ArtistInfo

Elán

Band, *1969 SK
Rock and Pop

Elán is a Slovak pop-rock band, founded in 1969 by Jožo Ráž, Juraj Farkaš, Vašo Patejdl and Ján Baláž. It became one of the most popular Czechoslovak bands during the 1980s. In 1993, the group represented Slovakia in the preliminary round of the Eurovision Song Contest but having finished in fourth place, failed to qualify for the finals in Ireland. Elán's status in the 2000s is that of Slovakia's most successful pop group of all time; it may be the only Slovak music act consistently capable of selling out stadiums for their live performances. The biggest such concert took place in Prague, Czech Republic, in September 2003, in front of an audience of 90 thousand fans. They performed at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, Czech Republic as part of the championships' ente

Members

	Vašo Patejdl voc, key *1954 SK
	Anton Jaro eb, b SK
	Marcel Buntaj dr, perc *1974 SK
	Martin Karvaš key, voc SK
	Ľubo Horňák key, voc *1964 SK
	Jožo Ráž voc, eb *1954 SK
	Peter Farnbauer g, key *1959 SK
	Ján Baláž voc, g *1951 SK
	Juraj Kuchárek dr, perc *1970 SK
	Juraj Farkaš g, voc, acg *1955 SK
	Zdeno Baláž dr, perc SK
	Ľubomír Stankovský dr, voc *1951
	Henry Tóth g SK
	Ján Fabrický dr, perc *1964 CH
	Gabriel Szabó dr
	Boris Brna dr
	Tony Benedek perc
	František Turák voc, key, tr, tb
	Julius Petrus dr
	František Oláh key
	Boris Kopčák tb
	Juraj Fábry voc, key