Siarhei Mikhalok Explained

Siarhei Mikhalok
Native Name:Belarusian: Сяргей Міхалок
Birth Date:January 19, 1972
Origin:Belarus
Instrument:Vocals, guitar, accordion
Occupation:Musician, singer-songwriter
Years Active:1990–present
Genre:Anarchic music
Punk-rock
Reggae
Associated Acts:Lyapis Trubetskoy, BRUTTO
Krambambula
Drezden

Siarhei Mikhalok (born January 19, 1972, Belarusian: Сяргей Міхалок, Russian: link=no|Серге́й Михалок, Sergey Mikhalok) is a Belarusian rock musician and actor. He was the frontman of the ska punk band Lyapis Trubetskoy that he dissolved on September 1, 2014.[1] He was the frontman of the band Brutto, now leads Drezden.

Born into a family of a Soviet military man in Dresden, East Germany. The family was originally from Minsk.[2] [3] [4] He grew up in Siberia.[5]

He graduated from the Belarusian State Academy of Arts.

In 1990, he created the rock band Lyapis Trubetskoy.[6] Siarhey Mikhalok also worked in a theatre and as art director of a reggae club in Minsk. In 2000, he became a member of the comic duo Sasha i Sirozha. Since 2003 he has worked with Liavon Volski's music project Krambambula.[7]

Since May 2015, Mikhalok has been an official permanent resident of Ukraine.[8] He had already lived in Ukraine since December 2014.[8]

Notes and References

  1. News: uk. uk:"Ляпис Трубецкой" припиняє своє існування. "Lapis Troubetzkoy" ceases to exist. March 17, 2014. August 27, 2014. http://tabloid.pravda.com.ua/news/5326c3ef73fd6/. Tablo ID.
  2. Web site: Биография Сергей Михалок. www.peoples.ru. September 24, 2018.
  3. Web site: Сергей Михалок вернется в Минск: у него умер отец | Плохое | Новости | МЫ . www.belmy.by . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160331003517/http://www.belmy.by/articles/news/bad/19294.html . 2016-03-31.
  4. http://nn.by/?c=ar&i=83234&lang=ru Умер отец Сергея Михалка
  5. News: http://budzma.org/news/syarhyey-mikhalok-yak-ya-staw-byelarusam-videa.html. be:Сяргей Міхалок: “Як я стаў беларусам”. Siarhei Mikhalok: How I became Belarusian. July 12, 2011. July 13, 2011.
  6. News: Сяргей Міхалок: "Прысьпеў час казаць па-іншаму". Будкін. Сяргей. Радыё Свабода . May 23, 2011. Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. be. https://web.archive.org/web/20200410112849/https://www.svaboda.org/a/24183586.html. April 10, 2020. April 10, 2020. live.
  7. Web site: http://who.bdg.by/obj.php?&kod=686. ru:Михалок Сергей. Mikhalok Siarhei. Who's Who in Belarus. July 13, 2011. October 7, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111007111812/http://who.bdg.by/obj.php?&kod=686. dead.
  8. News: uk. http://tabloid.pravda.com.ua/focus/55633bc01d3a7/. uk:Міхалок отримав дозвіл на проживання в Україні. Mikhalok received a residence permit in Ukraine. Tablo ID. May 25, 2015. June 8, 2015.