Olympic

Czech rock group from Prague. Formed in 1963 after the breakup of “Karkulka”. Apart from their resident stage at club “Olympik”, they also performed as a house band of the Semafor Theatre Prague, where they premiered in the “Ondráš podotýká” music show on 11 November 1963. They debuted on 7" vinyl in 1964 as a studio backing band for Karel Gott and Yvonne Přenosilová, albeit uncredited. Initially led by Karel Mareš, briefly by Miloslav Růžek, and since 1965 by Petr Janda. During their stay in France 1968–1969 they were recording as the “Five Travellers”. Still actively performing as of 2017. 1963–1965: Karel Mareš - leader, manager Petr Janda - lead guitar Miroslav Berka - keyboards Pavel Chrastina - bass guitar František Ringo Čech - drums Miloslav Růžek - saxophone Jaromír Klempíř - keyboards Jiří Laurent - guitar Miki Volek - lead vocals Pavel Bobek - lead vocals Yvonne Přenosilová - lead vocals Pavel Šváb - lead vocals Josef Laufer - lead vocals 1965: Petr Janda - lead guitar, vocals Miroslav Berka - keyboards Pavel Chrastina - bass guitar, vocals Ladislav Klein - rhythm guitar, vocals František Ringo Čech - drums Miki Volek - occasional lead vocals 1966–1969: Miki Volek - lead vocals Petr Janda - lead guitar, vocals Miroslav Berka - keyboards Pavel Chrastina - bass guitar, vocals Ladislav Klein - rhythm guitar, vocals Jan Antonín Pacák - drums, vocals 1969–1971: Petr Janda - lead guitar, vocals Miroslav Berka - keyboards Jan Hauser - bass guitar, vocals Ladislav Klein - rhythm guitar, vocals Jan Antonín Pacák - drums, vocals 1971–1972: Petr Janda - lead guitar, lead vocals Miroslav Berka - keyboards, vocals Petr Hejduk - drums, vocals Jiří Korn - bass guitar, lead vocals Ladislav Klein - rhythm guitar, vocals 1972–1973: Petr Janda - guitar, lead vocals Miroslav Berka - keyboards, vocals Petr Hejduk - drums, vocals Jiří Korn - bass guitar, lead vocals 1973: Petr Janda - guitar, lead vocals Miroslav Berka - keyboards, vocals Petr Hejduk - drums, vocals Ladislav Chvalkovský - bass guitar, vocals 1974–1975: Petr Janda - guitar, lead vocals Miroslav Berka - keyboards, vocals Petr Hejduk - drums, vocals Pavel Petráš - bass guitar, vocals 1975–1985: Petr Janda - guitar, lead vocals Miroslav Berka - keyboards, vocals Petr Hejduk - drums, vocals Milan Broum - bass guitar, vocals 1986–1987: Petr Janda - guitar, lead vocals Miroslav Berka - keyboards, vocals Milan Broum - bass guitar, vocals Milan Peroutka - drums Jiří Valenta - keyboards, vocals 1987–2013: Petr Janda - guitar, lead vocals Milan Broum - bass guitar, vocals Jiří Valenta - keyboards, vocals Milan Peroutka - drums [with occasional longer breaks and changing lineups – partly due to illness or injury – including guests and former members] 2013–2020: Petr Janda - guitar, lead vocals Milan Broum - bass guitar, vocals Jiří Valenta - keyboards, vocals Martin Vajgl - drums 2020–present: Petr Janda - guitar, lead vocals Milan Broum - bass guitar, vocals Pavel Březina - keyboards, vocals Martin Vajgl - drums