Oleh Skrypka

Oleh Yuriyovych Skrypka (, ; born 24 May 1964) is a Ukrainian musician, vocalist, composer, and leader of the group Vopli Vidoplyasova. Biography Oleh Skrypka was born in Sovetabad (now Ghafurov, Tajikistan). His father Yurii Pavlovych (died 30 August 2015), a radiologist, came from , a village in the Poltava region of Ukraine. His mother Anna Alekseyevna, a teacher, came from a small village in the Kursk region of Russia. In 1972, the Skrypka family moved to the Murmansk region of Russia, due to Anna not liking the Tajik climate. In 1987, he graduated from Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, founding the rock group Vopli Vidopliassova (VV) that same year with Yurii Zdorenko and Oleksandr Pipa of the heavy metal band SOS and mutual friend Serhii Sakhno. In 1987, VV became a member of the Kyiv rock club, won the first prize at the Kyiv rock festival "Rock-parade", released their hit "Танцi" ("dancing", or "dances"). In 1990, the group took a tour of France and Switzerland, during which time one of France's largest newspapers, Le Monde, published material about VV. From 1991 to 1996, Oleh Skrypka, together with his group, lived in France, and toured the country. In 1993, Zdorenko and Sakhno left and Skrypka replaced them with French musicians. Sakhno would return in 1997.