A step ahead: Sinoptik.
ALEX GREBENIUK
Maybe you missed it, but in 2016 Sinoptik were crowned ‘The World’s Best Rock Band’. The Ukrainians won The Global Battle Of The Bands contest – like Eurovision for serious musicians, with the final taking place in Berlin. “We came back to Ukraine,” recalls singer/guitarist/ keyboardist Dmitriy Afanasiev, “and everybody wanted to book us or interview us. We felt like superstars!” Completed by drummer Ruslan Babayev and bassist Aleksandr Savin, Sinoptik were invited to open for huge Ukrainian group Okean Elzy at Kiev’s Olympic Stadium, to 70,000 people.