Oleh Suk

Oleh Suk
Oleh Suk performing in 2006
Background information
Also known as	John
Born	June 26, 1965 Ternopil, Ukrainian SSR, (now  Ukraine)
Genres	Progressive rock, art rock, jazz
Occupation(s)	Musician, songwriter
Instruments	Bass guitar, acoustic guitar, synthesizer
Years active	1988–present
Associated acts	Dead Rooster, Gorgisheli
Notable instruments
bass guitar, guitar, keyboard

Oleh Suk (Ukrainian: Олег Сук, born June 26, 1965, Ternopil, is a Ukrainian rock musician, specializing in the bass guitar, (although he also plays the acoustic guitar and the synthesizer).

Early creative steps

He began his artistic path at the Lviv Polytechnic with sound and the bass guitar experiments. Permanent searches led him to the popular Lviv jazz band Melodrome. As a result, he received prizes at the Crystal Lion jazz festival twice in a row in the late 80's. The musician founded the art-rock Catharsis. After playing with the guitarist Ludwig Konopko for one and a half-year the formation Tea Fan Club was born. It existed from 1989 to 1993. After its end Oleg created the project Ulysses, began to play the bass guitar in a band called Glass Bead Game and joined the Dead Rooster (1992),^[1] where he stays until now.

In 1995–1996 he organized the literary and musical jazz formation Lights of Big Cities with the writer Yuri Pokalchuk and the musician Yurko Duda.

In 2003 within its own project ... but time, as the river ... Oleh drew attention to the team with a specific philosophy – Black September, found a common music language and affined music tastes, he began to work with it.^[2] The group received a second birth and a second name: Gorgisheli.

Personal projects

1995 – Project "IS". Trying to capture that period of the time in Lviv music (90's) Oleg enlisted about 50 artists. All music was written by John on the lyrics of the poets Bohdan Lepky, Bohdan-Ihor Antonych, Vasyl Pachovsky, Oleksandr Oles. In the audio album recording were involved the musicians and the bands who had been already well-known at that time: Plach Yeremiyi and Taras Chubay, Mertvyi Piven, Tea Fan Club, 999, the guys from The Hadyukiny Brothers; debutants Okean Elzy, Lesya Herasymchuk and Royal rabbits, Pikkardiyska Tertsiya, Monuments of Architecture, and Ruslana.

2003 – ... but the time as a river .... The continuation of the "IS" project. Authors who were involved : Yuri Pokalchuk, Ihor Rymaruk, Kostya Moskalets. Some musical newcomers in 1995 (Okean Elzy, Pikkardiyska Tertsiya, Ruslana) are the real stars of the Ukrainian show-biz now. Other involved newcomers (Godo, Black September, Yurko Lavrin, Svitlana Kyrylchuk^[3]) brought new life to the old compositions and performed new songs.

Discography

Released	Name of Album	Singer or band
1993	Mistery Mirror	Tea Fan Club
1994	Underground Zoo	Mertvyi Piven
1995	Live in Lviv	Mertvyi Piven
1995	NEBO-ROK'95. Terrific birthday	Viktor Neborak
1995	IS	personal project
1996	Il Testamento	Mertvyi Piven
1996	"ОH". Comedy ecstasy	personal project
1997	City God Eros	Mertvyi Piven
1997	1989 – The Best – 1997	Mertvyi Piven
1998	Shabadabada	Mertvyi Piven
1998	They say	Lights of Big Cities
2000	Stand up and leave	Viktor Morozov та The Fourth Corner
2002	Poplar	Lights of Big Cities
2003	...but the time as a river...…	personal project
2003	Aphrodisiac	Viktor Morozov та Mertvyi Piven
2003	Traveling the country Bass	Vsevolod Dyachyshyn
2004	Dead Rooster. Mp-3 Collection on two discs	Mertvyi Piven
2005	Rock legends of Ukraine. Ukrainian Collection. Dead Rooster	Mertvyi Piven
2006	Songs for the Dead Rooster	Mertvyi Piven
2006	Amore	Gorgisheli
2008	Criminal Sonnets	Mertvyi Piven
2006	Chosen by people	Mertvyi Piven
2008	Army of Light	Viktor Morozov та The Fourth Corner
2009	Live	Gorgisheli
2009	Made in UA	Mertvyi Piven
2010	Rombambar	Gorgisheli

References

1. History of «Dead Rooster»
2. Oleg (John) Sook: Inspiration falls on me from heaven, with buildings, and even go from the ground
3. By Decade "Dzyga" (DDD) "IS": The project, which was, is and will be!!!