Vladimír Mišík
Vladimír Mišík (born 8 March 1947) is a Czech musician and politician. He is the founder or co-founder of the bands Matadors, Blue Effect, and Etc.... Career Music Mišík founded his first band, Uragán, as a teenager. Later, he became the lead singer of Komety, where he met Radim Hladík, with whom he also played in Fontána (later known as The Matadors). He also sang in Karel Duba's band. In 1968, Mišík and Hladík co-founded the band Blue Effect. In 1970, Mišík left Blue Effect and became a member of Flamengo, with whom he recorded Kuře v hodinkách, the only studio album the band released. The record, published in 1972, was banned by the Communist regime under Normalization and the group broke up the same year. During this period, Mišík also briefly sang with Energit. In 1974, he founded his own band, called Etc..., with which he is active to this day. He also occasionally performed with Vladimír Merta and Jan Hrubý in the folk rock band Čundrgrund. In 1982, Mišík was banned from performing by the Communist government, though he was permitted to resume musical activities by 1985. In 2004, Mišík was inducted into the Beatová síň slávy (Beat