Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sun, 26 Jul 2026 01:55:06 +0200https://english.radio.cz/plastic-people-universe-living-their-philosophy-through-music-8079258© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalThe sound of cult rock group, The Plastic People of the Universe, formed in Czechoslovakia in 1968, following the Soviet Invasion. The music scene in fact had flourished in Czechoslovakia during the Prague Spring; when first secretary of the communist party Dubcek had cleared all prisons of artists, one could say Czechoslovakia resembled San Francisco in the sixties. But once the Kremlin had initiated "normalization" to re-establish behavior befitting a communist country, musicians had to undergo a number of so called "re-qualifications" which made it difficult for artists to continue their craft. The Plastics played, which ticked off the communists. Their persecution by the authorities even played a role in the eventual fall of communism.encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/plastici_0.jpg?timestamp=1590270436 https://english.radio.cz/plastic-people-universe-living-their-philosophy-through-music-8079258 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9