Eney
| Eney Еней | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union |
| Genres | Rock |
| Years active | 1960's – 1977 |
| Past members |
Kyrylo Stetsenko Taras Petrynenko Ihor Shablovsky |
Eney (Ukrainian: Еней) was the Ukrainian rock band that performed its own repertoire. It was named after the famous character, Aeneas, from one of the literal work of Ivan Kotlyarevsky.
History
During 1960's Students from the Kievan special music school formed this group. The group was named after Mykola Lysenko. They initially played unique interpretations of Ukrainian folk songs. Later, after members were exposed to the late works of The Beatles, they started to rearrange works of Bach and Khachaturian. In 1971 the band split as Petrynenko and Blinov left it to form the new group Dzvony. The band started to experiment in new genres: blues and soul. In 1972 the band and their music where banned in the Soviet Union and labeled "bourgeois-national". As a result all existing records/recordings were destroyed. After that the band went underground until 1974. The members then merged with Dzvony into the new vocal-instrumental ensemble Decorative Trails. After the group was accepted to the Ukr-kontsert it changed its name to Hrono. In 1977 the ensemble becameEney once again. After a period of time, the group broke up and members either joined different bands or went solo. Petrynenko later created his own group Hrono.