Modus (band)

{{short description|Slovak pop rock band}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Modus | image = | image_size = | caption = | alias = | genre = Rock, pop | origin = Bratislava, Czechoslovakia | years_active = {{Start date|df=yes|1967}}–1972, {{Start date|df=yes|1973}}–1989 2002–2003 (Reunion) | label = Opus Records | associated_acts = Janko Lehotský, Miro Žbirka, Marika Gombitová | website = | past_members = }}

'''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 (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== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} *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) {{col-2}} *Viliam Pobjecký - solo guitar (1977–79) *Dušan Hájek - drums (1979–80) *Ján Hangóni - lead vocal, solo guitar (1981–83) *Anastasios 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 (1985) *Ján Fabrický - drum (1988) {{col-end}}

==Discography== ===Albums=== ====Studio albums==== {|class="wikitable" style=text-align:center; |- ! Year ! style=width:260px;|Album details ! style=width:30px;|GSA <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cas.sk/clanok/21866/exkluzivny-rebricek-100-najlepsich-slovenskych-albumov.html|title=Exkluzívny rebríček: 100 najlepších slovenských albumov|work=Nový čas|at=cas.sk|date=2007-09-22|publisher=Ringier Axel Springer Slovakia|accessdate=2011-10-20|language=sk}}</ref> |- style=font-size:smaller;

|- ||1979 |align=left|''Modus'' *Label: OPUS (#9116 0856)<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Modus (Liner Notes) |others=Modus|year=1979 |last=Modus |type=Vinyl Album |publisher=OPUS Records |location=Czechoslovakia |language=sk}}</ref> *Format: LP, CD, CC | 41 |- |1980 |align=left|''Balíček snov'' *Label: OPUS (#9116 0999)<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Balíček snov (Liner Notes) |title-link=Balíček snov|others=Modus |year=1979 |last=Modus =|type=Vinyl Album |publisher=OPUS Records |location=Czechoslovakia |language=sk}}</ref> *Format: LP, CD, CC | — |- |1981 |align=left|''99 zápaliek'' *Label: OPUS (#9113 1215)<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=99 zápaliek (Liner Notes) |title-link=99 zápaliek|others=Modus |year=1981 |last=Modus |type=Vinyl Album |publisher=OPUS Records |location=Czechoslovakia |language=sk}}</ref> *Format: LP, CD, CC | 37 |- |1983 |align=left|''Záhradná kaviareň'' *Label: OPUS (#9113 1346)<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Záhradná kaviareň (Liner Notes) |title-link=Záhradná kaviareň|others=Modus |year=1983 |last=Modus |type=Vinyl Album |publisher=OPUS Records |location=Czechoslovakia |language=sk}}</ref> *Format: LP, CC | — |- |1984 |align=left|''Najlepšie dievčatá'' *Label: OPUS (#9113 1549)<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Najlepšie dievčatá (Liner Notes) |title-link=Najlepšie dievčatá|others=Modus |year=1984 |last=Modus |type=Vinyl Album |publisher=OPUS Records |location=Czechoslovakia |language=sk}}</ref> *Format: LP, CC | — |- |1985 |align=left|''Každý niečo hrá'' *Label: OPUS (#9113 1632)<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Každý niečo hrá (Liner Notes) |title-link=Každý niečo hrá|others=Modus |year=1985 |last=Modus |type=Vinyl Album |publisher=OPUS Records |location=Czechoslovakia |language=sk}}</ref> *Format: LP, CC | — |- |1986 |align=left|''Vlaky s rokmi'' *Label: OPUS (#9113 1776)<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Vlaky s rokmi (Liner Notes) |title-link=Vlaky s rokmi|others=Modus |year=1986 |last=Modus |type=Vinyl Album |publisher=OPUS Records |location=Czechoslovakia |language=sk}}</ref> *Format: LP, CC | — |- |1988 |align=left|''Keď sa raz oči dohodnú'' *Label: OPUS (#9313 1989)<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Keď sa raz oči dohodnú (Liner Notes) |title-link=Keď sa raz oči dohodnú|others=Modus |year=1988 |last=Modus |type=Vinyl Album |publisher=OPUS Records |location=Czechoslovakia |language=sk}}</ref> *Format: LP, CD, CC | — |- | colspan=3 style=font-size:8pt| "—" denotes an album that did not enter the GSA list. |}

====Export albums==== {|class="wikitable" style=text-align:center; |- !Year !width=260|Album details |- |1980 |align=left|''Modus'' *Label: OPUS (#9116 0974)<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Modus - Export Release (Liner Notes) |title-link=Modus (Modus album)#Export release|others=Modus (band)|year=1980 |last=Modus |type=Vinyl Album |publisher=Bonton Music|location=Czechoslovakia }}</ref> *Format: LP, CD, CC |- |rowspan=2|1985 |align=left|''The Best Girls'' *Label: OPUS (#9113 1587)<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=The Best Girls (Liner Notes) |title-link=The Best Girls|others=Modus |year=1985 |last=Modus |type=Vinyl Album |publisher=OPUS Records |location=Czechoslovakia }}</ref> *Format: LP, CC |- |align=left|''Everybody Plays'' *Label: OPUS (#9113 1648)<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Everybody Plays (Liner Notes) |title-link=Everybody Plays|others=Modus |year=1985 |last=Modus |type=Vinyl Album |publisher=OPUS Records |location=Czechoslovakia }}</ref> *Format: LP, CC |- |1987 |align=left|''Friends'' *Label: OPUS (#9113 1776)<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Friends (Liner Notes) |title-link=Friends (Modus album)|others=Modus |year=1987 |last=Modus |type=Vinyl Album |publisher=OPUS Records |location=Czechoslovakia }}</ref> *Format: LP, CC |- |}

====Compilations==== {|class="wikitable" style=text-align:center; |- !Year !width=260|Album details |- |1987 |align=left|''Zrkadlo rokov'' *Label: OPUS (#9113 1867)<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Zrkadlo rokov (Liner Notes) |title-link=Zrkadlo rokov|others=Modus |year=1987 |last=Modus |type=Vinyl Album |publisher=OPUS Records |location=Czechoslovakia |language=sk}}</ref> *Format: LP, CC |- |1995 |align=left|''The Best of 1977–1988: Vol 1'' *Label: Open Music (#0033 2312)<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=The Best of 1977-1988: Vol 1 (Liner Notes) |title-link=The Best of 1977-1988: Vol 1|others=Modus |year=1995 |last=Modus |type=Double Compact Disc |publisher=Open Music |location=Slovakia |language=sk}}</ref> *Format: 2CD |- |rowspan=2|1998 |align=left|''The Best of 1979–1988: Vol 2'' *Label: Open Music (#0064 2312)<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=The Best of 1979-1988: Vol 2 (Liner Notes) |title-link=The Best of 1979-1988: Vol 2|others=Modus |year=1998 |last=Modus |type=Double Compact Disc |publisher=Open Music |location=Slovakia |language=sk}}</ref> *Format: 2CD |- |align=left|''Úsmev'' *Label: Bonton Music (#49 1722)<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Úsmev (Liner Notes) |title-link=Úsmev (album)|others=Modus |year=1998 |last=Modus |type=Compact Disc |publisher=Bonton Music|location=Slovakia |language=sk}}</ref> *Format: CD |- |2005 |align=left|''Gold'' *Label: OPUS (#91 2708-2)<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Gold (Liner Notes) |title-link=Gold (Modus album)|others=Modus |year=2005 |last=Modus |type=Compact Disc |publisher=OPUS Records |location=Slovakia |language=sk}}</ref> *Format: CD |- |} {{col-end}}

===Singles=== ====As lead artist==== {|class="wikitable" style=text-align:left; |- !rowspan=2|Year !colspan=2|Single details !width=60 rowspan=2|Label !rowspan=2|Catalogue |- style=font-size:smaller; !width=210|A-side !width=210|B-side |- |1972 |"Suzi" |"Starý pán" |rowspan=14 align=center|OPUS |#9043 0166 |- |1973 |"Cesta so psom" |"Nevolaj viac" |#9043 0260 |- |1974 |"Formula 1" |"Sen o tebe" |#9143 0361 |- |rowspan="4"|1977 |"Veľký sen mora" |"Preteky s láskou" |#9143 0438 |- |"Margaréta" |"Záhadná"{{Ref label|note_a1|A}} |#9143 0439 |- |"Úsmev" |"Deň ako z pohľadnice"{{Ref label|note_b1|B}} |#9143 0440 |- |"Stará láska" |{{unknown}} |{{unknown|#9143 0???}} |- |1980 |"Mágovo číslo" |"Naposledy" |#9143 0540 |- |1981 |"Spoluhráčka" |"Stará kára" |#9143 0558 |- |1982 |"Zrkadlo rokov" |"Dnes už viem"{{Ref label|note_c1|C}} |#9143 0573 |- |1984 |"Otec a syn" |{{unknown}} |#9143 0260 |- |1985 |"(Domov kráča) Trieda" |"Má iba 16+1 deň" |#9143 0635 |- |1986 |"Kapely starnú" |"Lepšie je žiť" |#9143 0654 |- |1990 |"Plátené dievča" |{{unknown}} |#9143 0748 |}

====As featured artist==== {|class="wikitable" style=text-align:left; |- !rowspan=2|Year !colspan=2|Single details !width=60 rowspan=2|Label !rowspan=2|Catalogue |- style=font-size:smaller; !width=210|A-side !width=210|B-side |- |rowspan="4"|1977 |"Zažni"{{Ref label|note_a1|A}} |"Správa o ľuďoch"{{Ref label|note_a1|A}} |rowspan="13" align="center"|OPUS |#9143 0441 |- |"Boľavé námestie"{{Ref label|note_b1|B}} |"Ty vieš, mama"{{Ref label|note_b1|B}} |#9143 0446 |- |"Letná láska"{{Ref label|note_a1|A}} |"Kráľ detských ciest" |#9143 0450 |- |"Známy tón"{{Ref label|note_a1|A}} |"Drahá"{{Ref label|note_a1|A}} |#9143 0461 |- |1978 |"Dievčatá"{{Ref label|note_a1|A}} |"Čím viac máš"{{Ref label|note_a1|A}} |#9143 0471 |- |1979 |"Vyznanie"{{Ref label|note_b1|B}} |"Malý veľký vlak"{{Ref label|note_a1|A}} |#9143 0500 |- |rowspan="5"|1980 |"Kufor a šál"{{Ref label|note_b1|B}} |"Nostalgia"{{Ref label|note_b1|B}} |#9143 0521 |- |"Domy na zbúranie"{{Ref label|note_b1|B}} |"Vieš byť zlá"{{Ref label|note_a1|A}} |#9143 0522 |- |"Svet stromov"{{Ref label|note_b1|B}} |"Tajomstvo hier"{{Ref label|note_e1|E}} |#9143 0528 |- |"Klaun z domu č. 6"{{Ref label|note_a1|A}} |"V slepých uličkách"{{Ref label|note_d1|D}} |#9143 0538 |- |"Cirkusový kôň"{{Ref label|note_b1|B}} |"Deň letí"{{Ref label|note_b1|B}} |#9143 0539 |- |1982 |"Srdcia dievčat"{{Ref label|note_b1|B}} |"Slnečný kalendár"{{Ref label|note_b1|B}} |#9143 0561 |- |1983 |"Záhradná kaviareň"{{Ref label|note_b1|B}} |"Aký som" |#9143 0595 |} ;Notes: *'''A''' {{Note|note_a1}} Denotes a solo single by Miro Žbirka. *'''B''' {{Note|note_b1}} Denotes a solo single by Marika Gombitová. *'''C''' {{Note|note_c1}} Denotes a solo single by Pavol Hammel, no contribution. *'''D''' {{Note|note_d1}} Denotes a solo single by Žbirka featuring Gombitová. *'''E''' {{Note|note_e1}} Denotes a single by Lehotský and Gombitová

==References== {{refbegin}} ;General *{{cite thesis|url=http://lehotsky-modus.szm.com/modusstudia.pdf|title=Slovenská populárna hudba v rokoch 1977-1989 Modus – úvodná štúdia|trans-title=Slovak Popular Music in the Years 1977–1989 – Modus|first=Oskar|last=Lehotský|work=Comenius University, Faculty of Arts|location=Bratislava, Slovakia|date=2008-02-06|archive-date=2011-08-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110819231336/http://lehotsky-modus.szm.com/modusstudia.pdf|url-status=dead|language=sk}} ;Specific {{refend}} {{reflist|colwidth=30em}}

==External links== *[http://lehotsky-modus.szm.com/ Janko Lehotský official website] * {{discogs artist|Modus (2}} * {{imdb name|12676567}}

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