Progres 2
Czech art rock band
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Progres 2 is an art rock band from Brno, Czech Republic. It was established in 1968 as The Progress Organization.[1] The original lineup was Zdeněk Kluka, Pavel Váně, Jan Sochor and Emanuel Sideridis. Its most important album in a Czech context was the rock opera project Dialog s vesmírem (Dialog with The Universe) in 1978, only a year after the transformation of the band called Barnodaj to the new band Progres 2. The public presentation of this rock opera was the first audiovisual program of rock music in Czechoslovakia. Because this rock band played in the totalitarian state, they had troubles with officials. The best known problem was the one with lyrics of one song from the album Dialog s vesmírem. The song was called "Planeta Hieronyma Bosche II" (The Planet of Hieronymus Bosch II) where the band sings about life on heroin. Censors forbade this song and the band solved it by using only the vowels from the original lyrics. At concerts they played the whole original lyrics. The band was inducted into the Beatová síň slávy in 2016.[2]
Progres 2 | |
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 Progres 2 in 2008. | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Brno, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic) |
| Genres | Art rock, progressive rock |
| Years active | 1968–present |
| Labels | Panton, Bonton Music, FT, Supraphon, Indies Scope |
| Members | Pavel Váně Zdeněk Kluka Miloš Morávek Roman Dragoun |
| Past members | Pavel Pelc (deceased) |
| Website | www |
Personnel
- THE PROGRESS ORGANIZATION (1968–1976)
Zdeněk Kluka (drums, vocals), Pavel Váně (guitar, vocals), Jan Sochor (keyboard, vocals), Emanuel Sideridis (bass guitar, vocals)
- BARNODAJ (1976–1978)
Pavel Váně (guitar, vocals), Pavel Pelc (bass guitar, vocals), Zdeněk Kluka (drums, vocals), Jan Sochor (keyboard, vocals)
- PROGRES 2 – DIALOG S VESMÍREM (1978)
Pavel Váně (guitar, vocals), Pavel Pelc (bass guitar, vocals), Daniel Forró (keyboard), Zdeněk Kluka (drums, vocals), Miloš Morávek (guitar)
- PROGRES 2 – TŘETÍ KNIHA DŽUNGLÍ (1981)
Zdeněk Kluka (drums, vocals), Pavel Pelc (bass guitar, keyboard, vocals), Miloš Morávek (guitar), Roman Dragoun (keyboard, vocals)
- PROGRES 2 – MOZEK (1984)
Peter Peteraj (guitar), Aleš Bajger (guitar, vocals), Zdeněk Kluka (drums, vocals), Pavel Pelc (bass guitar, keyboard, vocals)
- PROGRES 2 – ZMĚNA (1987)
Pavel Pelc (bass guitar, keyboard, vocals), Milan Nytra (keyboard), Aleš Bajger (guitar, vocals), Zdeněk Kluka (drums, vocals)
- PROGRES – POKROK – OTRAVA KRVE (1987)
Pavlína Dvořáčková (vocals), Mirek Sova (guitar), Dalibor Dunovský (bass guitar), Milan Nytra (keyboard), Zdeněk Kluka (drums, vocals)
- PROGRES – 1992
Pavel Váně (guitar, vocals), Pavel Pelc (bass guitar, vocals), Zdeněk Kluka (drums, vocals), Borek Nedorost (keyboard, vocals), Ivan Manolov (guitar)
- PROGRES – 2004
Pavel Váně (guitar, vocals), Pavel Pelc (bass guitar, vocals), Zdeněk Kluka (drums, vocals), Borek Nedorost (keyboard, vocals)
- PROGRES – 2008 – present
Pavel Váně (guitar, vocals), Zdeněk Kluka (drums, vocals), Miloš Morávek (guitar), Roman Dragoun (keyboard, vocals)
Pavel Pelc (bass guitar, vocals) died in Brno in 2021.[2]
Discography
- Barnodaj (1971, The Progress Organization)
- Mauglí (1978, Barnodaj)
- Dialog s vesmírem (1980, Progres 2)
- Třetí kniha džunglí (1982, Progres 2)/The Third Book Of Jungle – English version
- Mozek (1984, Progres 2)
- Změna (1988, Progres 2)
- Otrava krve (1990, Progres – Pokrok)
- Progres story 1968–2008 (2008, live, Progres 2)
- Tulák po hvězdách (2018, Progres 2)