Dead Rooster

Dead Rooster
Мертвий Півень
Dead Rooster; Мертвий Півень
Background information
Origin	Lviv, Ukraine
Genres	Rock, progressive rock, punk rock, folk
Years active	1989–2011, 2023 — ...
Members	Roman Chayka ; Oleh Suk ; Alex Slobodian ; Yurko Chopyk ; Marian Kozovy, ; Yurii Roketskyi
Past members	Andriy Pyatakov ; Serfym Pozdnyakov ; Vadym Balayan ; Lyubomyr Futorsky (deceased) ; Andriy Nadolsky ; Yaryna Yakubyak ; Roman Ross ; Ivan Nebesnyy ; Andriy Pidkivka ; Misko Barbara (deceased)
Website	www.deadrooster.org.ua

Dead Rooster or Mertvy Piven (Ukrainian: Мертвий Півень) was a Ukrainian rock band that was formed by Lyubomyr Futorsky in 1989. The first concert was held in 1990 at the first Vyvykh festival. Their debut album Eto was recorded in 1991, at the end of the Chervona Ruta festival (named for the flower 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 cannot be described by one particular style. Dead Rooster has changed personnel several times.

Many of the band's songs used lyrics from Ukrainian poets, including 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 Andrukhovych's poetry collection of the same name.

In 2009, their song "Kiss" ("Potsilunok") was featured in the soundtrack of Cold Souls, an American film directed by Sophie Barthes.^[1]

On May 22, 2023, at the concert "Bird. Serhiy Zhadan and Friends" the band appeared after a 12-year break with new vocalist Yurii Roketskyi.^[2]

Name origin

The history of the band's name is connected with the Stary Lviv cafe, where they often met. At the entrance to the institution hung a weather vane (an iron figure of a rooster), which they called dead. Hence, the idea of the name "Dead Rooster" arose.^[3]

Members

Current

Past

Discography

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

References

^ doluchaysia (16 October 2009). "A Song By Ukrainian Musicians Becomes The Soundtrack To The American Film - [UA] Ukrainian Film Office". Retrieved 21 September 2024.
^ Zaxid.net (23 May 2023). "«Це буде інша історія»". ZAXID.NET (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 21 September 2024.
^ Olha Bomko (26 May 2022). "Історія львівського гурту "Мертвий Півень"" [The history of the Lviv band "Dead Rooster"] (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.
^ ""Шок і сум": пішов із життя один із засновників гурту "Мертвій Півень"" ["Shock and sadness": one of the founders of the band "Dead Rooster" passed away]. focus.ua (in Ukrainian). Фокус. 21 February 2023. Archived from the original on 21 February 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2024.
^ "У Харкові помер фронтмен відомої української рок-групи "Мертвий півень" Місько Барбара" [Misko Barbara, the frontman of the famous Ukrainian rock group "Dead Rooster", died in Kharkiv]. focus.ua (in Ukrainian). Фокус. 11 October 2021. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2024.

External links

[1] uchaysia (16 October 2009). "A Song By Ukrainian Musicians Becomes The Soundtrack To The American Film - [UA] Ukrainian Film Office". Retrieved 21 September 2024.

[2] Zaxid.net (23 May 2023). "«Це буде інша історія»". ZAXID.NET (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 21 September 2024.

[3] Olha Bomko (26 May 2022). "Історія львівського гурту "Мертвий Півень"" [The history of the Lviv band "Dead Rooster"] (in Ukrainian). Archived from the original on 27 September 2022. Retrieved 30 May 2022.

[4] ""Шок і сум": пішов із життя один із засновників гурту "Мертвій Півень"" ["Shock and sadness": one of the founders of the band "Dead Rooster" passed away]. focus.ua (in Ukrainian). Фокус. 21 February 2023. Archived from the original on 21 February 2023. Retrieved 7 February 2024.

[5] "У Харкові помер фронтмен відомої української рок-групи "Мертвий півень" Місько Барбара" [Misko Barbara, the frontman of the famous Ukrainian rock group "Dead Rooster", died in Kharkiv]. focus.ua (in Ukrainian). Фокус. 11 October 2021. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2024.

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