The Ukrainians
Origin	Leeds, England
Genres	folk rock
Years active	1991 - present
Associated acts	The Wedding Present
Website	the-ukrainians.com
Members
Peter Solowka Len Liggins Steve Tymruk Paul Weatherhead Michael L.B. West James Howe Woody

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, percussion
• 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 - electric mandolin, sopilka, theremin
• Michael L.B. West - mandolin, guitar, piano, trumpet, duda, oud, 'cello, euphonium

The current line-up comprises Liggins, Solowka, West, Tymruk, Wood, Weatherhead and Howe.

Albums include:

• The Ukrainians (1991)
• Pisni iz The Smiths (ep) (1992) (four songs by The Smiths translated into Ukrainian).
• Vorony (1993)
• Live in Germany (1993)
• Kultura (1994)
• Drink to my Horse! The Ukrainians Live (2001)
• Anarchy In The Uk (ep) (2002) (three songs by The Sex Pistols translated into Ukrainian).
• Respublika (2002)
• Istoriya: The Best of the Ukrainians (2004)
• Live in Czeremcha (2008)
• Diaspora (2009)

[edit] External links

• The Ukrainians official site

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