Cesta excentriků z přízemí ven: Nástin vývoje české neoficiální hudební scény 80. let a její změny po roce 1989
Journey of the Eccentrics from the Main Floor Upward: To the Evolution of the 1980s Czech Unofficial Music Scene and Its Change after 1989

Summary/Abstract: The text focuses on the musical phenomenon of the so-called Czech New Wave of the 1980s. It examines its main features as presented in the essay by Josef Vlček "Nová vlna - příběh dušičkový" published in the book Excentrici v přízemí (1989). Some of the musical groups which belonged to the Czech New Wave, or more precisely to the punk rock of the first half of the 1980s are discussed in detail. On the example of the selected groups (specifically Krásné nové stroje, Nahoru po schodišti dolů band, Slepé střevo - the predecessor of the later Mňága a Žďorp, and Už jsme doma - initially punk band F.P.B.), which in spite of their success with their audience in the 1980s and subsequent commercial success in the 1990s cannot be definitely associated with the mainstream music scene, the article seeks to capture their changing attitudes regarding the transformations following the revolutionary year 1989. Through the lens of the individual band members, the social, political, and cultural changes are taken into account, which subsequently penetrated the artists' poetics and especially their lyrics. The text outlines the different approaches by which these bands asserted themselves in the newly emergent musical scene. These performers are also set in the broader meaning of the era at the turn of the 1990s and are compared with other bands of the indie music scene.

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