Mad Heads XL
| Mad Heads XL | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Kiev, Ukraine |
| Genres |
Ska Punk Folk |
| Years active | 2003 |
| Labels | Comp Music EMI |
| Website | madheads.kiev.ua |
| Members | Vadym Krasnooky Maxym Krasnooky Vadym Nikitan Valeriy Chesnokov Volodymyr Zyumchenko Bohdan Humenyuk |
Mad Heads XL is a Ukrainian band from Kiev, Ukraine
Band called Mad Heads was formed in Kiev, Ukraine by Vadym Krasnooky. In Ukraine they enjoyed the status of a rock legend for many years, with 4 studio albums, good press, frequent TV appearances and constant live touring. They have also been acknowledged internationally, as a well-known band in the psychobilly scene across the world and #1 of the genre in the whole Eastern Europe.
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 United States 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 licensee Comp Music.
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