Modus was a popular Slovak band, originally established in 1967 by Stanislav Hrda, Ján Baláž, Peter Krutek, Juraj Czinege, Tomáš Bery Psota, Ľubomír Stankovský, Gabriel Wertlen and Miroslav Žbirka in the former

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. The formation (identified nowadays as ''Modus 0'') initially played cover versions of the 60's hits. A major change followed after the arrival of

Ján Lehotský Ján, also credited as Janko Lehotský (born 16 April 1947) is a Slovak composer and former leader of the Modus band. Lehotský began his performing career when he was four years old, when he performed in a marionette theater. He was a freela ...

who joined the ensemble in 1972, and became their leader. The years 1976-80, which included albums '' Modus'' (1979) and '' Balíček snov'' (1980), referred to as ''Modusmania'', denoted the band's stardom era.

Past members

*Stanislav Hrda -

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

, keyboards (1967–68) * Ján Baláž - solo

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected string ...

(1967–72, 74-75) * Miro Žbirka - lead vocal, guitar (1967–72, 76-81) *Gabriel Wertlen -

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in the bass range: ** Bass (instrument), including: ** Acoustic bass gui ...

(1967–70) *Ľubo Stankovský -

drum The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel-Sachs classification system, it is a membranophone. Drums consist of at least one membrane, called a drumhead or drum skin, that is stretched over a ...

(67-72,74), lead vocal (83-86) *Peter Krutek -

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

trumpet The trumpet is a brass instrument commonly used in classical and jazz ensembles. The trumpet group ranges from the piccolo trumpet—with the highest register in the brass family—to the bass trumpet, pitched one octave below the standard ...

(1967–70) *Juraj Czinege - vocals,

saxophone The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of Single-reed instrument, single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed (mouthpi ...

clarinet The clarinet is a musical instrument in the woodwind family. The instrument has a nearly cylindrical bore and a flared bell, and uses a single reed to produce sound. Clarinets comprise a family of instruments of differing sizes and pitch ...

(1967) *Tomáš "Bery" Psota - vocals,

trombone The trombone (german: Posaune, Italian, French: ''trombone'') is a musical instrument in the brass family. As with all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player's vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate ...

(1967) *Tomáš Berka - vocals, keyboards (1968) *Eugen Kratochvíla - piano, keyboards (1969–70) *Mikuláš Gürtler - vocals, others (1970) *Vladimír Kaššay - bass (1970–72, 83-86) *

- lead vocal, piano, keyboards (1972–89) *Ľudovít Nosko - lead vocal, bass (1974) *Ladislav Severa - solo guitar (1975) *

Ladislav Lučenič Laco Lučenič (born 23 November 1952) is a Slovak musician and music producer. He is known as a former member of such Slovak bands as Fermáta, Prúdy, Modus, and Limit. He became popular for his role as a judge on the Slovak Pop Idol ('' Sl ...

- bass (1975, 77) *Cyril Zeleňák - drum (1975) *Karel Witz - solo guitar (1976) (as guest in 80) *Štefan Havaši - bass (1976) *Miroslav Jevčák - drum (1976–78) * Marika Gombitová - lead vocal, others (1976–83) *Viliam Pobjecký - solo guitar (1977–79) *Dušan Hájek - drum (1979–80) *Ján Hangóni - lead vocal, solo guitar (1981–83) *Anastasis Engonidis - bass (1981–83) *Karol Morvay - lead vocal, drum (1981–83) *Jiří Vana - solo guitar (1983–86) *Marián Greksa - lead vocal, others (1984–85) *Milan Vyskočáni - lead vocal, others (1985) *Ivona Novotná - lead vocal, others (1985–88) *Miroslav Šulc - solo guitar (1987–89) *Miroslav Valenta - solo guitar, keyboards (1987–89) *Peter Palkovič - bass (1987–89) *Ivan Marček - drum (1987) *Jozef Paulíni - lead vocal (1987–88) *Peter Szapu - drum (1988) *Peter Beláni - drum (1988–89) *Iveta Sedláková - lead vocal, others (1988–89) *Marcela Březinová - lead vocal, vocals (1989) *Lešek Semelka - lead vocal, others (1989) ;Guest performances *Imrich Diskantíni -

tenor saxophone The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. The tenor and the alto are the two most commonly used saxophones. The tenor is pitched in the key of B (while ...

(1985) *Ján Fabrický - drum (1988)

Discography

Albums

Studio albums

Export albums

Compilations

Singles

As lead artist

As featured artist

;Notes: *A Denotes a solo single by Miro Žbirka. *B Denotes a solo single by Marika Gombitová. *C Denotes a solo single by

Pavol Hammel Pavol Hammel (born 7 December 1948, in Bratislava) is a Slovak musician, singer and producer. Pavol Hammel was born to a family of musicians. His father played violin in the Slovak National Theatre, and influenced Pavol to become a promising vi ...

, no contribution. *D Denotes a solo single by Žbirka featuring Gombitová. *E Denotes a single by Lehotský and Gombitová

References

;General * ;Specific

External links

Janko Lehotský official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Modus (band) 1967 establishments in Czechoslovakia 1989 disestablishments in Czechoslovakia Slovak rock music groups Musical groups established in 1967 Musical groups disestablished in 1989