Braty Hadiukiny

Braty Hadiukiny (Ukrainian: Брати Гадюкіни), or simply Hady (Ukrainian: Гади) is a Ukrainian rock band from Lviv, one of the most successful Ukrainian bands of Soviet times. The band’s musical style combines different genres such as rock'n'roll, blues, punk, reggae, funk and folk. Ironic song lyrics contain a lot of local vernacularisms, slang and surzhyk. The name translates as “Hadyukin Brothers”, where the fictional last name Hadyukin is derived from the word hadyuka, or “viper”. The abbreviation literally means “snakes” (In Ukrainian the two words are cognates.)