The Plastic People of the Universe

The Plastic People of the Universe (or shortly PPU) is a rock band from Prague, Czechoslovakia (Today Czech Republic). In 60s and 70s was frontman bass player Milan "Mejla" Hlavsa (*1951-†2001) and current frontman is saxophonist Vratislav Brabenec (*1943). On his "debut" album Egon Bondy's Happy Hearts Club Banned, the group set to music poems by Egon Bondy. The band became famous when it was put in prison by the communist government.

Selected discography
Muž bez uší (live recordings 1969-72)
Vožralej jak slíva (live recordings 1973-75)
Egon Bondy's Happy Hearts Club Banned (1974)
Ach to státu hanobení (live recordings 1976-77)
Pašijové hry velikonoční (1978)
Jak bude po smrti (1979)
Co znamená vésti koně (1981)
Kolejnice duní (1977–82)
Hovězí porážka (1983–84)
Půlnoční myš (1985–86)
Líně s tebou spím - Lazy Love / In Memoriam Mejla Hlavsa (2001)
Pašijové hry / Passion Play (with Agon Orchestra) (2004)
Maska za maskou (The Mask Behind the Mask) (2009)
 Non Stop Opera (2011)
Co znamená vésti koně (2017)

References

Other websites

Plastic People official site

Article from Prague Life
Interview with Paul Wilson
Interview/profile from the Washington Post's Express 

Category:Czech musical groups