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The Plastic People of the Universe: How One Band Sparked a Revolution

The fall of Communism in Czechoslovakia begins with a rock that rolls, pushed by the rock n’ roll group the Plastic People of the Universe (PPU). After the brief Prague Spring, the group was started by the bassist, Milan “Mejla” Hlavsa. During the Normalization period, they continued to find various ways of resisting the new administration before being jailed, which inspired further resistance and eventually lead Czechoslovakia out of the hands of the Soviet regime.