Elán (band)

Elán
Elán in New York, 2007
Background information
Origin	Bratislava, Slovakia
Genres	Pop rock
Years active	1968 (1968)–present
Website	www.elan.cz
Members	Jožo Ráž Ján Baláž Vašo Patejdl Peter Farnbauer Ľubo Horňák Štefan Bugala
Past members	Juraj Farkaš, Zdeno Baláž, Fero Turák; Martin Karvaš, Gabo Szabó, Juraj Kuchárek, Henry Tóth, Boris Brna

Elán is a Slovak pop-rock band, founded in 1968 by Jožo Ráž, Vašo Patejdl, Juraj Farkaš 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 90 thousand fans. They performed at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, Czech Republic as part of the championships' entertainment festivities.

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