ArtistInfo

Red Elvises

Band, *1995 US, Los Angeles
Rock

The Red Elvises were founded in 1995 by two Russian political refugees, singer/songwriter Igor Yuzov and bass-balalaika player Oleg Bernov in Los Angeles, California. The band’s third original member, guitarist Zhenya Kolykhanov (he later legally changed his last name to “Rock”), had also emigrated to America and had been spending time playing in Texas. For the first few months Andrey Baranov was the band’s drummer, but within that year, the first American in the band, drummer Avi Sills from Austin, Texas, was added to the lineup. The four of them got their start playing on Santa Monica’s famed 3rd Street Promenade but became so popular that they were eventually asked to leave. The reason? They drew such huge crowds that the shopkeepers complained it was interfering with business!

Members

	Leo Chelyapov cl, sax
	Avi Sills dr, voc
	Igor Yuzov voc, g
	Oleg Bernov voc, b
	Zhenya Kolykhanov voc, g
	Milen Kirov key, b
	Aaron Arntz p
	Oleg Schramm org, acc, key
	Nate Hassan dr
	Adam Kurtz eg, g
	Pat McKee eb
	Lior Ron tr
	Adam Gust dr
	Elena Shemankova key, acc
	Milka Ramos
	Beth Garner
	Kyle Crane dr
	Andrey Baranov dr
	Artiom Zhuliev sax ES
	Regina Zernay
	Roman Dudok
	Sergey Kalinin dr RU
	Craig Pilo dr *1972 US
	Dregas Smith voc
	Garrett Morris dr
	Sarah Johnson fl, sax, voc