Olympic

Old, but still active, very popular big-beat band from the Czech Republic Short History The history of the legendary czech band goes to the year 1963. The premiere in the famous theater Semafor in Prague was the beginning of Czech big beat music - today Olympic is one of the most famous and popular rockbands in Czech Republic. Members Petr Janda - vocals, guitar Milan Broum - bassguitar Jir? Valenta - keyboards Milan "Ferda" Peroutka - drums Late Members * Miroslav Berka * Franti?ek ?ech

Short History

The history of the legendary czech band goes to the year 1963. The premiere in the famous theater Semafor in Prague was the beginning of Czech big beat music - today Olympic is one of the most famous and popular rockbands in Czech Republic.

Members

Petr Janda - vocals, guitar
Milan Broum - bassguitar
Jir? Valenta - keyboards
Milan "Ferda" Peroutka - drums

Late Members

* Miroslav Berka
* Franti?ek ?ech
* Jan Anton?n Pac?k
* Petr Hejduk
* Pavel Bobek
* Miki Volek
* Pavel Chrastina
* Jan Hauser
* Ji?? Hauser
* Ji?? Korn
* Ladislav Chvalkovsk?
* Pavel Petr??
* Ji?? Laurent
* Ladislav Klein
* Milan R??ek

Discography

* 1968 ?elva (Supraphon)
* 1969 Pt?k Rosom?k (Supraphon)
* 1971 Jedeme jedeme (Supraphon)
* 1972 Handful (Artia)
* 1973 Olympic 4 (Supraphon)
* 1976 12 nej (Supraphon)
* 1978 Marath?n (Supraphon)
* 1978 Overhead (artia)
* 1980 Pr?zdniny na Zemi (Supraphon)
* 1980 Holidays on earth (artia)
* 1981 Rock'n'Roll (Artia)
* 1982 Rokenrol (Supraphon)
* 1981 Ulice (Supraphon)
* 1982 The Street (Artia)
* 1983 Olympic v Lucern? (Supraphon)
* 1983 Akor?t (Supraphon)
* 1984 Laborato? (Supraphon)/ Laboratory (Artia)
* 1985 Kanagom (Supraphon)
* 1986 Bigb?t (Supraphon)/ Hidden In Your Mind (Artia)
* 1987 25 let (Supraphon)
* 1988 Kdy? ti sv?t? zelen? (Supraphon)
* 1990 ? j? (Supraphon)
* 1992 Jako zamlada (Supraphon)
* 1993 Live - Jak se l?t? vzh?ru (Monitor)
* 1993 The Best Of Olympic(2CD) (Supraphon)
* 1994 Balady (Supraphon)
* 1994 D?vno BEST I.A., a.s.
* 1995 Singly a rarity (Bonton)
* 1995 Vlak co nikde nestav? Rock And Roll (1967-1990) (Bonton)
* 1995 Petr Hejduk (Bonton)
* 1995 Unplugged BEST I.A., a.s.
* 1996 Singly I. (Bonton)
* 1996 Singly II. (Bonton)
* 1997 Brejle BEST I.A., a.s.
* 1997 Ondr?? podot?k? (Bonton)
* 1997 Singly III. (Bonton)
* 1997 Singly IV.(Bonton)
* 1998 Singly V., VI. (Bonton)
* 1999 Singly VII. (Sony Music/Bonton)
* 1999 Karavana BEST I.A., a.s.
* 2001 ? to nejlep?? z Olympicu 1 BEST I.A., a.s.
* 2001 ? to nejlep?? z Olympicu 2 BEST I.A., a.s.
* 2002 The Best Of Olympic(2CD) (Sony Music Bonton)
* 2003 D?m si t? klonovat BEST I.A., a.s.
* 2004 Stejsk?n? BEST I.A., a.s.
* 2004 Zlat? edice-?elva (Supraphon)
* 2005 Zlat? edice-Pt?k Rosom?k (Supraphon)
* 2005 Zlat? edice-Jedeme jedeme (Supraphon)
* 2006 Trilogy (3CD) BEST I.A., a.s.
* 2006 Zlat? edice-Olympic 4 (Supraphon)
* 2006 Zlat? edice-Marath?n (Supraphon)
* 2006 The Best of (Supraphon)
* 2007 Zlat? edice-Pr?zdniny na Zemi (Supraphon)
* 2007 Zlat? edice-Ulice (Supraphon)
* 2007 Sopka BEST I.A., a.s.
* 2008 Zlat? edice-Laborato? ((Supraphon)

There is also a French Indie band who share the same name. They play songs such as "NY to LA", "Promises" and "1994"