Check the link below a great interview with Vitaly Popeloff the Guitar and vocals on the band FROM.UZ
Carlos Vaz - Progressive Rock BR - Firstly, I would like to thank everyone for their time answering questions by email. Well, I believe that all progressive rock fans around the world, would like to know more about From.Uz band. So, tell us a brief history about the band and the musicians?
Vitaly Popeloff: From.Uz is an Uzbek progressive rock band that was formed in 2004 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The group's story began when guitarist Vitaly Popeloff and his buddy bass player Andrey Mara-Novik, decided to create the band in their favorite prog rock genre. Soon actor, director and composer Al Khalmurzaev on keyboards and famous session drummer Vladimir Badirov were added.First band's project was the dramatic interpretative dance program, "Sodom and Gomorra XXI," performed by the Youth Theatre of Uzbekistan in September 2004. From.Uz signed contract with US independent label 10T Records in 2006. To the being time this label represents the band in the world music industry. In 2007 From.Uz band released its debut album named Audio Diplomacy, which was highly appreciated by prog rock fans and critics, and define band's style as progressive fusion. Since that time From.Uz released Overlook in 2008, Seventh Story and Inside Seventh Story DVD in 2010 and the 4th album Quartus Artifactus released a while ago. There were some lineup changes since Audio Diplomacy times and current From.Uz lineup is Vitaly Popeloff (guitars, vocals), Igor Elizov (keyboards, vocals) and Albert Khalmurzaev (bass, vocals).
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