Daniel Landa

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Daniel Landa in Prague, 2007

Daniel Landa (born November 4, 1968, Prague) is a Czech musician, actor and racer.

Landa began his musical career in 1987 when he along with David Matásek founded the oi! band Orlík. He graduated from the Prague Conservatory in the area of Music and Drama. After the break up of the band in 1992 he began his solo career. Daniel lives with his wife Mirjam Müller since 1990. They have a daughter Anastázie and twin daughters Roxana and Rozálie. He used to be interested in autocross, now he's interested in rallying. In 2003, collaborating with Roman Kresta, he founded the Malina foundation, which promotes safe driving.

[edit] Controversies

Landa is often labeled controversial by his critics. His first two albums revolved around skinheads and the song Bílá liga (White League) was obviously racist (particularly against the Romani people, the largest ethnic minority in the Czech Republic).

Landa claims to have grown out of his racially biased debuts, and nowadays pronounces himself a patriot, although his critics call his opinions excessively nationalist. His initiative from 2005, an order "Ordo Lumen Templi", was compared to the proto-nacist "Ordo Novi Templi" in media.

On 31 January 2008 Czech prime minister Mirek Topolánek cited his verse Dyť i to největší hovado má svůj strop! from the song Forbes in the concept album Smrtihlav (1998).[1]