"They
played upbeat reggae with touches of Ukrainian music"
There are special songs for all of the key events in human life. Anthems
are written to keep people's hopes alive and to help them to overcome
obstacles. Every country has an anthem, in which the main aspirations
of a nation, are embodied. And every revolution has its own anthem - an
incarnation of a common objective, that reminds us of this memorable event.7
The Orange Revolution, which took place at the end of 2004 in the Ukraine,
also had its anthem. 'Together We Are Many, We Can't Be Defeated!' was
the main slogan that sounded out for several weeks on the main squares
of the Ukraine's cities and towns. It was the slogan of a great awakening
of the Ukrainian people and has inspired musicians to compose an accompanying
song for the most prominent event in the recent history of our country.
The band from Ivano-Frankivsk had composed a song, which became a soundtrack
to the famous autumn events. It is even called the same: 'Razom Nas Bahato
- Nas Ne Podolaty!' ('Together We Are Many, We Can't Be Defeated!')
Before becoming members of the Greenjolly band, two Romans met in 1992.
Roman Kostyuk, serving a military training in Ivano-Frankivsk, met Roman
Kalyn at the Officers House. They had some common musical interests. Roman
Kostyuk was fond of playing guitar and Roman Kalyn, who had graduated
from music school on the accordion, already played in the band called
Zakhid (West).
After developing a fruitful creative friendship, the guys became members
of the Nemamarli (No Marley) band - a name which says something about
the music they played. They played upbeat reggae with touches of Ukrainian
music. Later, the musicians changed their music ideology and began to
play more serious or 'heavy' music: rock ballads.
In 1997 they created a band of their own - Greenjolly (by the way, this
word means wooden sledge in Hutsul dialect). Greenjolly frequently played
in Ivano-Frankivsk and other Ukrainian cities and took part in various
festivals. The third band member, Andriy Pisetskyi (keyboards and saxophone)
is an old mutual friend and recently has joined the band. The first performance
of the band in full strength took place in February 2005.
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