Big Boss (musician)

Infobox musical artist

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Name = Jiří Valter
Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Jiří Valter
Alias = Big Boss
Born = 1952
Origin = Czech Republic
Instrument = Vocals
Genre = Black metal, Dark metal
Occupation =
Years_active = 1987-present
Label =
Associated_acts = Root
Equirhodont
URL = [http://bigboss.mysteria.cz/ bigboss.mysteria.cz]

Jiří "Big Boss" Valter is the vocalist for the Czech black metal band Root.

Biography

Big Boss was born in Czech Republic in 1952 to pianist Milan Valter. In 1987, when playing in band Vega, he met guitarist Petr Hošek, with whom he later founded black metal band "Root". Root recorded their first demo "Deep in Hell" in 1988.In 1990 the band released debut album called "Zjevení" (Relevation).Big Boss launched his side project Equirhodont with his Root bandmates Ashok and Igor in 2002. In addition to his activities with these two bands, he has also recorded two solo albums.
He lists The Beatles, Beach Boys, Chris Farlowe, David Bowie, Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Lynne and Electric Light Orchestra and Vanilla Fudge to be his main influences.

Beliefs

Big Boss had been introduced to Satanism by certain Satanist from America in 70th. In 1991 he founded Czech branch of CoS. [ [http://www.dingir.cz/dingir/1998_3/clanky/D1998_3_13.html Malé děti nepožírám ] ] He claims [ [http://bigboss.mysteria.cz/in014.htm in014 ] ] to have been appointed High Priest of CoS by Anton LaVey.

Other Activities

Big Boss translated several books to Czech.
* Necronomicon
* The Antichrist
* The Satanic Bible

Discography

=With Root=

* DEEP IN HELL (1988)
* REAP OF HELL (1988)
* WAR OF RATS (1988)
* MESSENGERS FROM DARKNESS (1989)
* THE TRIAL (1989)
* 7 ČERNÝCH JEZDCŮ / 666 (single, 1990)
* ZJEVENÍ (1990)
* HELL SYMPHONY (1991)
* THE REVELATION (1991)
* THE TEMPLE IN THE UNDERWORLD (1992)
* KÄRGERÄS (1996)
* THE BOOK (1999)
* ZJEVENÍ / THE TEPLE IN THE UNDERWORLD (2CD re-edition, 1999)
* BLACK SEAL (2001)
* HELL SYMPHONY / KÄRGERÄS (2CD re-edition, 2001)
* DEMA (2CD demos re-edition, 2002)
* MADNESS OF THE GRAVES (2003)
* CASILDA (miniCD, 2006)
* Daemon Viam Invenient (2007)

With Equirhodont

* "Grandiose Magus" (2003)
* "Black Crystal" (2004)

olo

* "Q7" (1994)
* "Belial's Wind" (1998)

Guest Performance

* Moonspell - At the Image of Pain from Memorial Album
* Helheim- Oaken Dragons and The Thrall And The Master from The Journeys And Experiences Of Death

External links

* [http://bigboss.mysteria.cz/ Personal Page]

* [http://rootan.net/ Root Homepage]

References