Půlnoc

Czechoslavakian post-punk group Pulnoc emerged from the ashes of the Plastic People of the Universe, the legendary underground art rock unit formed by bassist Milan Hlavsa just weeks after the country's 1968 Communist takeover. Named in honor of the Frank Zappa composition "Plastic People" -- the Velvet Underground, the Doors, the Fugs, and Captain Beefheart were seminal influences as well -- the group's theatrical stage performances earned the ire of officials, especially in light of the Kremlin's "normalization" initiatives which resulted in the closing of virtually all of P...