Petr Muk (4 February 1965 – 24 May 2010) was a
Czech pop musician, composer, and performer, famous in the
Czech Republic and
Slovakia. Muk began playing music at the age of fifteen, performing with various underground punk bands including Dural and Gas, together with classmate and later bandmate Petr Kučera.
From 1985 until 1993, he led the Czech
synth-pop
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group
Oceán
Petr Muk (4 February 1965 – 24 May 2010) was a Czech pop musician, composer, and performer, famous in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Muk began playing music at the age of fifteen, performing with various underground punk bands including Dural ...
, after which he founded the synth-pop group
Shalom (1992–1996). Both these ensembles were heavily influenced by the English synth-pop duo
Erasure, a band whose UK tour Oceán had supported between 1989 and 1990. In 2004, Muk released a
tribute EP to his idols.
Since 1997, when he released his first solo album, Muk performed as a solo artist, often in musicals and operas such as ''
Rusalka
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'', ''Joan of Arc'' (
cs),
Karel Svoboda's ''Golem'' (
cs), and
Janek Ledecký's ''Galileo''. On his solo records he also covered songs by artists including
Olympic
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Competitions
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** Summer Olympic Games
** Winter Olympic Games
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,
Václav Neckář
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, and Karel Černoch.
In 2010, Muk was found dead by his wife in their home in
Prague.
The official cause of death was asphyxia from vomit inhalation, and an autopsy and blood work revealed he had medical drugs and alcohol in his blood.
Muk had
bipolar disorder.
Awards
*
Český slavík – Silver (2002), (2003)
*
Český slavík – Bronze (2004)
* TýTý television viewers' awards (2001), (2004)
*
Anděl Awards
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, several nominations
Discography
Solo
Studio albums
* ''
Petr Muk'' (1997)
* ''
Jizvy Lásky'' (2000)
* ''
Dotyky Snu'' (2002)
* ''
Osud Ve Dlaních'' (2005)
* ''
Muzikál a Film'' (2009)
* ''
V bludišti dnů
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'' (2010)
EPs
* ''Loď ke hvězdám'' (1997)
* ''Ona se brání/Zrcadlo'' (2000)
* ''
Oh L'Amour
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'' (2004) – tribute to
Erasure
Compilations
* ''
Slunce / To Nejlepší'' (2007)
* ''
Outro'' (2011)
– posthumous release
* ''Od A do Z'' (2011) – posthumous release
* ''Předtím...A Potom'' (2017) – posthumous release
* ''Sny zůstanou (Definitive Best of)''
DVDs
* ''Zrcadlo (Videoklipy 1992–2004)'' (2004) – collection of music videos
* ''L'Amour Tour 2004'' (2005) – concert filmed in Prague on 12 December 2004
with Oceán
* ''Dávná zem'' (1990)
* ''Pyramida snů'' (1991)
* ''2 1/2'' (1992)
with Shalom
* ''Shalom'' (1992)
* ''Brány vzkazů'' (1994)
References
External links
Official website(in Czech)
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1965 births
2010 deaths
21st-century Czech male singers
People with bipolar disorder
People from Český Krumlov
Alcohol-related deaths in the Czech Republic
20th-century Czech male singers