Jiří Kabeš

Jiří Kabeš
Jiří Kabeš performing with the Plastic People of the Universe in 2010
Background information
Also known asKába
Born (1946-03-26) 26 March 1946
Křemín, Czechoslovakia
Occupations
  • Musician
  • songwriter
Instruments
Member ofThe Velvet Underground Revival Band
Formerly of

Jiří Kabeš, alias Kába (* 26 March 1946 in Křemín, Czechoslovakia) is a Czech rock singer, violist, violinist, guitarist, and songwriter. He was a longtime member of the Plastic People of the Universe[1] where he played on viola and violin, occasionally sang and played on theremin. In the early seventies he played with rock'n'roll group the Old Teenagers.[2] Since 1997 he is also a member of the Velvet Underground Revival Band,[2] where he plays the guitar. He was also a member of Milan Hlavsa's bands Půlnoc and Echt!.[2]

Selected discography

with the Plastic People of the Universe

  • Bez ohňů je underground (1992) – live album
  • For Kosovo (1997) – live album
  • 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

References

  1. ^ Ivan Ivanov (August 2012). "10 desek – deset nejoblíběnějších desek Jiřího Kabeše". Muzikus.cz. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "Jiří Kabeš". plasticpeople.eu. Retrieved 15 August 2012.