H I S T O R Y

Rockband "Opium" was founded in 1997 by Oleksandr Ivashchuk and Andriy Elistratov. Brothers Yuri and Andriy Rebrina were engaged in a project by joint efforts of Oleksandr and Andrij. At the time of creative collaboration an album "Angelic Soul" was created. But it was not recorded because of absence of sufficient sponsorship.
Concerts with bands "Black&White", "Stroke", "Tramway #2", "Jeff"...
The first composition of rockband existed till 1999.

The first composition of rockband "Opium" (from left to right):
Yuri Rebryna, Andriy Rebryna, Oleksandr Ivashchuk, Andriy "Kabak" Elistratov

Thanks to acquaintance of Oleksandr Ivashchuk and Maksim Shurpeta the second composition of band appeared in 2001. Soon Stepan Kukhmistr and later Rostyslav Yakuts joined to rockband. In such composition a band created an album "Anatomy of the Pain" (that was not recorded for the same reasons) and existed till 2003.
Dmytro Golub Fnd Volodymyr Dubetsky also worked with band in the set time.
Dmytro "Mad" Kapranov provided technical support.
Concerts with bands "Perlyna Stepu", "Toksychnyy Fayl", "Manuskrypt", "Neon"...
Former members Rostyk Yakuts (presently band “Tini Zabutykh Predkiv”) and Stepan Kukhmistr (presently band “Postfactum”) continue to play music in other bands.

The second composition of rockband "Opium" (from left to right):
Oleksandr Ivashchuk, Maksym Shurpeta, Stepan Kukhmistr, Rostyslav Yakuts

Rockband "Opium" is thankfull to all who helped to support creative life of collective
and forgets none of his former participants

The third composition of rockband appeared in July, 2006.
Drummer Taras Basarab was working with band till July, 2007
Bassist Yuri Bakovskyy was working with band till October, 2011.

Today rockband "Opium" it is:
Oleksandr Ivashchuk – vocal, guitar
Roman Kucherak – guitar
Anton Minchuk – drums, percussion
Yaroslav Shved – keyboards
Volodymyr Kotliarov - cello
Sviatoslav Chetyrkin - bass

Rockband "Opium" (from left to right):
Yaroslav Shved, Roman Kucherak, Oleksandr Ivashchuk, Anton Minchuk, Volodymyr Kotliarov, Sviatoslav Chetyrkin

We’ll be glad to see you on our concerts :)