The Ukrainians

The Ukrainians

Infobox musical artist
Name = The Ukrainians


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Origin = Flagicon|England Leeds, England
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Genre = folk rock
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Years_active = 1991 - present
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Associated_acts = The Wedding Present
URL = [http://www.the-ukrainians.com/ the-ukrainians.com]
Current_members = Peter Solowka
Len Liggins
Roman Remeynes
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The Ukrainians are a British band which plays traditional Ukrainian music, heavily influenced by western post-punk.

The Ukrainians were formed by former Wedding Present guitarist Peter Solowka, with singer/violinist Len Liggins and mandolin player Roman Remeynes, who had all played on the Wedding Present's Ukrainian John Peel Sessions recordings ("Ukrayinski Vystupy v Johna Peela", released 1989).

Other band members have included

*Dave Lee - drums
*Woody - drums
*Chris Harrop - bass guitar
*Paul 'Dino' Briggs - bass guitar
*Allan Martin - bass guitar
*James Howe - bass guitar
*Stepan "Ludwig" Pasicznyk - accordion
*Steve Tymruk - accordion
*Paul Weatherhead - mandolin, sopilka
*Michael L.B. West - mandolin, guitar, piano, trumpet, duda

Albums include:
* The Ukrainians (1991)
* Vorony (1993)
* Live in Germany (1993)
* Kultura (1994)
* Drink to my Horse! The Ukrainians Live (2001)
* Respublika (2002)
* (2004)
* Live in Czeremcha (2008)

External links

* [http://www.the-ukrainians.com/ The Ukrainians] official site


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