The band was formed in 1980

The band was formed in 1980 by Wanek and his neighbor Růžička, an organizer of illegal concerts who had done minor jail time for his involvement in the underground music scene. They named themselves Fourth Price Band, or FPB, for short. A “fourth price group” was a term used in socialist Czechoslovakia for the lowest of four pub levels. The idea behind the name was that the band wasn’t first- or second-rate, but rather at the bottom, or underground. The Communist Czech government at the time was very strict about which musical artists were allowed to perform, and starting a group without government sanction was a complicated procedure. The duo found drummer Milan Nový, who invited several bandmates from his group Mikron. This lineup lasted for a few months and played one show, before most members were intimidated by government pressure, and the band was reduced to Wanek, Nový, and Růžička.