About Band
A musical band Mad Show Boys (Russian version of the name – “Opozdavshiye k Letu”) was established approximately in 2009 in Riga. However, some of its members continue appearing so far. And it all started with...
Biography of the Musical Band Mad Show Boys
- Harry Polskiy, who has written about 500 songs in Russian, Latvian, Czech and Swahili, finally decided to make a musical band. He was helped by a brontosaurus of the Latvian music Midis (Aldis Zalyuksnis), providing his musical studio Podval-records and services of an arranger. Harry`s friend becomes a soloist – unemployed at this time Alexander Veselov (Buntars Isulis). Later the magnificent Martins Kits, sun-like Andris Lapins, incomparable Janis Vaisla, despicable Mister X and deaf-and-dumb bassist Stanislav Bogdanov (Dr. Power) joined the group.
- The name Mad Show Boys Polskiy stole from his favourite groups Madness and Pet Shop Boys, however, it was decided to take a second name in order to conquer the Russian-speaking audience - “Opozdavshiye k Letu”.
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| Russian „pseudonym” of the band | Podval Records |
- The musical band releases its album “Vkluchite ulybalnicki!” (in Russian) titled as “Opozdavshiye k Letu”. 6 songs of the album get into constant rotation of the Riga radio stations: “Liechtenstein”, “Capital (Song About Riga”), “SMS”, “I did not Go to Karate”, “Living in the Network” and „Swimming Season”.
- In December 2010 the band plays during the prize award of the channel “ОЕ ТВ”, where it is presented in two nominations: “Discovery of the Year” and “The Best Video of the Year” (the video for the song “Maniac Stole My Baby”).
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| Performance during the prize award of the channel “ОЕ ТВ” | Screen from the video“Maniac Stole My Baby” |
- Mad Show Boys takes the 3rd place in the super final of the Latvian National selection for „Eurovision-2012” with a humorous song “Music Thief”
- In spring of 2012 the band records the first world`s song, sung in a duet with a robot-translator of Google Translate (“Gooooogle Girl”)
- The musical band releases an album “Sorry for Bad English!” (in English). 5 songs of the album get into rotation of the Latvian, Belorussian, Estonian and Russian radio stations: “Music Thief”, “Gooooogle Girl”, “Surreal World”, “Kisses in the Night” and “I Need a Soul-Twin”
- With the help of the song “I Need a Soul - Twin” the group take place in the semi-final of the Latvian National selection for “Eurovision-2014”
- Currently the musical band is recording a new album, including songs in Russian and Latvian. The working title of the album is “Rīgas KvaziModes”
