Calathea

Biography

The band "Calathea" was founded in the spring 1999, Czech Republic - and released first demo CD "The Touch of Empty Verse " till the end of 1999. Both critics and fans enjoyed this album very much. The Touch of Empty Verse was followed by second demo album "Wish Thinking " two years later. Both of them were sold completely. The band had a chance to be performed for many successful live shows - to choose from all - they shared the stage with Finnish stars HIM in Prague and participated in the big...

The band "Calathea" was founded in the spring 1999, Czech Republic - and released first demo CD "The Touch of Empty Verse " till the end of 1999. Both critics and fans enjoyed this album very much. The Touch of Empty Verse was followed by second demo album "Wish Thinking " two years later. Both of them were sold completely. The band had a chance to be performed for many successful live shows - to choose from all - they shared the stage with Finnish stars HIM in Prague and participated in the biggest european gothic festival "Wave Gothic Treffen 2003" in Leipzig. The members haven´t changed since the beginning: Lukas Pirkl - guitar, vocals. Jaroslav Holy - keyboards. Pavel Pirkl - drums. Only the names of bass quitarists are changing. In 2004 singer Olga Lounova joined Calathea. One year later Calathea with producer Dusan Vozáry recorded Calathea´s first official album. The band has a lot of live performances not only in Czech republic but in foreign countries of course. Calathea was performing with the artists like HIM, Type O Negative, Feiled, Deathstars, Hevein, T.M. Stevens. In the autumn 2007 Marketa Myskova became the lead person of the band.

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Booking and management for Czech rep. and worldwide
Martin Fort
martin.fort@mafomusic.eu
www.mafomusic.eu

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