Olympic is a Czech rock band, founded in 1962 in Prague. The group celebrated 55 years in 2017.[1]
Olympic | |
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 Olympic in 2014 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Prague, Czechoslovakia |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 1962–1993, 1994–present |
| Members | Petr Janda Milan Broum Martin Vajgl Pavel Březina |
| Past members | Milan Peroutka Miloslav Růžek Miroslav Berka Pavel Chrastina František Ringo Čech Jan Antonín Pacák Jaromír Klempíř Jiří Laurent Ladislav Klein Miki Volek Jiří Korn Petr Hejduk Pavel Bobek Jan Hauser Jiří Hauser Ladislav Chvalkovský Pavel Petráš Jiří Valenta |
| Website | bestia |
Members
edit- Petr Janda (guitar, lead vocals)
- Milan Broum (bass guitar, backing vocals)
- Martin Vajgl (drums, backing vocals)
- Pavel Březina (keyboards, backing vocals)
Former members
edit- Petr Kaplan (rhythm guitar, vocals, 1962–1963; died 2007)[2]
- Jaromír Klempíř (keyboards/ionika, 1962–1964; died 2016)[3]
- Pavel Bobek (vocals, 1962–1965; died 2013)[4]
- Jiří Laurent (rhythm guitar, vocals, 1963–1965; died 2016)[5]
- Miki Volek (vocals, 1962–1966; died 1996)[6]
- Pavel Chrastina (bass guitar, vocals, 1962–1969; died 2021)[7]
- Jan Antonín Pacák (drums, vocals, 1965–1971; died 2007)[8]
- Petr Hejduk (drums, vocals, 1971–1985; died 1995)[9]
- Miroslav Berka (keyboards, vocals, 1962–1987; died 1987)[10]
- Milan Peroutka (drums, vocals, 1986–2013; died 2013)[11]
- Jiří Valenta (keyboards, vocals, 1986–2020)[12]
Discography
editStudio albums
edit- 1968: Želva (Supraphon)
- 1969: Pták Rosomák (Supraphon)
- 1971: Jedeme jedeme (Supraphon)
- 1973: Olympic 4 (Supraphon)
- 1978: Marathon (Supraphon)
- 1980: Prázdniny na Zemi (Supraphon)
- 1981: Ulice (Supraphon)
- 1984: Laboratoř (Supraphon) / Laboratory (Artia)
- 1985: Kanagom (Supraphon)
- 1986: Bigbít (Supraphon)
- 1988: Když ti svítí zelená (Supraphon)
- 1990: Ó jé (Supraphon)
- 1994: Dávno BEST I.A., a.s.
- 1997: Brejle BEST I.A., a.s.
- 1999: Karavana BEST I.A., a.s.
- 2003: Dám si tě klonovat BEST I.A., a.s.
- 2006: Trilogy (3CD) BEST I.A., a.s. Pozn.: Znovunatočená alba Prázdniny..., Ulice a Laboratoř
- 2007: Sopka BEST I.A., a.s.
- 2011: Back to Love BEST I.A., a.s. Pozn.: Nikdy nevydané album natočené ve Francii 1969.
- 2013: Souhvězdí šílenců (Supraphon)
- 2014: Souhvězdí drsňáků (Supraphon)
- 2015: Souhvězdí romantiků (Supraphon)
- 2018: Trilobit (Supraphon)
- 2020: Kaťata (Supraphon)
References
edit- ^ "Olympic oslaví padesátku: Vydali knihu a kolekci alb". denik.cz (in Czech). 3 November 2012. Retrieved 21 May 2013.
- ^ See you later, Pete! (in Czech)
- ^ Zemřel skladatel Klempíř. Hrál v Olympiku, psal pro Gotta i pro film (in Czech)
- ^ Zemřel zpěvák Pavel Bobek, ve věku 76 let podlehl těžké nemoci (in Czech)
- ^ Jiří Laurent, metal-archives.com (in English)
- ^ SMRT SI ŘÍKÁ ROCK'N'ROLL: Miki Volek (100.) (in Czech)
- ^ V 81 letech zemřel spoluzakladatel skupiny Olympic Chrastina (in Czech)
- ^ Zemřel výtvarník a muzikant Jan Antonín Pacák (in Czech)
- ^ SMRT SI ŘÍKÁ ROCK'N'ROLL: Petr Hejduk (191.) (in Czech)
- ^ Klávesista Olympiku Miroslav Berka: Záhadná smrt ve sklepě. Byla to sebevražda, nebo ho zavraždili kvůli dluhům? Zůstala po něm těhotná manželka (in Czech)
- ^ Zemřel bubeník Olympiku Milan Peroutka. Kapela ruší nejbližší koncerty (in Czech)
- ^ Špulák, Jaroslav (3 April 2020). "Skupinu Olympic opustil kvůli zdraví klávesista Jiří Valenta. Vzniká její nová deska". PRÁVO (in Czech). Retrieved 27 May 2020.
External links
edit- Official website
- Olympic discography at Discogs
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