Jiří Dohnal

“Our function was so universal that we tried to distribute something ourselves, then organize the trips - where to go and to which area. A spokesman went to a certain area because it was known that there would already be a meeting in the square or in a certain factory or organization. At the same time, we had poster men who had to have posters, had to have leaflets to put up and hand out to people. At the same time, we had to know what the current arguments were and what the situation was, so we tried to communicate a lot with Prague. And to communicate meant that the car was driving between Prague and Olomouc. During the nights, because we were active climbers, we spent the nights adjusting and taking down various banners and stars and street labels.”

"I experienced an armed attack while filming. At a time when we could no longer perform anywhere, we decided that we would at least record the music. We shot it twice. And one of the studios that we improvised was a driving school building in Havířov. There it happened that the guys were playing in one room and I was waiting for my sax solo. And since we didn't have these various "gimmicks" and these electronic matters, we simulated the reverberation, the effect that something lingers for a long time, by me standing in a long narrow corridor, one microphone in front of me, the other microphone he had at the back at the end of the corridor. And now I was waiting for a solo, and suddenly a dog, a wolf without a basket, ran up the stairs where I was standing. And so I was looking at the dog, five members of the National Security Service came running after the dog. And I was so perplexed by that, and as I was waiting for that solo with headphones on, at a stand with a microphone and with a saxophone - they probably didn't expect it either - so I signalled them to be quiet. And they were really quiet. I played a solo, and when I finished, they rushed in."