Braty Hadiukiny
| Braty Hadiukiny Брати Гадюкіни | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Lviv, Ukraine |
| Genres | rock'n'roll, blues, punk, reggae, funk, folk |
| Years active |
1988-1996 2006–present |
| Website |
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Braty Hadiukiny (Ukrainian: Брати Гадюкіни), or simply Hady (Ukrainian: Гади) is a Ukrainian rock band from Lviv, one of the most successful Ukrainian bands of Soviet times. The band's musical style combines different genres such as rock'n'roll, blues, punk, reggae, funk and folk. Ironic song lyrics contain a lot of local vernacularisms, slang and surzhyk. The name translates as "Hadyukin Brothers", where the fictional surname Hadyukin is derived from the word hadyuka, or "viper". The abbreviation literally means "snakes" (In Ukrainian the two words are cognates.)
The band was active mainly between 1988 and 1996. In January 2006 they held a big solo concert in Kyiv which was a big event in Ukrainian media space and was visited by a lot of famous people (including the then prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko). After the band's leader Serhiy Kuzminskyi died in 2009 a big tribute concert was held in 2011, joined by prominent Ukrainian rock musicians such as Komu Vnyz, Vopli Vidoplyasova, Okean Elzy and others. In 2014 the rest of the band members released a new album (the first one since 1996).
Members
- Current
- Ihor Melnychuk (Ігор «Ковбаса» Мельничук) — bass, vocals.
- Pavlo Krakhmal'ov (Павло Крахмальов) — keyboards, vocals.
- Henadiy Verbianyi (Генадій «Геша» Вербяний) — guitar.
- Mykhailo Lundin (Михайло «Лузя» Лундін) — drums, back vocals
- Liliya Pavlyk-Kuvaldina (Лілія Павлик-Кувалдіна) — back vocals.
- Olena Romanovska (Олена Романовська) — back vocals.
- Andriy Skachko (Андрій Скачко) — guitar (new)
- Anton Buryko (Антон Бурико) — trumpet (new)
- Volodymyr Pushkar (Володимир Пушкар) — trombone (new)
- Nazar Vachevskyi (Назар Вачевський) — saxophone (new)
- Past
- Serhiy Kuzminskyi (Сергій «Кузя» Кузьмінський) — vocals, keyboards, lyrics, music (1987-1996)
- Oleksandr Yemets (Олександр «Шуля» Ємець) — saxophone, lyrics, music (1987-1989)
- Oleksandr Hamburg (Олександр Гамбург) — bass, vocals (1987-1991)
- Andriy Partyka (Андрій Партика) — guitar (1987—1994)
- Ernest Khreptyk (Ернест «Кабан» Хрептик) — guitar (1991—1992)
- Stepan Koval (Степан Коваль) — wind instruments (1991—1992)
- Bohdan Vatashchuk (Богдан Ватащук) — wind instruments (1991—1992)
- Oleh Kachechka (Олег Качечка) — wind instruments (1991-1992)
- Yuliya Donchenko (Юлія Донченко) — back vocals (1994)
- Bohdan Yura (Богдан Юра) — saxophone (1994—1995)
Discography
- Studio albums
- 1989 Vso chotko! (Всьо чотко!)
- 1991 My — khloptsi z Bandershtadtu (Ми — хлопці з Бандерштадту)
- 1994 Bulo ne liubyty (Було не любити)
- 1996 Shchaslyvoyi dorohy (Bye, bye, myla) (Щасливої дороги! (Бай, бай, мила!))
- 2014 Made in Ukraine
- Live albums
- 2000 Na!Zhyvo (НА!ЖИВО) (live recordings of 1994—1995)
- 2006 Live à Bruxelles (live from Brussels, 29 October 1992)
- 2006 Vrodylo (Вродило) 2CD, DVD (live from Kyiv, 20 January 2006)
- DVD
- 2011 Ya vernuvsia domiv (Я вернувся домів. Концерт пам'яті Сергія Кузьмінського) (live tribute)
- Other
- 2007 Love Story (love songs newly recorded)
- 2011 Ya vernuvsia domiv (Я вернувся домів) (tribute)