Dead Rooster

Dead Rooster Мертвий Півень
File:Mertvyi Piven.jpg
Background information
Origin	Lviv, Ukraine
Genres	Rock, progressive rock, punk rock
Years active	1989–2011
Website	www.deadrooster.org.ua
Members	Misko Barbara Roman Chayka Oleh Suk Alex Slobodian Yurko Chopyk Marian Kozovy
Past members	Andriy Pyatakov Serfym Pozdnyakov Vadym Balayan Lyubomyr Futorsky Andriy Nadolsky Yaryna Yakubyak Roman Ross Ivan Nebesny Andriy Pidkivka

File:Місько Барбара (Fort.Missia 2011).jpg

Misko Barbara, lead vocalist of the band.

Dead Rooster or Mertvy Piven (Ukrainian: Мертвий Півень) is a Ukrainian rock band that formed in 1989. The first concert was given in 1990 at the first Vyvykh festival. Their debut album Eto recorded in 1991, at the end of the Chervona Ruta festival (Chervona Ruta), where the group took first prize in the category of performers art songs. Dead Rooster began as an acoustic band. During the second half of the 1990s, they evolved into a grunge/art-rock band, though their music can't be described by one particular style. Dead Rooster has changed personnel several times.

Many songs of the band were written in lyrics of Ukrainian poets like Yuri Andrukhovych, Maksym Rylsky, Oleksandr Irvanets, Viktor Neborak, Yurko Pozayak, Serhiy Zhadan, Natalka Bilotserkivets, Ihor Kalynets and Taras Shevchenko. The album Pisni Mertvoho Pivnya is based on the Andrukhovych's poetry collection of the same name.

In 2009 their song "Kiss" ("Potsilunok") was featured in the a soundtrack of Cold Souls, an American film directed by Sophie Barthes.

Members

Current

• Misko Barbara
• Roman Chayka
• Oleh Suk
• Alex Slobodian
• Yurko Chopyk
• Marian Kozovy

Past

• Andriy Pyatakov
• Serfym Pozdnyakov
• Vadym Balayan
• Lyubomyr Futorsky
• Andriy Nadolsky
• Yaryna Yakubyak
• Roman Ross
• Ivan Nebesny
• Andriy Pidkivka

Discography

1. 1992 - Ето (Eto)
2. 1993 - Мертвий півень '93 (Dead Rooster '93)
3. 1994 - Підземне зоо (1994) Live in studio (Pidzemne zoo (1994) Studio Live)
4. 1995 - Live у Львові (Live in Lviv)
5. 1996 - IL Testamento
6. 1997 - Міський бог Ерос (Misky Boh Eros)
7. 1998 - Шабадабада (Shabadabada)
8. 2003 - Афродизіяки (Afrodiziaky)
9. 2006 - Пісні Мертвого Півня (Pisni Mertvoho Pivnya)
10. 2008 - Кримінальні сонети (Kryminalni Sonety)
11. 2008 - Вибраний народом (Vybrany narodom)
12. 2009 - Made in ЮА (Made in UA)
13. 2011 - Радіо Афродита (Radio Afrodyta)

Links

• Official website
• Lyrics