Brutus

Brutus is a Czech rock band founded in 1966 under the name Mandragora. The original members were Vlastimil Beneš, Libor Laun, Michal Pleska, Miloslav Černý, Zdeněk Havelka, Vladimír Lankaš, Václav Matějka, Ivan Mikšovic, Jindřich Průcha, Zdeněk Steidl and Milan Tyburec. Overall, the group had 45 different members in its history.

In 1973 their performances were banned by the communist government and they started playing under the name Elektronik. The name was changed to Brutus in 1980 and there was a period (1982-1989) when the band had to play as Kyklop.

Since the Velvet Revolution in 1989 the band has again been called Brutus and has performed every Friday and Sunday of the year all around the Czech Republic. They played with British bands like UK Subs, TV Smith, Suzi Quatro, Dr. Feelgood or the Slovak Zóna A, or No Name. They also cooperated with The Vibrators.

The group appeared in the movie Indian Summer (1995) by Saša Gedeon.