“The Sportas” (in English it means "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“ - avant-garde musician and
programmer - Marukqs (Marukas). The first steps of the band were
made in underground festivals. Marukas claims that he was
influenced by Sex Pistols, Kraftwerk, soviet comedy, 80-ies
dance music, Monthy Python, Pedro Almodovar, Hayao Miyazaki
cartoons, The Residents and Japanese rock.
Story
On the year 2002 free downloadable „postpunkish“ records
appeared on the Lithuanian internet. With deep, cynic lyrics,
simple melodies, funky music and expressive 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 (thousands of
people viewed this movie on local cinema theaters). The
adventures of the leader of the band Marukas where described on
the book of Nerius Pečiūra „Vilniaus kiberpoema“ ("The cyberpoem
of Vilnius"), which was sold in biggest Lithuanian bookstores.
