DZIDZIO

DZIDZIO (Ukrainian: Dzidzo, slang for Grandpa) is a Ukrainian pop band formed in 2009 with the support and support of Andriy Kuzmenko and Oleg Turk, based on the band's protagonist, the comedic character Dzidz, invented by Mykhailo Khoma.

Performs in the genre of "comedic anti-glamorous pop". In addition to literary Ukrainian, he also uses dialect in his songs.

So far, the band has released three albums - "HA-HA-HA", "DZIDZIO hits" and "DZIDZIO Super-Puper" and made a number of clips and films.

Since 2017, the band consists of four musicians - Jijo, Lamour, Agrus and Rumbambar.

DZIDZIO was formed in Novoyavorivsk, Lviv region, on September 9, 2009. Shortly after Kuzma's song "Old Photos" performed by DZIDZIO, a new music project entered the media space of Ukraine.

In 2009, Kuzma wrote the music and lyrics for the band "Yalta", which later helped DZIDZIO gain popularity.

Jijo became popular on the Internet thanks to his well-known monologues about "Mason's pig", which is the "ideological inspiration" of the band. The band's fan club on the Russian social network VK exceeded 200,000, and the number of views of the band's videos on the official DZIDZIO YouTube channel exceeded 11 million per year.

In 2011, a video for the song "Sama-sama" was shot in Spain. In the summer of 2012, the premiere of the music video for the song "Ha-ha-ha" was held at the capital's club "Byblos". At the presentation of the video, several web conferences on well-known portals and radio stations, the Internet audience watched the concert online on the band's official YouTube channel, and the band's app for iPhone and Android was released.

In September 2012, DZIDZIO visited the annual Oktoberfest in Munich, where the guys chatted with local beer and music lovers, as well as festival guests from around the world who remembered the band for their bright Oktoberfest costumes and live performances.

On November 20, 2012, DZIDZIO released their debut CD album "HA-HA-HA".

In the spring of 2013, the guys met with a new song "Neighbors", a clip of which the musicians presented in mid-March. It traditionally starred the heroine of all clips of the band DZIDZIO, their muse - Hope. Also in March, the band DZIDZIO released the first personal karaoke disc in the Ukrainian music space in DVD format.

On May 18, 2013, a significant event in the history of the band took place - a solo concert at the Arena Lviv stadium. The concert became significant for the band DZIDZIO. They were the first at the new stadium, which was built before "Euro 2012", the concert was attended by 25,000 spectators. Before the performance, the audience had the opportunity to see on the big screen a cartoon about the creation of the band DZIDZIO called "Birth of a Legend", which was later also presented on the official channel of the band on YouTube. The final chord of this show was the premiere of the song "I'm lucky".

In the fall of 2013, the band's frontman hosted the show "Sing If You Can" on the New Channel. On December 8, 2013, the full band took part in a music marathon on Independence Square during the Revolution of Dignity.

In the summer of 2015, DZIDZIO presented a new video "I'm going to my mother", shot in Portugal. A tour of Canada took place in the summer of 2015.

In March 2016, one of the founders, Lesyk, left the band with a scandal. According to Khoma, Lesyk did not agree with the band's move to Kyiv, so he wanted to sell his share of property rights for 5,200,000 hryvnias, which other members refused to buy. As a result, Lesyk presented his share in the band of Andriy Kuzmenko's mother at the UNIAN press conference, and guitarist Orest Halytsky came to the band under the pseudonym Lyamur (godfather of Yulik's son).

In August 2017, a feature film entitled "DZIDZIO Double Bass" was presented to the general public. In September 2017, the keyboardist of the band Yulik left the band, but the Gulyak brothers joined the band: Volodymyr Hulyak (Agrus) became the new keyboardist, and Serhiy Hulyak (Rumbambar) became the new drummer.

On August 21, 2020, the soloist of the band DZIDZIO Mykhailo Khoma performed the anthem of Ukraine with the Youth Symphony Orchestra. In August 2020, the soloist of the band DZIDZIO Mykhailo Khoma received the title of Honored Artist of Ukraine from President Volodymyr Zelensky.

Musicians:

• "Jijo" - Mykhailo Khoma (2009 - present) - vocal, founder and leader of the band;
• "Lamur" - Orest Halytsky (2016 - present) - guitar, backing vocals;
• "Gooseberry" - Vladimir Gulyak (2017 - present) - keyboards, backing vocals;
• "Rumbambar" - Sergei Gulyak (2017 - present) - drums.

Interestingly, Gooseberry and Rumbambar are brothers. The band's management includes concert director Andriy Lyuby and sound director Serhiy Lyba.

"Lesyk" - Oleg Turko (2009-2016) - guitar, backing vocals, founder of the band.

"Yulik" - Nazariy Huk (2012 - 2017) - keyboards, backing vocals.

• The song "Hysterics" was recorded together with VovaZiL'vova, but the version was released on the radio without the participation of the rapper.
• Mykhailo Khoma, the band's leader and vocalist, used the Nadsyansky dialect in his "monologues", thanks to which he gained his first popularity. In addition, he used profanity. In "Matsonka" he tells about a sexual adventure during a trip to Kyiv. In other stories, the main character next to him is a piglet named Mason. "Mason Four" went on the radio in censorship.
• The band leader, unlike his colleagues, appeared on stage with a beard and mustache. Since 2016, Jijo has been wearing a real beard. Mykhailo Khoma is a childhood friend of Andriy Kuzmenko (Kuzma), whom he considers the "first teacher" (and who is mentioned in the third and fourth Masonics). Instead, another of Kuzma's longtime colleagues and a former member of the Skryabin band, Andriy Pidluzhny, who appeared on M1 as Andron's bearded grandfather back in 2003, accuses Khoma of plagiarism. They say that the image of Dzidz is the "licked" grandfather Andron.
• The song "Gopa-hopa" was sung by Polish bands "Cliver" and "Liderdance".
• After the release of the song "Yalta", a parody called "Slatino" appeared on the Internet, as well as a parody of the soloist of the group "Red Mold" Sergei Levchenko called "Kvasim", which also used surzhik.
• The guys consider the girl Nadezhda to be the mascot of the band, who starred in each of their videos.
• Mason's pig's snout is the symbol of the band.
• On May 18, 2013 TM "LIMO" together with the singer officially presented ice cream "Dzidzio".
• DZIDZIO's YouTube channel has almost 400 million views.
• The song "Sama-sama" sounded in the 2nd series of the series "Servant of the People".
• The group's soloist appears in the series "Servant of the People" in the 2nd and 3rd series of the first season.
• On February 27, 2016, the premiere of the talent show “Ukraine has talent. Children "(season 8), where Jijo is a new member of the jury.
• On March 4, 2017, the second season of the children's talent show "Ukraine has talent. Children "with the participation of Dzidzio as a member of the jury.
• On August 31, 2017, the full-length film "DZIDZIO Double Bass" was released nationwide. The Sun was a partner and co-producer of the project.
• In early 2018, the shooting of the second feature film "DZIDZIO First Time" was announced.