Mikoláš Chadima (born 9 September 1952 in

Cheb Cheb (; ) is a town in the Karlovy Vary Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 33,000 inhabitants. It lies on the Ohře River. Before the Expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia, expulsion of Germans in 1945, the town was the centre of the G ...

) is a Czech musician and composer. Besides singing he plays saxophone, guitar, flute and harmonica. His early bands include ''The Three Fellows'', ''Purple Fleas'', Petroleum Company, ''Yellow Defect'', ''Inrou'' and ''Elektrobus''. In 1976, he joined JJ Neduha's band ''Extempore''. He became a leader of the band after Neduha's leaving two years later. He founded his own band ''MCH Band'' in 1982. He also collaborated with Pavel Fajt and

Mňága a Žďorp Mňága a Žďorp is a Czech rock band from Valašské Meziříčí. A precursor of the group was formed in 1983 under the name Slepé střevo. The band's lineup has changed frequently over the years and currently consists of Petr Fiala on guita ...

. In 1985, he wrote a book called ''Alternativa'' which was originally published in

samizdat Samizdat (, , ) was a form of dissident activity across the Eastern Bloc in which individuals reproduced censored and underground makeshift publications, often by hand, and passed the documents from reader to reader. The practice of manual rep ...

. In 1979, he signed

Charter 77 Charter 77 (''Charta 77'' in Czech language, Czech and Slovak language, Slovak) was an informal civic initiative in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic from 1976 to 1992, named after the document Charter 77 from January 1977. Founding members ...

. His father Jiří Chadima (1923) is a painter.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Chadima, Mikolas 1952 births Living people Czech guitarists Czech male guitarists Czech saxophonists 21st-century Czech male singers People from Cheb 20th-century saxophonists Charter 77 signatories Czech male composers Czech composers 20th-century Czech male singers Czechoslovak male singers