2. The most popular Ukrainian rock band
• Okean Elzy is one of the most successful and popular
Ukrainian rock bands. It was formed in 1994 in Lviv,
Ukraine.
• The band's vocalist and frontman is Svyatoslav
Vakarchuk
• Okean Elzy is one of the best-loved Ukrainian rock
bands not only in Ukraine but also in most CIS
countries.
• In April 2007 Okean Elzy received FUZZ Magazine
music awards for "Best rock act"
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4. History
• The band Okean Elzy was founded in 1994 by
four young men from Lviv.
• Their first concert took place in front of the Lviv
Opera Theatre on 14 January 1995.
• In 1996 Okean Elzy also held their first concert
outside Lviv. Their first appearance in Kiev took
place in 1996 where they supported Deep Purple.
5. • The band's big break came in 1998, when they
made the decision to move to Kiev.
• There they started working on their first album
Tam, de nas nema ("There, where we are not").
• The group's first music video was recorded for
the song "Tam, de nas nema". This video was the
first piece of modern Ukrainian.
