Lojzo is a folk music

Folk music

Folk music is an English term encompassing both traditional folk music and contemporary folk music. The term originated in the 19th century. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted by mouth, as music of the lower classes, and as music with unknown composers....

 group from Bratislava

Bratislava

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, Slovakia

Slovakia

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. It was formed in 1982 in Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

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 by Marián Kochanský. The name is an backronym

Backronym

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 for "Ludový Orchester Jednoduchej Zábavy Obyvateľstva" ("Folk orchestra for simple entertainment of population"). At the same time "Lojzo" is a diminutive

Diminutive

In language structure, a diminutive, or diminutive form , is a formation of a word used to convey a slight degree of the root meaning, smallness of the object or quality named, encapsulation, intimacy, or endearment...

 form of the name Alojz (i.e., Aloysius

Aloysius

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, Lewis).

In 1987, the Czechoslovak popularity chart Zlatý Slavík

Zlatý slavík

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 placed the group 22nd (6th among Slovak musicians), and in 1998 the Slovak Slávik

Slávik

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 placed it 4th.

Full studio albums

• LOJZO (1985) LP
• My nič, my muzikanti (1987) LP
• Ticho po plešine (1989) LP, CD
• LOJZO IV (1991) LP, CD
• Laz Vegaz (1996) LP, CD
• Lojzo 2010 (2010) CD