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]