Santa Hapsburg - [Jerry Gibbons]

Wed Jul 6th 16:37 / #8

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Sorry to put it bluntly, but Czech music sucks. That is, contemporary Czech rock and pop bands. The big, fantastic exceptions: Cechomor (as others here have noted) and Jaromir Nohavica. The rest are a different story. Support Lesbians are so ridiculous. Mnaga a Zdorp - suck. Machacek should definitely stick to his day job and give up Mig 21. And on and on. Meanwhile, Czech folk music (real Czech folk music) is wonderful but completely ignored – especially by Czechs – and the few great local musicians like Roman Pokorny, for example, are also relatively unknown. There is tradition and at least some talent here, so I’m not ruling out something great in the future. But at the moment, it’s slim pickins.