Modus (band)
Modus was a Slovak pop 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 Czechoslovakia. The formation initially played cover versions of the 60's hits. A major change followed after the arrival of Ján Lehotský who joined the ensemble in 1972, and became their leader. The years 1976-80, which included albums Modus and Balíček snov, referred to as Modusmania, denoted the band's stardom era.
Past members
- Stanislav Hrda - piano, keyboards
- Ján Baláž - solo guitar
- Miro Žbirka - lead vocal, guitar
- Gabriel Wertlen - bass
- Ľubo Stankovský - drum, lead vocal
- Peter Krutek - vocals, trumpet
- Juraj Czinege - vocals, saxophone, clarinet
- Tomáš "Bery" Psota - vocals, trombone
- Tomáš Berka - vocals, keyboards
- Eugen Kratochvíla - piano, keyboards
- Mikuláš Gürtler - vocals, others
- Vladimír Kaššay - bass
- Ján Lehotský - lead vocal, piano, keyboards
- Ľudovít Nosko - lead vocal, bass
- Ladislav Severa - solo guitar
- Ladislav Lučenič - bass
- Cyril Zeleňák - drum
- Karel Witz - solo guitar
- Štefan Havaši - bass
- Miroslav Jevčák - drum
- Marika Gombitová - lead vocal, others
- Viliam Pobjecký - solo guitar
- Dušan Hájek - drums
- Ján Hangóni - lead vocal, solo guitar
- Anastasios Engonidis - bass
- Karol Morvay - lead vocal, drum
- Jiří Vana - solo guitar
- Marián Greksa - lead vocal, others
- Milan Vyskočáni - lead vocal, others
- Ivona Novotná - lead vocal, others
- Miroslav Šulc - solo guitar
- Miroslav Valenta - solo guitar, keyboards
- Peter Palkovič - bass
- Ivan Marček - drum
- Jozef Paulíni - lead vocal
- Peter Szapu - drum
- Peter Beláni - drum
- Iveta Sedláková - lead vocal, others
- Marcela Březinová - lead vocal, vocals
- Lešek Semelka - lead vocal, others
- Imrich Diskantíni - tenor saxophone
- Ján Fabrický - drum
Discography
Singles
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, no contribution.
- D Denotes a solo single by Žbirka featuring Gombitová.
- E Denotes a single by Lehotský and Gombitová