Modus

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 Czechoslovakia. 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 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, keyboards (1967–68) Ján Baláž - solo guitar (1967–72, 74-75) Miro Žbirka - lead vocal, guitar (1967–72, 76-81) Gabriel Wertlen - bass (1967–70) Ľubo Stankovský - drum (67-72,74), lead vocal (83-86) Peter Krutek - vocals, trumpet (1967–70) Juraj Czinege - vocals, saxophone, clarinet (1967) Tomáš "Bery" Psota - vocals, trombone (1967) Tomáš Berka - vocals, keyboards (1968) Eugen Kratochvíla - piano, keyboards (1969–70) Mikuláš Gürtler - vocals, others (1970) Vladimír Kaššay - bass (1970–72, 83-86) Ján Lehotský - lead vocal, piano, keyboards (1972–89) Ľudovít Nosko - lead vocal, bass (1974) Ladislav Severa - solo guitar (1975) Ladislav Lučenič - 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)