In November 2022, Ilich confirmed the departure of Gokk and Tony, who stayed in Russia with their respective families. Four years later, Olympia quit the band as well to focus on different projects, leaving the band a quartet.Īs of June 2022, the band have left Russia and are currently based in California, after speaking out against Vladimir Putin and the war in Ukraine. A year later Anna left the band citing creative differences and the need to shift her focus back on her day job (kindergarten teacher), and the band welcomed two new members: Gokk's bandmate from Jane Air Anton "Boo" (later "Tony") Lissov, who previously cameoed in the band's videos as an evil clown, joined Little Big as guitarist and backing vocalist, and Sofya "Sonya" Tayurskaya replaced Anna on vocals. The name Little Big didn't come out of nowhere: for the first year of the band's existence, it consisted of vocalist Ilich, DJ Sergey "Gokk" Makarov and two female vocalists Anna Kast and Olympia Ivleva, who were little women, the name of the band being a reference to the band members' differences in height.
Originally created as a one-time act with their first music video "Everyday I'm Drinking" meant to be nothing more than an April Fool's joke, the band really took off when they were unexpectedly picked as an opening act for the group Die Antwoord later that year and managed to come up with six more tracks in only one month. Little Big is a Russian Punk/Rave band founded in 2013 by musician Ilya "Ilich" Prusikin and director Alina Pasok.
Think of them as the Russian lovechild of Die Antwoord and PSY (left to right: Gokk, Ilich, Sonya, Tony).
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