It all began in 1994 when Yuri Zhuravel realized his dream - assembled a band. Three young guys from city of Rivne with pompadours and double-bass decided to sing in Ukrainian, breaking rules and canons of traditional rockabilly. This made them stand out amongst other bands. Though at first this decision brought many problems, soon the band’s unique approach helped to overcome existing stereotypes. Their music did not fit into the classical rockabilly framework, so they’ve invented “Ukrabilly”, which used Ukrainian folk music instead of American country music as an inspiration. Moreover, their appearance, behavior on stage, costumes and exclusive electro-goat-bass (based on Ukrainian folk instrument) added originality and it became impossible to confuse them with someone else.
Since the late 90s “OT VINTA” are touring nonstop. In recent years “OT VINTA” perform a lot in Europe - Ukrabilly is played at “Hodokvas” (Slovakia), “Zwarte Cross Fest” (Holland), “Visagino Country” (Lithuania), “Campus Fest” (Germany) and “Hinter-Tux Fest” (Austria). They are well known in Poland since the early 2000s because of their appearances at “Lemko’s Vatra”, “Podlasie Autumn”, “Psychobilly night”, “Breakout” and other major festivals. All of Russia loves these cheerful patriots - from Bryansk and far beyond the Urals. In 2012, the band represented Ukraine at the international Polish festival “Sopot Top of the Top 2012” with the song ""Ukraine" Between My Legs”. It’s hard to imagine a major Ukrainian music festival without them: "Nivroku", "Rock Sich", "Independence Day with Makhno", "Slavske Rock", "Zahid", "Ukrabilly Explosion", "Mazepa Fest", "Tarasova Mountain" "Goblin show", "Unizh", "Fortress", "Haydamaka.UA", "Franko-Fest", "Republic", "Obnowa-Fest" and many others.

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