Biography
The Czech group, established in 1996 in Prague.
It was established by Filip Humplík (voc) and Pavel Skoupý (guitar and/or bass guitar), the musicians who had previous experiences from hardcore, punk and metal bands. The first hired (but later fired) member was Lukáš Nejedlý playing drums. The band with Marek Slezák as guest on bass guitar started to play hardcore music but using acoustic instruments. The band was early merged by members of acoustic blues band Morová rána Vít Bartoň (violin) and Martin Charvát (harmonica). The another musician taking the place on board was acoustic guitarist Jan Stejskal. The group played quite strange mixture of hardcore, country, chanson and punk music. In 1997 the band recorded its first eponymous album. It captured the style, but musicians didn't succeeded to transform their energy from the stage to the studio. Their concerts were much more wild and energetic, played in frenetic rhythm and accompanied by stage diving and other tricks belonging to hardcore scene. After few changes on the drummer's position, Karel Babuljak, member or ex-member of the groups as Babalet, Máma Bubo, Relaxace or Kapela Snoo, became another regular band member.
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Around the years 1998 - 2004 the group became local club scene sensation, it had few songs in the Chart of the Czech Radio 1, it played on the all Czech big summer festivals and on few international ones (Germany, Hungary) as well. In 2000 the band recorded the second album Original Movie Soundtrack. The members of the band at that time were: Filip Humplík (voc), Pavel Skoupý (acoustic guitar and/or bass guitar), Martin Charvát (harmonica and voc), Karel Babuljak (drums) and Jan Stejskal (acoustic guitar). The recordings combined acoustic, rock and electronic music. The only example demonstrating how Boothill sounded lively is the bonus song Fist in the Air, recorded lively.
Other regular members were later Lukáš Fišer, alternating Skoupý's bass guitar with double bass, and Patrik Balog, alternating and later replacing Jan Stejskal on acoustic guitar. Around 2004 the band started to slowly fade away from the club stages and it is not playing live gigs at the moment.
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