Laco Lučenič (born 23 November 1952) is a
Slovak musician
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and
music producer
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. He is known as a former member of such Slovak bands as
Fermáta,
Prúdy,
Modus, and
Limit. He became popular for his role as a judge on the Slovak
Pop Idol
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(''
Slovensko hľadá SuperStar'').
Growing up in the 1960s, he became fascinated by the "electrifying" music of the
Beatles
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,
Kinks
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,
Rolling Stones
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, and others. In his project called "Satisfactory", he plays music from the 1960s. In November 2006, the show was released on DVD ''Satisfactory Live In Concert'' on the Lučenič's own label ''doubleL''. Lučenič is also the author of a 1960s encyclopaedia.
As a
guitarist
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, he has played with other musicians (
Pavol Hammel,
Marián Varga
Marián Varga (29 January 1947 – 9 August 2017) was a Slovak musician, composer and Organ (music), organist. In the context of Czech-Slovak musical culture of the second half of the 20th century, Varga was a significant figure in the field of au ...
,
Miro Žbirka
Miro or Miró may refer to:
Companies
* Miro (collaboration platform), a collaborative online whiteboard tool
* Miro Company, a French game manufacturer
* Miro Technologies, a Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) software supplier from Califor ...
), along with producing albums (HEX, IMT Smile, Peha,
Slobodná Európa
Slobodná Európa (translates to Free Europe) is a Slovakia, Slovak punk-rock music group formed in 1989.
History
The band was formed by Braňo Alex (bass guitar, bass) (ex-member of Zóna A), Sveto Korbel (guitar) (also an ex-member of Zóna ...
, and also
Marika Gombitová
Marika Gombitová (; born 12 September 1956) is a Slovak singer-songwriter and musician. Once a member of Modus (band), Modus, Gombitová started to gain early acclaim as a former female vocalist of the group. Nevertheless, she gradually develop ...
). His own albums "Bodliak na plavkách", "Zastávky na znamenie" and "Svetlo (...a pocit bezpečia)" have been released as a 2-CD set called ''Laco Lučenič Komplet''.
Discography
References
External links
- Laco Lučenič online
MySpace.com/LacoLucenic- Laco Lučenič on MySpace
Slovensko hľadá SuperStar- official Slovak Pop Idol website
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1952 births
Slovak record producers
Slovak guitarists
Living people
Modus (band) members