Blue Effect (band)

Blue Effect in Písek, 2007.

Blue Effect is a Czech progressive rock band, also operating under the names M. Efekt, Modrý efekt or The Special Blue Effect since their formation in 1968. The line up included Radim Hladík, formerly of The Matadors. They changed several times their style from rhythm and blues, across jazz fusion to art rock.

Radim Hladik playing in Prague, 8 May 2010

The current line-up is:
Radim Hladík - guitars
Jan Křížek - vocal, guitar
Václav Zima - drums
Vojtěch Říha - bassguitar, vocal

Blue Effect in 2012

Albums

• Nová Syntéza (1971)

External links

• Official Site
• Na první akci letošního pražského jara zazní rock v podání Blue Effectu (iDnes) (Czech)
• Blue Effect Radima Hladíka zahrají v Rock Café netradičně unplugged (freemusic.cz) (Czech)
• Blue Effect v Opavě, Ostravě i Raškovicích (ceskydomov.cz) (Czech)