Support Lesbiens

All Music Guide:

Czech Republic-based rock band Support Lesbiens earned recognition -- both positive and negative -- for performing their songs in English, with a hard rock sound forged during the upswing of alternative rock worldwide in 1992. Their first full-length offering, 1994's Medicine Man, was popular, but the wariness of the Czech pop music-buying masses toward homegrown bands singing in a different language kept the group from achieving true superstar status. Support Lesbiens eventually released Regeneration in 2001 and Tune da Radio in 2002, and over the years began consolidating their place in Czech hearts, and with their next album, Midlife, in 2004, they were able to do something no other Czech band had done before them. The single "Cliche," from the aforementioned full-length, became the first number one single for a Czech band singing in English, and finally solidified Support Lesbiens as one of the country's biggest names. The band would undergo a stylistic shift, however, as the cornerstone of the band's rougher rock sound -- lead guitarist Jaromir Helesic -- left the band. Support Lesbiens soldiered on, led by flamboyant frontman Krystof Michal with support from Hynek Toman and René Rypar on guitars, Jan Daliba on bass, and Tomás Novák on drums, and released the album Euphony and Other Adventures in 2006. The band's next full-length release, a collection of Support Lesbiens' best entitled Greatest Hits 1993-2007, was a brisk seller, hitting the Top Ten in the Czech Republic's album chart.

Wikipedia:

Support Lesbiens is a Czech musical group. It was founded in 1992. Their single "Cliché" was the first single by a Czech English-singing group to reach number one in an official radio chart IFPI.

The band is considered to be a part of the New Age genre, though it carries many Rock features as well.

Support Lesbiens experienced a tough start in the Czech musical scene due to a general skepticism against Czech bands singing in English. Their first two albums were known by only the most die-hard Czech fans, but their break came with the album Regeneration?, which jump-started their rise to domestic fame.

The lead singer, Kryštof Michal, who has studied in the United States, is known for his extravagant image and quirky humour and maybe due to this, the video clips of the band often carry very abstract features.

After their fourth album Tune Da Radio, the band's lead guitarist and writer Jaromír Helešic left the band, leading to a slight turn away from the Rock genre to a more modern style.

Michal co-wrote the lyrics of the latest album Euphony and Other Adventures with two of England's top lyricists. Their names appear in the booklet.

In May 2011, the group announced a new, as yet unnamed album, due to be released on 19 September 2011. The album was released and is named Homobot.

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