This band deserves a lot more attention then it has here on this site.There are so many articles about them on the internet,you should read them to find out why I think that way.Then you should perhaps listen to their music.I am recommending no.1 Egon Bondy's Happy Hearts Club Banned and then the  others like Passion Play with Agon Orchestra,Kolejnice duní or some more accessible Hovezi porazka or Pulnoční myš.
Nice article with youtube video on the end with Tom Stoppard speaking http://gigs.southbankcentre.co.uk/2010/01/13/upcoming-gig-the-story-of-the-plastic-people-of-the-universe/
Here you can purchase excellent double cd Anthology http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Products/Plastic-People-Of-The-Universe---Magical-Nights-2-x-CDs__05-MR-spc-294CD.aspx
other articles http://skronkadelic.wordpress.com/2008/11/05/the-ny-sun-files-plastic-people-of-the-universe/

Czech Republic: Rock ‘n Roll Revolution or How a Psychedelic Rock Band Freed a Country from the Tyranny of Communism":

http://bygonebureau.com/2007/12/07/czech-republic-rock-%E2%80%98n-roll-revolution-or-how-a-psychedelic-rock-band-freed-a-country-from-the-tyranny-of-communism/

This is an artifact from that era(M.Hlavsa is performing in some other project called DG307)


And one PPU's song from an album ''Hovezí porážka''

I love them! I saw them play in Prague in 2006 and was quite enchanted :)
(Also, I see you like Už jsme doma, cool ;) )

Thanks for the links, I'm going to check them out now.

They were the ones who were most persecuted as far as I know. They were the biggest "enemy" band by government, right ?

Poslouchal jsi Pravdivý příběh Plastic People ? Četl jsi Bez ohňů underground ? Asi jo, co ?

Well, these two materials are great source of information. Except they're in Czech (sigh). But the link you gave us here is full of information too, even not so thorough.

If you can promote them by threads here, by talking about them and most importantly - by making reviews, I'll be glad.

great original full video clip Zacpa starts at 3.47 

I had Autobahn since before I was a prog fan.  I've really never considered them prog until I saw them on this site.  I'm still not so sure...

Awesome remake of Passion Play with Agon Ensemle.For lovers of Universe zero and Present!!!

I purchased a DVD which contains all of their recordings, and I've really enjoyed it.  I do need to pull all the albums off into more useable audio files, though.

I like this band. I saw them not long ago live in Berlin (Germany) and it was awesome.
This is not a political thread but I like to add that the persecution of this band led to the founding of the civil rights movement 'Charter 77', one of the important oppositional movements in Eastern Europe of the 70ies.

OK, zappadaddy, that it probably true :) Anyway, great band, even If I have only heard a couple of treir tracks. I have to get my dirty hands on some of their CD's some day..

Edited by Rottenhat - September 04 2010 at 00:04