever ) , Fast Forward 1992
Somraci live , Reflex Records 1993
Cely vecer Rock And Roll , Reflex Records 1994
Gorila , Monitor-EMI 1995
Deme na to , Happy Music Production 1998
Dik za cislo... , Monitor 2005
To samozrejme muzes , Monitor-EMI 2008
compilations / live recs.:
Best Of ... , Monitor-EMI 1997
Alko alkohol - Pozdni sber 1999 , Monitor-EMI 2009
Sample:
Zda se mi (Seems To Me)