ArtistInfo

George & Beatovens

Band,
Rock and Pop

Czech rock group from Prague. Founded in 1965 by vocalist Petr Novák with lyricist Ivo Plicka, named after their drummer Jiří Jirásek (Jiří = George). Pioneers of authentic rock songwriting in Czech language with their 1965 radio hits “Já budu chodit po špičkách” and “Povídej” (re-recorded in 1967 by Petr Novák with Flamengo and released on Supraphon). Temporarily disbanded in late 1965, reunited in 1967. Evolved to more progressive rock à la Jethro Tull by 1970, disbanded again in 1972. In 1980 Petr Novák began to use the shortened name “G&B” for his backing band, the original English name was banned by the communist authorities until 1989. After Novák’s death in 1997, the group was eventually revived by Karel Kahovec and is still actively performing as of 2009. Members: Petr Novák (1965–1997, vocals) Karel Sluka (1965, bass, vocals), Michal Burian (1965, guitar), Jaroslav Bednář (1967–1968, guitar, vocals), Zdeněk Juračka (1968, guitar), Vladimír Mišík (1968, guitar, vocals), Miroslav Dudáček (1968–1971, guitar, vocals), Bohuslav “Slávek” Janda (1973–1979, guitar), Jiří Jirásek (1965–1971, drums), Ivan Pelíšek (197?–1979, drums), Pavel Zuman (1980, drums), Jiří Čížek (1967–1971, bass, vocals), Michal Ditrich (197?, bass), Oldřich Wajsar (1979–1982, bass), Miroslav Helcl (1967–1968, keyboards), Jan F. Obermayer (1968–1971, keyboards, saxophon, vocals), Petr Bezpalec (1970–1971, saxophone, flute, vocals), Jiří Sluka (1975–1976, drums), Petr Formánek (1975–1977, keyboards), Stanislav Staněk (1979–200?, guitar), Ladislav Klein (1977–1990, keyboards), Hubert Täuber (1983–1989, drums), Adolf Seidl (1981–1989, guitar), Karel Novák (1982–200?, bass), Zdeněk Nedvěd (live rhythm guitar), Martin Rychta (1988–1997, drums), Michal Pavlík (1991–200?, keyboards), Karel Kahovec (1966–1967, 1993–200?, guitar, vocals), Petr Eichler (1995–200?, drums)

Members

	Vladimír Mišík voc, acg *1947 CZ
	Karel Kahovec voc, g, acg *1946
	Jiří Jirásek dr
	Michal Pavlík vc *1958
	Petr Novák voc 1945-1997 CZ
	Jan F. Obermayer voc, p, org *1944 DE
	Jiří Čížek eb, voc
	Ladislav Klein voc *1944 CZ
	Josef Havlíček dr, perc
	Miroslav Dudáček voc, g *1946
	Petr Bezpalec fl, ts, tam, voc
	Petr Eichler dr
	Miloslav Benýšek eg, acg, s-g
	Adolf Seidl voc, g