Early Years (2004 - 2007)
The foundations of HarDDucK rock band were layed in 2004 when musicians Georgi Petkov (guitars) and Stefan "Denis" Pavlov (guitars, vocals) of Technical School Electronic Systems (TUES) in Sofia decided to make a rock band. They found Mario Peshev (keyboards, vocals) and Ivan Boneff (drums). The boys played with a few contiguous bass guitarists for almost three years.In 2005 HarDDucK covered some hard rock and heavy metal songs and had some performances in Sofia.
In the early 2006 the musicians started making their own music in specific heavy-gothic-thrash style but in September Stefan left the band to start working on another music project - Stone's Cript where he played the lead guitar. However there was a gig on December 23th where he played live with HarDDucK as a guest musician.
2007 started very successfully for the band. Stefan joined HarDDucK as a full member again and left Stone's Cript. In addition bass guitarist Petar Dimitrov and vocalists Dimitar Georgiev and Lubomir Panayotov joined the band as full members too. HarDDucK numbered 7 members:
Dimitar Georgiev - Lead Vocals
Lubomir Panayotov - Lead and Backing Vocals
Georgi Petkov - Guitars
Stefan Denis Pavlov - Guitars and Backing Vocals
Mario Peshev - Keyboards and Backing Vocals
Petar Dimitrov - Bass Guitar and Backing Vocals
Ivan Boneff - Drums
Along with the intensive live concert schedule, in April 2007 the band made a few records in a Sofia studio. Their 'Gothic Prelude' song, written by Mario Peshev became a major hit single.
In May 2007 the band took part in a rock competition for Bulgarian student bands and won the 3rd place! Only a few hours later, the band opened the final day of a famous Bulgarian Rock Festival, called 'A Flower for Gosho' in the South Park Of Sofia.
Break-up and hiatus (2007)
Disagreement between most of the members of the band appeared and the guys decided the last HarDDucK concert to be on June 26th in Sredetz Hall in Sofia. According to many of the band fans this original benefit performance was the best live performance HarDDucK ever had. After that the band fell in a deep hiatus. In September Mario and Stefan made an acoustic live performance at TUES as "HarDDucK Duo". Their set was followed by a solo instrumental performance by Georgi Petkov. In October Mario, Stefan and Ivan started working again on a studio project. They recorded a new version of the HarDDucK's hit single Gothic Prelude. Although the band was not active at that time, they decided the track to be credited as a HarDDucK's song. The single was a huge success in the Bulgarian rock/metal society. Many of the fans decided that this will lead to a reunion of the band. It was rumoured that there will be some HarDDucK concerts in the end of 2007 but the rumours were disproved.The Reunion (2008)
In the beginning of 2008 Mario, Stefan and Ivan officially announced that they would continue working together as HarDDucK Rock Band - that would include making of new records and live performances. The first gig of the re-formed HarDDuck was in February when the band took part in 'Gosho is with us' rock fest in memory of Georgi Minchev in Sredetz Hall in Sofia. At the concert the boys played with their friend Plamen, who was a bass player in another project with Mario and took part in the band only for that performance. A few weeks later a permanent bassist was found - the band met Toni and 'gripped' him into their team. The new HarDDucK lineup featured the following members:Stefan Denis Pavlov - Guitars and Vocals
Mario Peshev - Keyboards and Vocals
Antoni Mutafchiev - Bass
Ivan Boneff - Drums
The band promoted their new instrumental single, called 'SpeedBall'. The fresh HarDDucK lineup and compositions gained immensely the band's popularity in Bulgaria. The last HarDDucK show with this lineup was at the 'A Flower for Gosho' rock and blues fest in May. After that Ivan left Bulgaria for a couple of months. The rest of the crew had a summer holiday with regular rehearsals in their garrage with Dancho, a guitar and vocals of Frontero, who helped them with the drum rhythms for their new songs. New live performances and single releases are planned for the next few months.
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