Josef Janíček

Josef Janíček
Josef Janíček with The Plastic People of the Universe in 2010
Background information
Born	(1947-12-26) 26 December 1947 Prague, Czechoslovakia
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter
Instruments	Keyboards, accordion, guitar, vocals
Associated acts	The Plastic People of the Universe, The Primitives Group

Josef Janíček (born 26 December 1947 in Prague, Czechoslovakia, now Czech Republic) is a Czech rock keyboardist, singer, accordion and guitar player. He was a former guitarist of The Primitives Group;^[1] from 1969 he plays with The Plastic People of the Universe. He was also a member of Milan Hlavsa's band called Půlnoc. Since 1990, he is a member of The Velvet Underground Revival Band.^[2]

Discography

With The Plastic People of the Universe

• Bez ohňů je underground (1992) - live album
• For Kosovo (1997) - live albun
• The Plastic People of the Universe (1997) - live album
• Hovězí porážka (released: 1997, recorded: 1983-84)
• Jak bude po smrti (released: 1998, recorded: 1979)
• Pašijové hry velikonoční (released: 1998, recorded: 1978)
• Vožralej jak slíva (released: 1997, recorded: 1973-1975) - live album
• Ach to státu hanobení (released: 2000, recorded: 1976-77)
• Líně s tebou spím | Lazy Love / In Memoriam Mejla Hlavsa (2001)
• Egon Bondy’s Happy Hearts Club Banned (released: 2001, recorded: 1974-75)
• Muž bez uší (released: 2002, recorded 1969-72) - live album
• Co znamená vésti koně (released: 2002, recorded: 1981)
• Do lesíčka na čekanou (released: 2006, recorded? 1973) - live album
• Maska za maskou (2009)
• Non Stop Opera (2011) - live album

With Půlnoc

• Live Bratislava (1988)
• Půlnoc (1990)
• City of Hysteria (1991)
• Live in New York (1996)^[3] - live album

References

1. ↑ http://www.ceskyhudebnislovnik.cz/slovnik/index.php?option=com_mdictionary&action=record_detail&id=1000415
2. ↑ http://www.plasticpeople.cz/singer/josef-janicek/
3. ↑ http://www.projektpunk.cz/encyklopedie/hledat.php?person=Josef+Jan%C3%AD%C4%8Dek