The Hatters is a Russian gypsy-
folk-rock band formed in
2016
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in
St. Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
. The members of the group are
Yuri Yurievich Muzychenko
Yuri Yurievich Muzychenko (born July 8, 1987) is a Russian musician and video blogger, frontman and one of the founders of the folk-rock group ' The Hatters'.
From 12 to 16 May 2020, Muzychenko was supposed to represent Russia, alongside the g ...
, Pavel Lichadeev, Alexander "Kikir" Anisimov, Dmitry Vecherinin and Anna Muzychenko.
History
The group was formed on February 23, 2016, by publishing their first song "Russian Style" on their
YouTube
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channel.
On 22 September 2016, the band published the video "I'm Not Easy Buddy" on their YouTube channel.
On 17 September and 19 November of the same year, the band gave joint concerts with
Little Big and
Tatarka in large venues in St. Petersburg and Moscow. On 7 November, they performed with the
Emir Kusturica
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and
Gorgan Bregovich On 10 November 2016, the music video for "Russian Style" was published.
On 28 December, the group released their first
EP "Stay True".
In February 2017, the band performed at
Krestovsky Stadium
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as part of the ''Radio Zenit'' festival.
On 21 April 2017, the group released their first album "Full Hat". On 26 April, the group performed the song "I'm Not Easy Buddy" on the Russian TV channel "
Channel One". On 30 October 2017, they presented a song from their new album "Forever Young, Forever Drunk". The album released on 1 December 2017.
Leader of the band Yuri Muzychenko, was the backing vocals in the
Russian Eurovision 2020 song "
UNO" by
Little Big.
The album "Golden Hits" was released on 3 December 2021.
Musical style
The band calls themself a "Russian-Gypsy street folk alcoholic hardcore on spiritual instruments".
Band composition
Current composition
*Yuri Muzychenko - vocals,
violin
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(since 2016)
*Pavel "Pash-Milash" Lichadeev - vocals,
accordion (since 2016)
*Alexander "Kikir" Anisimov - bass (since 2016)
*Anna Muzychenko - backing vocals,
percussion
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(since 2016)
*Dmitry "Milash 2.0" Vecherinin -
drums (since 2016)
*Daniil Mustaev - Director (since 2016)
Former members
*Anna Lichadeeva (2016-2020) - backing vocals, percussion
*Vadim Rulev (2016-2020) -
trombone
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*Altair Kozhakhmetov (2018-2020) -
trumpet
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Discography
Albums and EPs
Singles
Features
Videography
Music videos
Cameos in other Music Videos
Awards and nominations
References
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Russian rock music groups
Russian folk rock groups
Folk punk groups
Gypsy punk groups
Ska punk musical groups
2016 establishments in Russia
Russian activists against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine