U-Piter


U-Piter was a Russian rock band from Saint-Petersburg. The group was formed by Vyacheslav Butusov in 2001. The group disbanded in 2017.

History

The band was formed on October 11, 2001, with the original members being Vyacheslav Butusov, Yuri Kasparyan, Oleg Sakmarov and Evgeny Kulakov. The band's namesake was the Roman god Jupiter, though they often stylized their name in a mix of Cyrillic and Greek letters: Ю-πиτΣρ.
U-Piter released their first single in November 2001, "Udarnaya lyubov'".
They released their first album, Name of Rivers in March 2003, consisting of 11 songs written by Butusov. The title of the album also is a play on the term "имярек", which is a placeholder name often used in official documents. In the same year, they participated in a tribute album of the Russian rock band Piknik with the track "Surgi i lurgi".
During June through August of 2004, the group released their second album, Biografika, of which some tracks - including "Devushka po gorodu" and "Pesnya iduschevo domoi" - saw significant radio play.
In 2008, Sergei Vyrvich joined the line-up as a bass guitarist. In the same year, they released their third album, Bogomol, in addition to a tribute album for Nautilus Pompilius.
In June of 2010, they released their fourth album, Tsvety i ternii, which included the track Deti minut. The track appeared in the soundtrack for the movie Игла Remix. The lyrics were taken from a poem written by the lead singer of Kino, Viktor Tsoi.
In 2015, the group released their fifth and last album, Gudgora.
The group split in February 2017, after a music tour through Siberia and Ural.

Members

Final line-up