Elán (band)

Elán is a Slovak pop-rock band, founded in 1969 by Jozef (Jožo) Ráž, Juraj Farkaš, Vašo Patejdl and Zdeno 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 70 thousand fans.

Band members

1969 - 1980
Various line-ups around Jožo Ráž, Juraj Farkaš and Vašo Patejdl

1980 - 1985

Jožo Ráž - bass, vocals
Ján Baláž - guitars, vocals
Vašo Patejdl - keyboards, vocals
Juraj Farkaš - solo guitar, vocals
Zdeno Baláž - drums

1985 - 1989

Jožo Ráž - bass, vocals
Jano Baláž - solo guitar, vocals
Martin Karvaš - keyboards
Gabo Szabó - drums

1991 - 2001

Jožo Ráž - bass, vocals
Jano Baláž - solo guitar, vocals
Peter Farnbauer - gutar, keyboards, vocals
Ľubo Horňák - keyboards
Juraj Kuchárek - drums

Discography

* "Ôsmy svetadiel" (1981)
* "Nie sme zlí, Kamikadze lover" (1982)
* "Elán 3" (1983)
* "Nightshift" (1984)
* "Hodina slovenčiny, Schoolparty" (1985)
* "Detektívka" (1986)
* "Missing" (1987)
* "Nebezpečný náklad" (1988)
*"Rabaka, Midnight in the city" (1989)
*"Netvor z čiernej hviezdy Q7A" (1991)
*"Legenda 1, Legenda 2" (1992)
*"Hodina angličtiny" (1994)
*"Hodina nehy" (1995)
*"Classic, Hodina pravdy, Legenda 3" (1997)
*"Legenda 4, Elán Unplugged" (1998; 2 CD)
*"Jožo…" (1999; 2 CD)
*"Láska je stvorená, Legenda 5 - Posledná…" (2000)
*"Neviem byť sám" (2001)
*"Otázniky/Všetko čo máš" (2001)
*"Elán 3000" (2002)
*"Tretie oko" (2003)
*"Elán: Megakoncert" (2004)
*"Anjelská daň" (2005)
*"Unplugged Carnegie Hall NY" (2007)