Artist description The music of the "Hysteria Orchestra" exsits in grunge/funk/jazz/ territory somewhere between eccentric and ecstatic.

Music Style Alternative rock

Musical Influences Grunge & modern electronic music

Similar Artists Faith No More, Fun Lovin' Criminals, Propellerheads, Pearl Jam

Artist History The band was formed in Russia in 1995. The first gig took place at abandoned boat garage by the Moscow River on the dark night of February 24th, 1996. The night went well and the audience screamed for more... vodka! That night the band members became popular among young chicks who gave their generous love away. Only two from original band setup could carry that heavy burden to these present days. These were Andrew Shevchuk and Roman Baranov. Autumn 1996 the original band core was created and "Hysteria" stormed Moscow rock clubs and scenes.In 1998 at the tiny studio the band recorded their first album "Spring. Not Yours". The recording as well as duplicating of 1000 copies was self-sponsored. Farewell to grunge! Since then the group performance has changed significantlly."Hysteria" transformed into "Hysteria Orchestra". New band members brought up the new sounds of jazz and modern electronic music.The band are still full of ideas and lack of money realising them.

Group Members HYSTERIA: Andrew "Chief" Shevchuk - guitar. Roman Baranov - vocals. Alex Allenov - bass. Oleg Nikulin - drums. ORCHESTRA: Alex Pantukhin - keyboards, percussion, accordeon. Ilya "Big" Kazakov - acoustic guitar, vibraphone, percussion. Andrew Kulyasov - DJ.

Instruments Guitars, bass, drums, percussion, keyboards, vibraphone, groove box.

Albums "Spring. Not Yours" (1998)

Location Zhukovsky, Moscow region - Russia

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