Reddy

Czech vocalist and guitarist.

Born May 28, 1942 in Prague (former Czechoslovakia). Sometimes also credited as “Reddy Kirken”. Member of the Hell’s Devils (1963–1964) and Komety (1967–1968), with the latter he pioneered gritty soul and funk music in Czechoslovakia. In summer 1968 he replaced Viktor Sodoma as the lead singer of The Matadors, who would soon thereafter depart to Munich, West Germany, to work as the backing band of the German production of musical Hair (Haare - "Haare" Ensemble). Lead singer of Emergency 1970–1972. In the late 1970s vocalist with the Czech–German disco outfit [a=Gold (15)] (later known as Gold Band). Still lives in Munich, Germany.