Mad Heads

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Name = Mad Heads


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Origin = Kiev
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Genre = Neo-Rockabilly
Psychobilly
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Years_active = 2003
Label = Crazy Love Records
Comp Music EMI
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URL = [http://www.madheads.kiev.ua madheads.kiev.ua]
Current_members = Vadym Krasnooky
Maxym Krasnooky
Bogdan

Ocheretyany
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Mad Heads is a Ukrainian psychobilly band from Kiev well-known at Western Europe psychobilly scene.

History

It was back in 1991 when Vadim Krasnooky started the first neo-rockabilly/psychobilly band of Ukraine. The style was completely unknown there, so the guys felt like aliens with their quiffs, semi-acoustic guitar, double bass and stand up drum set. They were the aliens on a mission, and the mission was to spread new sound across their country and to bring it back to where it had come from, but with their own vision.

It took time and a few line up changes before Mad Heads became a band able to succeed with such a hard task, but since they were ready there was nothing to stop them. Their debut album “"Psycholula"” was out in 1996 on Crazy Love Records in Germany, while in Ukraine they were already a well known band: seen on TV, heard on radio, talked about in major press. They filmed a video to support their album, and it was actually rotated on the channel of national importance.

Soon after, Mad Heads started to tour abroad. They appeared 4 times at Rock’n’Roll Jamboree in Finland, 3 times at Calella Psychobilly Meeting in Spain, they rocked the halls of many festivals and clubs in Russia, Germany, United Kingdom, Netherlands, Poland and Italy. They’ve been invited to the USA and only couldn’t make it because of some visa problems. They played the same stage with the most of their favorite bands of the scene while becoming the heroes for many younger acts.

The debut album was followed by “"Mad In Ukraine"” in 1998 and “"Naked Flame"” in 2002 (both out on Crazy Love Records) which brought the acknowledgment for Mad Heads of being #1 band of the scene in Eastern Europe and with no doubt an outstanding act of the 90s psychobilly generation. In Ukraine, they simply become a rock’n’roll legend, so they decided to do even more for their local fans and in 2003 was released the album “"Contact'” with all the songs in the mother languages (the first 3 albums were in English). This record was out on local EMI sub-label Comp Music.

In 2004 the guys felt that their mission was complete. Their music was changing throughout the years, and now they had to face the fact that it didn’t fit psychobilly scene anymore. So they took it even further, doubled the line up with 3-piece brass section and mixed up their older sounds with ska punk and some Ukrainian folk. The new project called Mad Heads XL became a smashing success in Ukraine, so it was decided to quit as a trio for an indeterminate period.

Current members

*Vadym Krasnooky – vocal, guitar - drums (1991 - 2003)
*Maxym Krasnooky – doublebass (1995 - 2003)
*Bogdan Ocheretyany – drums (1994 - 2003)

Albums

*1996 - "Psycholula"
*1998 - "Mad In Ukraine"
*2002 - "Naked Flame"
*2003 - "Contact" (Контакт)
*2007 - "Naykrascha Myt" - compilation (Найкраща МитьThe Best Moment)

Former members

*Vadym Krasnooky – vocal, guitar - drums (1991 - 2003)
*Volodymyr "Stalik" Stalinskiy - doublebass
*Roman Sharkevich - drums

ee also

*List of psychobilly bands

External links

* [http://madheads.kiev.ua/old/english/index.htm Old archive Mad Heads website]
* [http://www.madheads.kiev.ua Official Mad Heads XL website]
* [http://myspace.com/golovi Official Mad Heads MySpace page]