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 and , albeit uncredited.
Initially led by , briefly by , and since 1965 by . During their stay in France 19681969 they were recording as the .
Still actively performing as of 2017.
19631965:
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
19661969:
Petr Janda - lead guitar, vocals
Miroslav Berka - keyboards
Pavel Chrastina - bass guitar, vocals
Ladislav Klein - rhythm guitar, vocals
Jan Antonín Pacák - drums, vocals
19691971:
Petr Janda - lead guitar, vocals
Miroslav Berka - keyboards
Jan Hauser - bass guitar, vocals
Ladislav Klein - rhythm guitar, vocals
Jan Antonín Pacák - drums, vocals
19711972:
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
19721973:
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
19741975:
Petr Janda - guitar, lead vocals
Miroslav Berka - keyboards, vocals
Petr Hejduk - drums, vocals
Pavel Petráš - bass guitar, vocals
19751985:
Petr Janda - guitar, lead vocals
Miroslav Berka - keyboards, vocals
Petr Hejduk - drums, vocals
Milan Broum - bass guitar, vocals
19861987:
Petr Janda - guitar, lead vocals
Miroslav Berka - keyboards, vocals
Milan Broum - bass guitar, vocals
Milan Peroutka - drums
Jiří Valenta - keyboards, vocals
19872013:
Petr Janda - guitar, lead vocals
Milan Broum - bass guitar, vocals
Jiří Valenta - keyboards, vocals
Milan Peroutka - drums
2013present:
Petr Janda - guitar, lead vocals
Milan Broum - bass guitar, vocals
Jiří Valenta - keyboards, vocals
Martin Vajgl - drums
Name Vars
- Big Beatová Skupina Olympic
- Gruppe 'Olympic'
- Gruppe Olympic
- Olympic
- Olympic Big Beat Prag
- Olympic Big Beat Prague
- Olympic Big-Beat, Prag
- Olympic-Big Beat, Prag
- Olympics
- Olympik
- The Olympic
- The Olympic Group
- The Olympics
- Ансамбль \
- Ансамбль «Олимпик»
Members
- Petr Janda
- Milan Broum
- Miroslav Berka
- Petr Hejduk
- Jiří Korn
- Jana Feriová
- Martin Vajgl
- Jaromír Klempíř
- František Ringo Čech
- Ladislav Chvalkovský
- Pavel Chrastina
- Milan Peroutka
- Jiří Valenta
- Pavel Bobek
- Vlasta Kahovcová
- Pavel Březina
- Petr Kaplan
- Jan Antonín Pacák
- Pavel Petráš
- Ladislav Klein
- Jan Hauser
- Miki Volek
- Miloslav Růžek
- Pavel Šváb
- Jiří Laurent