Josef Janíček Explained

Josef Janíček
Birth Date:	28 December 1947
Birth Place:	Prague, Czechoslovakia
Instrument:	Keyboards, accordion, guitar, vocals
Occupation:	Musician, songwriter
Associated Acts:	The Plastic People of the Universe, The Primitives Group

Josef Janíček (born 28 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 played 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 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

With Půlnoc

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

References

1. Web site: Český hudební slovník.
2. Web site: » Josef Janíček . 2014-12-18 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141218162927/http://plasticpeople.cz/singer/josef-janicek/ . 2014-12-18 .
3. Web site: Encyklopedie československé alternativní scény 1968 – 1993.