Konflikt

punk

One of the most known contemporary bands in the post-communist countries was founded in April 1990 under the name ‚Azyl'. Songs like ‚Taki sme'‚No army', ‚Stroje' etc were written in this period. The band was getting more known in the year of 1992 when they renamed themselves to ‚Konflikt A' and after releasing their first album ‚Taki sme' they began to be more and more acknowledged. This album made the band famous and gave them opportunities to appear in the media (‚Anti nazi' won twice the Czechoslovak charts and remained 13 weeks in the top 20 with their other song ‚Syn ulice') . The song ‚Preco?' (Why?) (about the separation of Czechoslovakia and blames Meciar for it) haven't had such ‚luck' in the medias. Right after ranking nr.3 the first week it was censored by the government. In 1995 Konflikt presents its 2 new songs from their new album in VTV, but the band neglects any other appearance in the TVs and remains ‚underground'. Until 1997 the list of members has changed many times and the band gives concerts only in Slovakia. The next year they start to conquer the clubs in the surrounding countries. Till then no Slovak band have ever given concerts abroad except such legends as ‚Zona A' and ‚Davova Psychoza'. Konflikt appears in many major cities in Europe where no Slovak punk band has played before. Now they're the most playing punk band in Slovakia. In 1998 they left out the ‚A' from their name just because of the organizators who had pr...