Srebyrnite grivni (

Bulgarian Bulgarian may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the country of Bulgaria * Bulgarians, a South Slavic ethnic group * Bulgarian language, a Slavic language * Bulgarian alphabet * A citizen of Bulgaria, see Demographics of Bulgaria * Bul ...

: "silver bracelets") was one of the first

rock music Rock music is a broad genre of popular music that originated as " rock and roll" in the United States in the late 1940s and early 1950s, developing into a range of different styles in the mid-1960s and later, particularly in the United States an ...

groups in

Bulgaria Bulgaria (; bg, България, Bǎlgariya), officially the Republic of Bulgaria,, ) is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern flank of the Balkans, and is bordered by Romania to the north, Serbia and North Macedon ...

. The band was created in 1964 in

Sofia Sofia ( ; bg, София, Sofiya, ) is the capital and largest city of Bulgaria. It is situated in the Sofia Valley at the foot of the Vitosha mountain in the western parts of the country. The city is built west of the Iskar river, and ha ...

, with founding members Valentin Stefanov (guitar and vocals), Aleksander Petrounov (bass and vocals), Troshan Vladovski (

rhythm guitar In music performances, rhythm guitar is a technique and role that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse in conjunction with other instruments from the rhythm section (e.g., drum kit, bass guitar ...

and vocals) and Zhorzhan Banov (percussions and vocals). Their first works were covers of

The Shadows The Shadows (originally known as the Drifters) were an English instrumental rock group, who dominated the British popular music charts in the late 1950s and early 1960s, in the pre- Beatles era. They served as the backing band for Cliff Richard ...

and The Kinks, in which renowned Bulgarian pop artist Boris Gudzhunov took part as well. Later the band played a mixture of rock and Bulgarian folk music (many times in complicated time signatures); more specifically, they created a number of rock adaptations of folk songs, with which they had considerable success. During that period, they collaborated with the likes of composer

Milcho Leviev Milcho Leviev ( bg, Милчо Левиев ; December 19, 1937 – October 12, 2019) was a Bulgarian composer, arranger, and jazz pianist. Career Leviev was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, and graduated from the Bulgarian State Academy of Music in 1 ...

and pop and rock musician Georgi Minchev. The band split in 1971. One of the key founding members, Alexander Petrounov (vocals, bass) currently lives in South Florida. He is the founder of Petrounov Musical Instruments (PMI). PMI designs and builds 4- and 5-string basses, 5-string fretless basses, and electric guitars. Troshan Vladovski moved to North America in 1981 and lived between

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and

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, where his daughter Leah LaBelle was born.

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at Bulgarian Rock Archives Bulgarian rock music groups Musical groups established in 1964 1964 establishments in Bulgaria {{Europe-band-stub