Jiří Kabeš, alias ''Kába'' (* 26 March 1946 in Křemín,
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...
) is a Czech rock singer, violist, violinist, guitarist, and songwriter. He was a longtime member of
the Plastic People of the Universe
The Plastic People of the Universe (PPU) is a Czech rock band from Prague. They are considered the foremost representatives of Prague's underground culture (1968–1989), which defied Czechoslovakia's Communist regime. Members of the band o ...
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.
Since 1997 he is also a member of
the Velvet Underground Revival Band,
where he plays the guitar. He was also a member of
Milan Hlavsa
Milan "Mejla" Hlavsa (Prague, 6 March 1951 – 5 January 2001) was the founder, chief songwriter, and original bassist of the Czechoslovakia, Czech band the Plastic People of the Universe, which was part of the inspiration for the anti-establish ...
's bands Půlnoc and Echt!.
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
External links
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Czechoslovak male singers
Czech violists
Czech male violinists
Czech guitarists
Czech male guitarists
1946 births
Living people
The Plastic People of the Universe members
21st-century Czech violinists
20th-century violists
21st-century violists
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