David Koller


David Koller is a Czech musician and record producer. He started his career in the early eighties as the drummer of Jasná Páka, and has also played in various other bands including Pusa, Žentour, and Blue Effect. He founded the popular Czech band Lucie in 1985 and remained there until 2005, when he departed due to disagreements with fellow Lucie members P.B.CH. and Robert Kodym. The group reunited in 2012. In 2008, he was temporarily a touring member of Chinaski, and he leads his own group, Kollerband. Koller has produced music for Miro Žbirka, Koistinen, Alice, Plexis, Walk Choc Ice, Oskar Petr, Lucie Bílá, and many others. Together with Lucie member Michal Dvořák, he composed the score for the films Amerika, Poslední přesun , and Mrtvej brouk . With artist David Černý and filmmaker Alice Nellis, he opened the multicultural center MeetFactory in 2007..
Koller's son Adam is also a drummer and occasionally plays in bands with his father.

Political views

In early 2014, Koller signed an appeal to the Sobotka government, which called for a tougher line towards Russia and the punishment of all Russian minorities in the Czech Republic who have Russian citizenship, namely "immediate suspension of visas for Russian citizens, abolishing the possibility of dual citizenship for Russian citizens, freezing of accounts of Russian citizens in the Czech Republic in order to verify the legality of these deposits, stopping the entry of Russian business and capital into the Czech Republic".
According to Koller, "The government should make sure we choose Europe and NATO and not Russians. We express this through song, but everyone should realize that we play guitars that were made mostly in America. What has Russia given us?"

Discography

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Studio albums