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Ivan Kral

Ivan Kral

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Ivan Král (born 1948) is a Czechoslovak
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...

 musician
Musician
A musician is a person who performs or writes music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music:* An instrumentalist plays a musical instrument.* A singer uses his or her voice as an instrument....

 who is best known as bass guitarist for Patti Smith
Patti Smith
Patricia Lee "Patti" Smith is an American singer–songwriter, poet and visual artist who was a highly influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses. Called the "Godmother of Punk", she integrated the beat poetry performance style with three-chord rock...

 in the 1970s. He was co-director of the 1976 punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed the perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

 documentary The Blank Generation
The Blank Generation
The Blank Generation is a film by Amos Poe and Ivan Kral, released in 1976. It portrays the early punk rock scene in New York, and was filmed live at CBGB.- Synopsis :...

, and has been nominated for Czech Lion
Czech Lion
The Czech Lion awards are annual awards that recognize accomplishments in filmmaking and television. It is the highest award of achievement in film awarded in the Czech Republic. The jury is composed of members of the Czech Film and Television Academy...

 award for Best Music in the 2001 film Cabriolet.
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Ivan Král (born 1948) is a Czechoslovak
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...

 musician
Musician
A musician is a person who performs or writes music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music:* An instrumentalist plays a musical instrument.* A singer uses his or her voice as an instrument....

 who is best known as bass guitarist for Patti Smith
Patti Smith
Patricia Lee "Patti" Smith is an American singer–songwriter, poet and visual artist who was a highly influential component of the New York City punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses. Called the "Godmother of Punk", she integrated the beat poetry performance style with three-chord rock...

 in the 1970s. He was co-director of the 1976 punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed the perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

 documentary The Blank Generation
The Blank Generation
The Blank Generation is a film by Amos Poe and Ivan Kral, released in 1976. It portrays the early punk rock scene in New York, and was filmed live at CBGB.- Synopsis :...

, and has been nominated for Czech Lion
Czech Lion
The Czech Lion awards are annual awards that recognize accomplishments in filmmaking and television. It is the highest award of achievement in film awarded in the Czech Republic. The jury is composed of members of the Czech Film and Television Academy...

 award for Best Music in the 2001 film Cabriolet.

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