The Ukrainians
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| The Ukrainians | |
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| Origin | Leeds, England |
| Genres | Folk rock |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Associated acts | The Wedding Present |
| Website | the-ukrainians.com |
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| Peter Solowka Len Liggins Steve Tymruk Paul Weatherhead James Howe Woody |
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The Ukrainians are a British band, which plays traditional Ukrainian music, heavily influenced by western post-punk.
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[edit] Career
The Ukrainians were formed in 1990 by Wedding Present guitarist Peter Solowka, with singer/violinist Len Liggins and mandolin player Roman Remeynes, after all three had played on the Wedding Present's Ukrainian John Peel Sessions recordings (Ukrayinski Vystupy v Johna Peela, released 1989). Following the success of that release, the trio began composing and recording in Ukrainian as a separate band.
In 1991, their first EP, Oi Divchino, was awarded Single of the Week by British music weekly, NME.[1] Notably, the video for this release was filmed in pre-revolution Kiev making them the first western band to produce a video entirely in Eastern Europe.[2]
In the same year, Solowka left the Wedding Present, later claiming that he had been kicked out, the success of the Ukrainian project making him the scapegoat for the band's lack of mainstream success.[3]
Since 1991, the band have released five studio albums as well as various live albums and EPs, all without chart success in the UK. They continue to tour regularly, especially in Poland and England. They are celebrating 20 years of the band in 2011 with a tour of British Ukrainian clubs.
[edit] Band members
Besides Solowka, Liggins and Remeynes, band members have included:
- Dave Lee - drums
- Woody - drums, percussion
- Chris Harrop - bass guitar
- Paul 'Dino' Briggs - bass guitar
- Allan Martin - bass guitar
- James Howe - bass guitar
- Stepan "Ludwig" Pasicznyk - accordion
- Steve Tymruk - accordion
- Paul Weatherhead - electric mandolin, sopilka, theremin
- Michael L.B. West - mandolin, guitar, piano, trumpet, duda, oud, 'cello, euphonium
The current line-up comprises Liggins, Solowka, Tymruk, Wood, Weatherhead and Howe.
[edit] Discography
Albums and EPs include:
- Oi Divchino (1991)
- The Ukrainians (1991)
- Pisni iz The Smiths (EP) (1992) (four songs by The Smiths translated into Ukrainian).
- Vorony (1993)
- Live in Germany (1993)
- Kultura (1994)
- Drink to my Horse! The Ukrainians Live (2001)
- Anarchy In The UK (EP) (2002) (three songs by the Sex Pistols translated into Ukrainian).
- Respublika (2002)
- Istoriya: The Best of the Ukrainians (2004)
- Live in Czeremcha (2008)
- Diaspora (2009)
[edit] References
- ^ "The Ukrainians history". http://www.the-ukrainians.com/history. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
- ^ "The Ukrainians history". http://www.the-ukrainians.com/history. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
- ^ "Interview with Peter Solowka". Something and Nothing. http://www.somethingandnothing.net/petersolowka.html. Retrieved 18 January 2011.
[edit] External links
- The Ukrainians official site
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