Opalnyi Prynz

Opalnyi Prynz (Ukrainian: Опалний Принц) was an influential. and popular Ukrainian folk-rock, Ukrainian rock band; the band which came out of musical project called Strus Mozku (Ukrainian: Струс Мозку), or 'Brain Concussion', in English, which started in 1987 when Rostyslav Shtyn's younger brother Yuriy Shtyn relocated to Lviv, Ukraine after completing his studies at the conservatory in Rivne.

The Strus Mozku project included the following individuals: both Shtyn brothers, Roman Brytsky, Boris Rosenthul and a young actress from the Zankovetska Theatre in Lviv, by the name of Lyudmila Razik. This project eventually morphed into Opalnyi Prynz with Yuriy Shtyn composing all of the material both musically and lyrically, singing and play keyboards, his older brother Rostyslav Shtyn, played guitar and provided vocals. Roman Brytsky stayed on as a second keyboardist

It was with this composition of the group with which Opalnyi Prinz recorded their first singles which included: Mandry – Wanderings in 1987, Pozychayesh pamyat – You Borrow memory, Chorna Dira – Black Hole, Leonid Brezhnev, which received airplay on Radio Liberty, and Paskuda – Hussy. All these compositions were very socially and musically "different" singles and made up their first album also entitled Mandry after their first recorded single.

A few more singles would be released from their first album Mandry: Shantrapa – Riff-raff 1987; other singles included Kombi u L’vovi – Kombi in L'viv – 1988, a satirical song about the groups meeting with the Polish group Kombi during their performance in Lviv; Tankova attaka – Tank attack(in Russian) which included saxophonist Zenon Kovpak, in 1989 which was politically oriented at what the USSR's role was in Afghanistan; and, Hey Ukraino! – Hey Ukraine!, which would become the opening track of their second album Nova revolyutsiya New revolution 1991.

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