Hairless Horse

Hairless Horse (Russian: Безволосый Лошадь; romanized Bezvolosyy Loshad) are a Russian ska punk and folk punk band from, formed in 1994. The group was formed by Roman Shcherbakov (vocals), Kliment Obraztsov (guitar, vocals), Ilya Skoblikov (bass, balalaika, vocals), Avtonom Morgunov (drums, percussion), Theofan Ryzhenkov (trumpet), Anatoly Novgorodsky (trombone), Avros Belenky (alto saxophone) and Stepan Perevalov (tenor saxophone). The group gained mainstream popularity outside of during the peak of the third wave of ska in the mid-1990s, making kitsch use of western stereotypes of Russians, such as pseudo-traditional clothing, use of an electric balalaika and a matryoshka doll-like mascot. During the mid-1990s, the members of the group also worked as session musicians at the Antilles Studios in, where the horn section and Darius Love formed the Antilles Wrecking Crew Horns.