The Matadors (band)

[1] Pra-Be gave Fontana bassist Otto Bezloja and organist Jan "Farmer" Obermayer, while guitarist Radim Hladík and vocalist Vladimír Mišík came from Komety.

[2] Fontána's manager and former drummer, Wilfried Jelinek, who had been replaced on drum duties by Miroslav "Tony Black" Schwarz, secured the band a promotional deal with Demusa, an East German manufacturer of sound equipment and music instruments.

[3][2] The Matadors performed exclusively in East Germany until April 1966, their live repertoire consisting mostly of cover versions of songs by beat groups such as the Who, the Kinks, or the Small Faces.

They were replaced by ex-Komety lead singer Miloš "Reddy" Vokurka, Jiří Matoušek on keyboards, and Petr Netopil and Michail Vračko on guitars.

Best remembered was his 1971–1973 collaboration with Shut Up, later known as the František Ringo Čech Group, with whom he recorded numerous "bubble-gum" singles and one side of his only solo album.