Significant influence of the band's music on the Ukrainian society is demonstrated by the fact, that expressions from a number of their songs started to be widely used in common speech. For example, the word
Bandershtadt, which was used in the name of one of their albums as an ironic name of Lviv (derived from the name of
Stepan Bandera and
German word
Stadt - "city") has since been used by Leopolitans as a mark of pride for their city, and inspired the name of a musical festival. Similarly, Braty Hadiukiny's song "Файне місто Тернопіль" (Cool City Ternopil) became an unofficial hymn of
Ternopil and even gave the name to an annual rock festival «Файне місто» (Cool City) - even though the song depicts the life of 17-year old
junkie who had recently fled away from his parents, used different types of drugs and slept with an underage girl. In his interview Serhiy Kuzminskyi commented: "If I had known that this [great popularity of the song] would happen, I would have written more decent words. Disgraceful song, I must say…”. The band's songs are heard in a number of popular Ukrainian TV shows, such as the comedy
Dovhonosyky Show, as well as in
Mykyta the Fox, the first Ukrainian animated cartoon series, and the
ICTV series "Cop from the Past" (2020). Hady also became subjects of
urban folklore due to their reportedly chaotic lifestyle and drug addiction: the band's late leader Serhiy Kuzminskyi himself acknowledged, that the musicians used to hire an assistant, officially considered a porter, who was actually responsible for the preparation of
opiates before concerts. It is also claimed that the drummer of the band Mykhailo Lundin, being in a state of narcotic withdrawal, once blocked the way for border guards by emptying between carloads while on the train
Kyiv -
Moscow. == Members ==