The Prostitutes
Encyclopedia
The Prostitutes are an indie
band formed in 2004 in Prague
, Czech Republic
. The original members were singer Adrian T. Bell, guitarist Martin Destroyer (Martin Přikryl), keyboard player Stevie LFO (Martin Převrátil), bass-guitarist Mark Jukebox (Marek Dziuba) and drummer Luk Santiago (Lukáš Přikryl).
The Prostitutes released their first album "Get Me Out Of Here" in September 2006.
In December 2006, Mark Jukebox left the band after long-term mutual disagreements. New bass-guitarist Šmity (Martin Chmátal) was on board immediately. Šmity is also known in the Czech Republic for his own band called Roe-Deer. In late 2009, Šmity left the band due to his time-consuming employment as a sound engineer. Adam Piaf, former frontman of the band Fake Tapes, became the new bass-guitarist.
In April 2005, the band recorded their first EP with four tracks: Look into My Eyes, She's a Monster, She's a Prostitute and Sunshine. In July, they appeared in the Star Guitar programme of Ocko TV, the biggest music TV station in Czech Republic and Slovakia. Since then, the Ocko TV has been broadcasting their video-clips for Look into My Eyes and She's a Monster. Also in July, the Alternativa programme of Radiozurnal (Czech biggest radio station) presented She's a Monster. NMM named The Prostitutes the best new band. Radio 1 listed the single Sunshine into their broadcasting scheme. On the 5th September, the Alternative Programme of Radiournl presented The Prostitutes again, this time with an extensive interview. An article on The Prostitutes was published in the Filter magazine in that same week. iDnes, the biggest Czech news portal, ranked the single She's A Monster 10th in the chart of the "20 most significant tracks of September 2005". She's A Monster was in Hitparade at Ocko for seven weeks beating up popstars such as Madonna, Rammstein or Depeche Mode.
The band was concerting a lot during 2005/2006 including major towns and cities in Czech Rebublic as well as major festivals like United Islands Of Prague http://www.unitedislands.cz playing on the same stage as Placebo
.
Their debut album was awaited with big expectations and they were, according to huge press response, fulfilled. Get Me Out Of Here was released 4 September 2006 under Championship Records and is distributed by Sony/BMG. Filter magazine gave it 4/5, Music magazine gave it 5/5, Musicserver gave 9/10. NMM gave them 4/5 saying that some of the tracks are the best that came out of Czech Republic in last ten years so far. First single Sunshine hit the charts at Radio Wave dominating at number 1 for six weeks http://www.wave.cz and Radio Akropolis was in top ten for more than three months. The music video for the single "Sunshine" scored in all Czech major TV charts.
In November 2006 the band toured in Spain, together with a Spanish band called Catpeople. They played in Granada
, Cartagena
, Jaén
and Barcelona
. A concert in Valencia was canceled due to technical problems in the venue. Despite the fact that they were in Spain for the very first time, they raised quite big media attention having a music video appearance in MTV Spain, interview and a part of live performance in main Spanish national television, interview and songs broadcasting in a prominent Spanish music show compared to John Peel Session at NRE 3 and also very good Internet coverage at Spanish speaking music servers. They were also invited back to Barcelona in May and August 2007.
In January 2007, The Prostitutes were awarded Band of The Year by the main Czech music magazine Filter, being nominated also for Song of The Year with Sunshine.
They received the award for Music Video Of The Year at prestigious TV Óčko Awards 2006 for the song "Sunshine", being nominated also for The Best Rock Band Of The Year and Best New Act.
In the readers part of Fllter Awards they received prize for the best song of the year with their successful single "Sunshine".
They were nominated for "Czech Grammy" - Anděl Award 2006 for The best new act.
In May 2007 they played support for Mick Harvey
in Prague's Lucerna Music Bar.
EP
Albums
and Fender, being specific Rickenbacker 330
and 360/12 and Fender Telecaster
and Fender Telecaster Deluxe
reissue. He also plays Gibson SG
Classic and ES-335. He used to play Godin
Radiator and Epiphone
Les Paul. His amplifiers are Hiwatt and Fender. In studio he also uses Radiotron AC-30, a custom made version of Vox AC-30.
Stevie LFO used to play Korg Polysix
and during recording of Sunshine he also played Roland Juno-106
. Currently he uses Prophet 08, Clavia
Nord Lead 3, Yamaha AN1x
and Korg Poly-800
.
Luk Santiago plays Ludwig Custom set, Ludwig snare and Sabian and Meinl cymbals.
Šmity play through Hiwatt
amplifier and Ampeg
cabinet, using Fender Precision, Jazzbass, Gibson
Thunderbird
and Les Paul bass, Hamer
12-string bass, double-bass and Rickenbacker
bass
Indie (music)
In music, independent music, often shortened to indie music or "indie" is a term used to describe independence from major commercial record labels or their subsidiaries, and an autonomous, Do-It-Yourself approach to recording and publishing....
band formed in 2004 in Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...
, 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....
. The original members were singer Adrian T. Bell, guitarist Martin Destroyer (Martin Přikryl), keyboard player Stevie LFO (Martin Převrátil), bass-guitarist Mark Jukebox (Marek Dziuba) and drummer Luk Santiago (Lukáš Přikryl).
The Prostitutes released their first album "Get Me Out Of Here" in September 2006.
In December 2006, Mark Jukebox left the band after long-term mutual disagreements. New bass-guitarist Šmity (Martin Chmátal) was on board immediately. Šmity is also known in the Czech Republic for his own band called Roe-Deer. In late 2009, Šmity left the band due to his time-consuming employment as a sound engineer. Adam Piaf, former frontman of the band Fake Tapes, became the new bass-guitarist.
History
The pre-history sees Luk Santiago and Martin Destroyer playing in bands like The Night Traffic and Angličáky in 1989-1995. Santiago, LFO and Destroyer played together in another band called The Radios, which disintegrated in 2004. They invited a bass player and a singer and started a new band in November 2004.In April 2005, the band recorded their first EP with four tracks: Look into My Eyes, She's a Monster, She's a Prostitute and Sunshine. In July, they appeared in the Star Guitar programme of Ocko TV, the biggest music TV station in Czech Republic and Slovakia. Since then, the Ocko TV has been broadcasting their video-clips for Look into My Eyes and She's a Monster. Also in July, the Alternativa programme of Radiozurnal (Czech biggest radio station) presented She's a Monster. NMM named The Prostitutes the best new band. Radio 1 listed the single Sunshine into their broadcasting scheme. On the 5th September, the Alternative Programme of Radiournl presented The Prostitutes again, this time with an extensive interview. An article on The Prostitutes was published in the Filter magazine in that same week. iDnes, the biggest Czech news portal, ranked the single She's A Monster 10th in the chart of the "20 most significant tracks of September 2005". She's A Monster was in Hitparade at Ocko for seven weeks beating up popstars such as Madonna, Rammstein or Depeche Mode.
The band was concerting a lot during 2005/2006 including major towns and cities in Czech Rebublic as well as major festivals like United Islands Of Prague http://www.unitedislands.cz playing on the same stage as Placebo
Placebo (band)
Placebo are a British rock band from London, England, formed in 1994 by singer and guitarist Brian Molko and bass guitarist Stefan Olsdal. The band was joined by drummer Robert Schultzberg, who was later replaced by Steve Hewitt after conflicts with Molko. Hewitt left the band in October 2007 and...
.
Their debut album was awaited with big expectations and they were, according to huge press response, fulfilled. Get Me Out Of Here was released 4 September 2006 under Championship Records and is distributed by Sony/BMG. Filter magazine gave it 4/5, Music magazine gave it 5/5, Musicserver gave 9/10. NMM gave them 4/5 saying that some of the tracks are the best that came out of Czech Republic in last ten years so far. First single Sunshine hit the charts at Radio Wave dominating at number 1 for six weeks http://www.wave.cz and Radio Akropolis was in top ten for more than three months. The music video for the single "Sunshine" scored in all Czech major TV charts.
In November 2006 the band toured in Spain, together with a Spanish band called Catpeople. They played in Granada
Granada
Granada is a city and the capital of the province of Granada, in the autonomous community of Andalusia, Spain. Granada is located at the foot of the Sierra Nevada mountains, at the confluence of three rivers, the Beiro, the Darro and the Genil. It sits at an elevation of 738 metres above sea...
, Cartagena
Cartagena, Spain
Cartagena is a Spanish city and a major naval station located in the Region of Murcia, by the Mediterranean coast, south-eastern Spain. As of January 2011, it has a population of 218,210 inhabitants being the Region’s second largest municipality and the country’s 6th non-Province capital...
, Jaén
Jaén, Spain
Jaén is a city in south-central Spain, the name is derived from the Arabic word Jayyan, . It is the capital of the province of Jaén. It is located in the autonomous community of Andalusia....
and Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
. A concert in Valencia was canceled due to technical problems in the venue. Despite the fact that they were in Spain for the very first time, they raised quite big media attention having a music video appearance in MTV Spain, interview and a part of live performance in main Spanish national television, interview and songs broadcasting in a prominent Spanish music show compared to John Peel Session at NRE 3 and also very good Internet coverage at Spanish speaking music servers. They were also invited back to Barcelona in May and August 2007.
In January 2007, The Prostitutes were awarded Band of The Year by the main Czech music magazine Filter, being nominated also for Song of The Year with Sunshine.
They received the award for Music Video Of The Year at prestigious TV Óčko Awards 2006 for the song "Sunshine", being nominated also for The Best Rock Band Of The Year and Best New Act.
In the readers part of Fllter Awards they received prize for the best song of the year with their successful single "Sunshine".
They were nominated for "Czech Grammy" - Anděl Award 2006 for The best new act.
In May 2007 they played support for Mick Harvey
Mick Harvey
Michael John Harvey , is an Australian rock musician, composer, arranger and record producer. He is best known for his long-time collaboration with the singer and songwriter Nick Cave...
in Prague's Lucerna Music Bar.
Discography
SP- Leave Like It Is (2009)
EP
- The Prostitutes (2005)
Albums
- Get Me Out Of Here (2006)
- Hometown Zombies (2009)
- ONE TWO THREE FOUR (Live) (2011)
Gear
Martin Destroyer used to play mainly guitars of two brands: RickenbackerRickenbacker
Rickenbacker International Corporation, also known as Rickenbacker, is an electric and bass guitar manufacturer based in Santa Ana, California...
and Fender, being specific Rickenbacker 330
Rickenbacker 330
The Rickenbacker 330 is part of Rickenbacker's 300 series of guitars, the series for which Rickenbacker is perhaps best known. The 330 entered the Rickenbacker product line in 1958, though at the time the 300 series of guitars was known as the "Capri" series. It was designed by the German luthier...
and 360/12 and Fender Telecaster
Fender Telecaster
The Fender Telecaster, colloquially known as the Tele , is typically a dual-pickup, solid-body electric guitar made by Fender.Its simple yet effective design and revolutionary sound broke ground and set trends in electric guitar manufacturing and popular music...
and Fender Telecaster Deluxe
Fender Telecaster Deluxe
The Fender Telecaster Deluxe is a solid-body electric guitar originally produced from 1972 to 1981, and since re-issued by Fender in 2004 as the '72 Telecaster Deluxe.-History:...
reissue. He also plays Gibson SG
Gibson SG
At the launch of the SG in 1961, Gibson offered four variants of the SG; the SG Junior , the SG Special, the SG Standard, and the top-of-the-line SG Custom. However, Gibson's current core variants as of 2010 are the SG Standard and the SG Special...
Classic and ES-335. He used to play Godin
Godin
Godin is a French surname, one that is especially common in French Canada.-People with the surname Godin:* Carel Godin de Beaufort, racing driver* Christophe Godin, musician* Dave Godin* Diego Godín, Uruguayan football player* Eddy Godin...
Radiator and Epiphone
Epiphone
The Epiphone Company is a musical instrument manufacturer founded in 1873 by Anastasios Stathopoulos. Epiphone was bought by Chicago Musical Instrument Company, which also owned Gibson Guitar Corporation, in 1957. Epiphone was Gibson's main rival in the archtop market...
Les Paul. His amplifiers are Hiwatt and Fender. In studio he also uses Radiotron AC-30, a custom made version of Vox AC-30.
Stevie LFO used to play Korg Polysix
Korg Polysix
The Korg Polysix is a six voice programmable polyphonic synthesizer released by Korg in 1981.- Features :The synthesizer's main features are six-voice polyphony , 32 memory slots for patches and cassette port for backing up patches, and an arpeggiator.On its release it was, along with the Roland...
and during recording of Sunshine he also played Roland Juno-106
Roland Juno-106
The Roland Juno-106 was a hybrid digital/analogue polyphonic synth manufactured by Roland Corporation in 1984. It featured Digitally controlled oscillators for tuning stability and digital envelope generation along with analog filters and signal path....
. Currently he uses Prophet 08, Clavia
Clavia
Clavia Digital Musical Instruments is a Swedish manufacturer of virtual analog synthesizers, virtual electromechanical pianos and stage pianos, founded in Stockholm, Sweden in 1983 by Hans Nordelius and Mikael Carlsson.-The Company:...
Nord Lead 3, Yamaha AN1x
Yamaha AN1x
Yamaha AN1x, produced by Yamaha Corporation from 1997 to 1998, is a DSP-based analog modeling synthesizer and while it was marketed as "Analog physical modeling control synthesizer", it doesn't employ actual physical modeling synthesis....
and Korg Poly-800
Korg Poly-800
The Korg Poly-800 is a synthesizer released by Korg in 1983. Its initial list price of $795 made it the first fully programmable synthesizer that sold for less than $1000. It featured a 49 key non-velocity sensitive keyboard, two buttons for data entry, and a joystick controller, which could...
.
Luk Santiago plays Ludwig Custom set, Ludwig snare and Sabian and Meinl cymbals.
Šmity play through Hiwatt
Hiwatt
Hiwatt was a British company that manufactured amplifiers for electric guitars and electric basses. Starting in the late 1960s, together with Marshall and Vox, the company contributed to the sonic image popularly termed "British sound"....
amplifier and Ampeg
Ampeg
Ampeg is primarily a musical instrument amplifier manufacturer headquartered in Woodinville, Washington, though they also manufacture guitars to a small extent...
cabinet, using Fender Precision, Jazzbass, Gibson
Gibson Guitar Corporation
The Gibson Guitar Corporation, formerly of Kalamazoo, Michigan and currently of Nashville, Tennessee, manufactures guitars and other instruments which sell under a variety of brand names...
Thunderbird
Gibson Thunderbird
The Gibson Thunderbird is an electric bass guitar made by Gibson.-Background and introduction:The Gibson Thunderbird was introduced in 1963. At the time, Fender had been the leader in the electric bass market since their introduction of the Precision Bass twelve years earlier.The Thunderbird was...
and Les Paul bass, Hamer
Hamer Guitars
Hamer Guitars is an American manufacturer of electric guitars. Founded in 1973 by vintage guitar shop owners, Jol Dantzig and his business partner Paul Hamer. Early instruments featured guitar designs based on the Gibson Explorer and Flying V...
12-string bass, double-bass and Rickenbacker
Rickenbacker
Rickenbacker International Corporation, also known as Rickenbacker, is an electric and bass guitar manufacturer based in Santa Ana, California...
bass