Draft:The VYO

The VYO (The ВЙО) is a music band who pioneered  reggae in Ukraine.

History
The VYO was formed in Kobeliaky, Ukraine in 1991 by Ukrainian guitarist Sergey Pidkaura and Ukrainian singer of Nigerian origin Myroslav Kuvaldin.

In 1995 they won the third place at the all-Ukrainian song festival Chervona Ruta.

In 1997 the band signed a contract with an art agency "Terytoriia A". They had been placed in rotation on the national television and reached the peak of their popularity.

Since its establishment, the group was splitting and reuniting regularly until they announced an official disband in 2000. At that time Kuvaldin started a career of a TV host for the channel M1.

On August 21, 2008 the band announced a reunion and started working on the next album "Ganja" that was released the same year and included older works from the period of 1995–1998.

During the Euromaidan in 2013, The VYO supported protesters.

On February 10, 2018 The VYO participated in the Ukrainian national semi-finals of the Eurovision Song Contest 2018.

Current members

 * Myroslav Kuvaldin – vocals
 * Sergei Pidkaura – guitar
 * Ilya Klimov – keyboards, sequence
 * Sergei Chehodayev – bass guitar
 * Olexander Unytskiy – saxophone
 * Denis Gritsenko – trumpet
 * Vasyl Solomyaniy – drums

Former members

 * Roman Sharkevych – drums