Plastic People of the Universe, whose dark, lo-fi sound helped inspire a revolution against Communism in Czechoslovakia, returns to Taiwan for concerts this week in Taichung, Kaohsiung and Taipei. Band members will also take part in a conference on transitional justice organized by TRA Music in commemoration of the 228 Incident at the Eslite Bookstore's Xinyi branch (誠品信義店) in Taipei. The Plastics formed in 1968 after Soviet tanks rolled into Prague, crushing the country's liberalization movement.
The band's run-ins with the country's hard-line government in the 1970s spurred the country's nascent human-rights movement, which ultimately led to the bloodless Velvet Revolution that overthrew Communist rule in Czechoslovakia, now the separate countries of the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The following is a complete schedule:
Tomorrow: 7:30pm with the Country Boys (農村武裝青年) and The Tonic (主音) at Nuno's (老諾) live house, B1, 2, Alley 3, Tungyuan Lane, Chungkang Rd, Lungching Village, Taichung County (台中縣龍井鄉;中港路東園巷3弄2號B1). For more information, call (04) 2631-3286 or log on at www.streetvoice.com/nunochen. Tickets are NT$300 in advance or NT$350 at the door
Sunday: 6pm with Orange Doll (橘娃娃) and Polygon (波力港) at Indie (硬地) live house, 5F, 163 Wufu 2nd Rd, Kaohsiung City (高雄市五福二路163號5F). For more information, call (09) 8903-0414. Tickets are NT$200
Monday: 7:30pm Transitional Justice Conference (轉型正義座談會) at the Eslite Xinyi Store (誠品信義店), 11 Songgao Rd, Taipei City (台北市松高路11號)
Tuesday: 8pm with Aphasia (阿飛西雅) at The Wall (這牆), B1, 200, Roosevelt Rd Sec 4, Taipei City (台北市羅斯福路四段200號B1). Call (02) 2930-0162 or log on at www.the-wall.com.tw for more information. Tickets are NT$300 in advance or NT$400 at the door. Advance tickets can be purchased after 11am the day before the show at White Wabbit Orange (小白兔橘子), telephone: (02) 8935-1454, the indie music store inside The Wall's shopping arcade
Thursday: 6:30pm as part of the Spirit of Taiwan rock festival (正義無敵音樂會) with Feng Lai Fang (風籟坊), Tube, Orange Grass (橙草) and 1976 at The Wall. For more information, log on at blog.roodo.com/taiwanjustice. Tickets are NT$300 and must be purchased the day before the show at White Wabbit Orange
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