Braty Hadiukiny ( uk, Брати Гадюкіни), or simply Hady ( uk, Гади) is a Ukrainian rock band from
Lviv
Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukrain ...
, one of the most successful Ukrainian bands of
Soviet
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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 last name Hadyukin is derived from the word ''hadyuka'', or "
viper
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". The abbreviation literally means "
snake
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s" (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
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe.
Kyi ...
which was a big event in Ukrainian media space and was visited by a lot of famous people (including
Okean Elzy
Okean Elzy ( uk, Океан Ельзи, translation: ''Elza's Ocean'') is a Ukrainian rock band. It was formed in 1994 in Lviv, Ukraine. The band's vocalist and frontman is Svyatoslav Vakarchuk. In April 2007 Okean Elzy received ''FUZZ Magazine'' ...
and others. In 2014 the rest of the band members released a new album (the first one since 1996).
* Narkomany na horodi
* Misyachne syaivo tvoho tila
* Zviozdochka moya
* America
* Vso chotko!
* Istoriya odniyei kurvy
Awards
* On February 26, 2018, band received "YUNA-2018" music award in a special nomination "For special achievements".
Fun facts
*Band's songs are heard in the first Ukrainian animated cartoon series " Mykyta the Fox".
*Band's songs are heard in Ukrainian comedy TV show Dovhonosyky Show
*Hady once had one assistant, who was officially considered a porter, but was actually responsible for preparation of opiates before concerts Інтерв'ю Сергія Кузьмінського /ref>
* Once the drummer of the band Mikhail Lundin, being in a state of narcotic withdrawal, on the train
Kyiv
Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the seventh-most populous city in Europe.
Kyi ...
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Moscow
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blocked the way for border guards by emptying between carloads.
*Band's songs are heard in the ICTV series "Cop from the Past" (2020)
*Braty Hadiukiny song "Файне місто Тернопіль" (Ternopil Cool City) became an unofficial hymn of Ternopil and even brought the name to the annual rock festival «Файне місто» (Cool City) - even though the song is depicting a life of 17-year old junky who had recently fled away from his parents, now using different types of junk and sleeping with an underaged girl. In his interview Serhiy Kuzminskyi commented this: "If I had known that this reat popularity of the songwould happen, I would have written more decent words. Disgraceful song, I must say…”