Sportas

lithuanian

The band “Sportas” (engl.„The Sport“) had played in a large number of concerts (more than one hundred) which took place in various Lithuanian clubs and festivals. „Sportas“ is especially loved by Lithuanian students and youth. The band was formed in year 2001 by the vocalist and well known Lithuanian underground „hero“ - avantgarde musician and programmer - Marukas. The first steps of the band were made in underground festivals. Marukas claims that he was influenced by Sex Pistols, Kraftwerk, soviet commedy, 80-ies dance music, Monthy Python, Pedro Almadovares, Hayao Miyazaki cartoons, The Residents and japanese rock. Boring story: On the year 2002 free downloadable „postpunkish“ records appeared on the internet. With deep, cynic lyrics, simple melodies, funky music and expresive mad vocalist of the band were great success not just between indie music lovers, but also by regular students, which were hungry for the fun, rock and dance. The band „Sportas“ took place on the Lithuanian national TV (LTV) song contests many times and once they were lucky and won the first prize on the year 2004 with their song „Policija“ („Police“). On the year 2005 the band had released their first radio single „Beibi“ (Babe), which was played on small national radio stations and it was the soundtrack of the movie „Perspektyvi pora“ („Perspective couple“, director Kęstutis Gudavičius) which had a great success in „AXX“ cinema festival (more t...