caption current_members website years_active article_title past_members background genre image origin name
elán in new york , 2007 jožo horňák boris brna ráž ján baláž vašo patejdl peter farnbauer Ľubo www.elan.cz 1969 -- present elán -lrb- band -rrb-
 juraj martin karvaš , gabo szabó , juraj kuchárek , henry farkaš tóth , zdeno baláž , fero turák ; group_or_band pop rock 20070921 224340 elan klanacka.jpg bratislava , slovakia elán
elán -lrb- band -rrb-

elán is a slovak pop-rock band , founded in 1969 by jožo ráž , juraj farkaš , vašo patejdl and ján 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 .
