Vopli Vidoplyasova, a Ukrainian rock band founded in 1986 in Kiev by guitarist
Yuri Zdorenko and bassist Oleksandr Pipa. The group's name is derived from
Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel The Village of Stepanchikovo. Their first performance
took place at the Kyiv rock club on October 30, 1987, with vocalist Oleh Skrypka
and drummer Serhiy Sakhno. Their music is influenced by folk, patriotic songs,
punk, hard rock, heavy metal, and electronic music. In 1989, they recorded a
session at the Faberge Hall of Culture in Kyiv, releasing it as Tantsi. In 1990,
the band released Hey, O.K. on Kob...