The Hatters (band)

The Hatters are a Russian gypsy-folk-rock band formed in 2016 in St. Petersburg. The members of the group are Yuri Yurievich Muzychenko, Pavel Lichadeev, Alexander "Kikir" Anisimov, Dmitry Vecherinin and Anna Muzychenko.

History
The group was formed on February 23, 2016, by publishing their first song "Russian Style" on their YouTube channel. On 22 September 2016, the band published the video "I'm Not Easy Buddy" on their YouTube channel. On 17 September and 19 November of the same year, the band gave joint concerts with Little Big and Tatarka in large venues in St. Petersburg and Moscow. On 7 November, they performed with the Emir Kusturica and Gorgan Bregovich On 10 November 2016, the music video for "Russian Style" was published. On 28 December, the group released their first EP "Stay True". In February 2017, the band performed at Krestovsky Stadium as part of the Radio Zenit festival.

On 21 April 2017, the group released their first album "Full Hat". On 26 April, the group performed the song "I'm Not Easy Buddy" on the Russian TV channel "Channel One". On 30 October 2017, they presented a song from their new album "Forever Young, Forever Drunk". The album released on 1 December 2017.

Leader of the band Yuri Muzychenko, was the backing vocals in the Russian Eurovision 2020 song "UNO" by Little Big.

The album "Golden Hits" was released on 3 December 2021.

Musical style
The band calls themself a "Russian-Gypsy street folk alcoholic hardcore on spiritual instruments".

Current composition

 * Yuri – vocals, violin (since 2016)
 * Pavel "Pash-Milash" Lichadeev – vocals, accordion (since 2016)
 * Alexander "Kikir" Anisimov – bass (since 2016)
 * Anna Muzychenko – backing vocals, percussion (since 2016)
 * Dmitry "Milash 2.0" Vecherinin – drums (since 2016)
 * Daniil Mustaev – Director (since 2016)

Former members

 * Anna Lichadeeva (2016–2020) – backing vocals, percussion
 * Vadim Rulev (2016–2020) – trombone
 * Altair Kozhakhmetov (2018–2020) – trumpet