Biography
Prúdy
Effective period / Period of releases: 1968 - 2017
Members: Peter Baran, Ján Lauko, František Griglák, Tomáš Berka, Anton Jaro, Laco Lučenič, Juraj Griglák, Andrej Šeban, Marcel Buntaj, Martin Karvaš, Dušan Hájek, Ján Lehotský, Cyril Zeleňák, Pavol Kozma, Martin Valihora, Martin Gašpar, Juraj Kupec, Ján Baláž, Martin Hanzel, Tomáš Rédey, Peter Saller, Marián Varga, Vlado Mallý, Anton Kuruc, Jozef Farkaš, Alexander Filo, Ivan Belák, Ľubomír Plai, Jaroslav Filip, Gabriel Szabó, Vladimír Kaššay, Peter Petro, Ľubor Dolinský, Milan Ruček, Pavol Barna, Dušan Banyák, Igor Skovay, František Machats, Anton Lančarič
Slovak rock group. Formed in 1963 as “The Jets” (English for “Prúdy”) by Pavol Hammel. The first Slovak rock group to have an LP album released: “Zvoňte, Zvonky” in 1969. In the 1970s the group morphed into being more of Hammel’s “trademark” for his backing band with ever changing line-ups; for instance, in the late 1970s the line-up was nearly identical to Fermáta.