Filip Topol is a Czech singer, songwriter, and pianist.

He is the younger brother of Jáchym Topol

Jáchym Topol

Jáchym Topol is a Czech writer.- Life :Jáchym Topol was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, to Josef Topol, Czech playwright, poet, and translator of Shakespeare, and Jiřina Topolová, daughter of the famous Czech Catholic writer Karel Schulz.Topol's writing began with lyrics for the rock band Psí...

, the son of Josef Topol, and the grandson of Karel Schulz

Karel Schulz

Karel Schulz was a Czech writer and novelist, his most famous work is historical novel Kámen a bolest . Within the communist era in Czechoslovakia he wasn't very popular to the regime, because of his thought closeness to catholicism.- Work :* Kámen a bolest – historical novel, biography of...

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In the Czech Republic

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

, he is best known as leader of the rock band Psí Vojáci (Dog Soldiers). He has been a member of the band since its beginnings in 1979, but he has also pursued a solo career.

Topol was trained playing the piano from a young age and introduced to the Czech intellectual and artistic resistance while still a child. He made his public début at age 12, at the first performance of the Plastic People of the Universe's Passion Play, at the private farm of Václav Havel

Václav Havel

Václav Havel is a Czech playwright, essayist, poet, dissident and politician. He was the tenth and last President of Czechoslovakia and the first President of the Czech Republic . He has written over twenty plays and numerous non-fiction works, translated internationally...

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His song "Žiletky" ("Razorblades") for Psí vojáci inspired a 1994 Czech film of the same name.

Discography (Solo)

• Filip Topol & Agon Orchestra (Indies Records, 2001)
• Střepy (Indies Records, 1999)
• Sakramiláčku (Indies Records, 1995)

Discography (with Psí vojáci)

• Těžko říct (Indies Records, 2003; "Hard to say")
• Slečna Kristýna (Indies Records, 2002; "Miss Christine")
• U sousedů vyje pes (Indies Records, 2001; "The neighbors' dog is howling")
• Psi a vojáci/Baroko v Čechách/Studio 1983-85 (Black Point, 2001; "Dogs and soldiers/Baroque in the Czech lands/Studio 1983-85")
• Myši v poli a jiné příběhy (Indies Records, 1999; "Fieldmice and other stories")
• Mučivé vzpomínky (Black Point, 1997; "Torturous memories")
• Hořící holubi (Indies Records, 1997; "Flaming pigeons")
• Národ psích vojáků (Indies Records, 1996; "Dog soldier nation") (compilation)
• Brutální lyrika (Indies Records, 1995; "Brutal lyricism")
• Jáchym Topol & Psí vojáci: Sestra (Indies Records, 1995)
• Nechoď sama do tmy (Black Point, 1995; "Don't go out alone after dark")
• Live I and II (Gang Records, 1993)
• Baroko v Čechách (Black Point, 1993; "Baroque in the Czech lands")
• Nalej čistého vína, pokrytče (Globus International, 1991; "Come clean, you hypocrite")
• Leitmotiv (Globus International, 1991)

Filmography

• Žiletky (1994; "Razorblades")
• Praha mizerná (2000; "Lousy Prague")
• Chvála bláznivosti (2001; "In praise of insanity")
• A.B.C.D.T.O.P.O.L. (2002; a documentary about Jáchym Topol
  Jáchym Topol
  Jáchym Topol is a Czech writer.- Life :Jáchym Topol was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, to Josef Topol, Czech playwright, poet, and translator of Shakespeare, and Jiřina Topolová, daughter of the famous Czech Catholic writer Karel Schulz.Topol's writing began with lyrics for the rock band Psí...
  
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