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{{Short description|Slovak folk band}}
{{Notability|date=August 2023}}
'''Lojzo''' (also '''LOJZO''') is a [[folk music]] group from [[Bratislava]], [[Slovakia]]. It was formed in 1982 in [[Czechoslovakia]] by [[Marián Kochanský]]. The name is a [[backronym]] for "Ľudový Orchester Jednoduchej Zábavy Obyvateľstva" ("Folk orchestra for simple entertainment of population"). At the same time "Lojzo" is a [[diminutive]] form of the name Alojz (i.e., [[Aloysius]], Lewis).<ref>[http://www.lojzo.eu Lojzo official website]</ref><ref>[http://kultura.pravda.sk/sk_khudba.asp?c=A060428_210709_sk_khudba_p20 "Zomrel Marián Kochanský z kapely Lojzo"]</ref>
In 1987, the Czechoslovak popularity chart [[Zlatý Slavík]]{{cn|date=August 2023}} placed the group 22nd (6th among Slovak musicians), and in 1998 the Slovak [[Slávik Awards]] placed it 4th.{{cn|date=August 2023}}
==Discography==
* ''[[LOJZO (album)|LOJZO]]'' (1985) LP
* ''[[My nič, my muzikanti]]'' (1987) LP
* ''[[Ticho po plešine]]'' (1989) LP, CD
* ''[[LOJZO IV]]'' (1991) LP, CD
* ''[[Laz Vegaz]]'' (1996) LP, CD
* ''[[Lojzo 2010]]'' (2010) CD<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lojzo.posterous.com/vydavame-nove-cd-0|title = Good night, Posterous}}</ref>
==See also==
* [[The 100 Greatest Slovak Albums of All Time]]
==References==
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[[Category:Slovak musical groups]]
[[Category:Folk music groups]]