The Matadors (2)

Czech psychedelic garage rock and rhythm’n’blues group, formed in early 1965. The classic line-up broke up in summer 1968 with the departure of [a=Viktor Sodoma], [a=Jan F. Obermayer] and [a=Radim Hladík]. [a=Otto Bezloja] and [a=Tony Black (3)] with new members then secured a prestigious gig in Munich, West Germany: in 1968–1969 they worked as the backing band for the German version of musical “Haare (Hair)”, under [a=Hanus Berka]’s musical direction. In Germany, they were sometimes also credited as “The Broadway Matadors”. The nucleus of the last incarnation then formed [a=Emergency (6)] in 1970.
Since the mid-1970s two Matadors tracks were also repeatedly unofficially released in Germany under the name “[a=Steve Cannings]”.
In the 2000s the group has partially reunited, still occasionally performing as a “special guest” of Radim Hladík’s [a=The Blue Effect] as of 2010.