Bonsai

folk band founded by students of Prague Faculty of Medicine. In 1983-4 they won the most prestigeous Czech folk & country competition Porta. After finishing studies, the band had split. One part went on as Bila Nemoc (heading to pop), the other retained both name and style, though with new faces (with the only original member Stralczynsky)

Original Line-Up: Frantisek Stralczynsky(1982-) gt,voc; Alena Sukova(1982-87) voc; Tomas Polacek gt,voc (1982-90); Zdenek Hribal voc(1982-90); Eva Kulichova(1987-90)

New Line-Up (album 1): Frantisek Stralczynsky gt,voc; Dagmar Lenkova kb, acc; Ivan Nemec bg

Discography

1. Rozpad kolonii (Tonus 1997) ***

SINGLES

i. Jinotaje/Zazraky (Supraphon 1987)

Links: Bila nemoc