David Koller

David Koller (born 27 September 1960 in Prague) is a Czech musician and record producer. He started his career in the early eighties as the drummer of Jasná Páka, and has also played in various other bands including Pusa, Žentour, and Blue Effect. He founded the popular Czech band Lucie in 1985 and remained there until 2005, when he departed due to disagreements with fellow Lucie members P.B.CH. and Robert Kodym.[1] The group reunited in 2012.[2] In 2008, he was temporarily a touring member of Chinaski, and he leads his own group, Kollerband. Koller has produced music for Miro Žbirka, Koistinen, Alice, Plexis, Walk Choc Ice, Oskar Petr, Lucie Bílá, and many others. Together with Lucie member Michal Dvořák, he composed the score for the films Amerika (1994), Poslední přesun (Final move) (1995), and Mrtvej brouk (Dead beetle) (1998). With artist David Černý and filmmaker Alice Nellis, he opened the multicultural center MeetFactory in 2007.[3]

David Koller
David Koller (2011)
Background information
Born (1960-09-27) 27 September 1960
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Genres
Occupation(s)Musician, record producer
InstrumentsVocals, drums, guitar
Years active1980–present
Associated acts
Websitedavidkoller.cz

Koller's son Adam is also a drummer and occasionally plays in bands with his father.[4]

Political views

In early 2014, Koller signed an appeal to the Sobotka government, which called for a tougher line towards Russia and the punishment of all Russian minorities in the Czech Republic who have Russian citizenship, namely "immediate suspension of visas for Russian citizens, abolishing the possibility of dual citizenship for Russian citizens, freezing of accounts of Russian citizens in the Czech Republic in order to verify the legality of these deposits, stopping the entry of Russian business and capital into the Czech Republic".[5]

According to Koller, "The government should make sure we choose Europe and NATO and not Russians. We express this through song, but everyone should realize that we play guitars that were made mostly in America. What has Russia given us?"[6]

Discography

Solo
  • David Koller (1993)
  • Kollerband (2003)
  • Kollerband - dual disc (2005)
  • Nic není na stálo (2006)
  • Teď a tady (2010)
  • Kollerband - Unplugged (2012)
  • ČeskosLOVEnsko (2015)
  • David Koller & Friends (2016)

with Žentour
  • Žentour 001 (1986)

Studio albums
  • Lucie (1990)
  • In the Sky (1991)
  • Černý kočky mokrý žáby (1994)
  • Pohyby (1996)
  • Větší než malé množství lásky (1998)
  • Slunečnice (2000)
  • Dobrá kočzka která nemlsá (2002)
  • EvoLucie (2018)

Compilations
  • Vše nejlepší 88–99 (1999)
  • The best of (2009)
  • Platinum Combo 1990-2013 (2013)

Live albums
  • Lucie Live! red and blue double-album (1992); re-issue (1998)
  • Lucie v opeře double-album (2003)

References
  1. Balušek, Honza (4 November 2005). "David Koller opustil Lucii" [David Koller has left Lucie]. musicserver.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  2. "Lucie hrála na večírku PPF" [Lucie plays at PPF party]. Novinky.cz (in Czech). 10 December 2012. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  3. "Nellis, Černý a Koller otevírají Meet Factory" [Nellis, Černý and Koller open Meet Factory]. iHNed.cz (in Czech). 1 October 2007. Retrieved 10 July 2014.
  4. "Adam Koller: Táta je šéf, ale naslouchá" [Dad is the boss, but he listens] (in Czech). 7 June 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  5. "Herec Hrušínský, signatář výzvy k sankcím proti Rusku: Proti agresi musí protestovat každý slušný člověk" [Actor Hrušínský, signatory of the call for sanctions against Russia: Every decent person must protest against aggression] (in Czech). 18 April 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  6. "Hrajeme na americké kytary. Co přišlo z Ruska? ptá se David Koller" [We play American guitars. What did Russia give us?] (in Czech). 18 April 2014. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
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