In 2016, Yuri Bardash founded the project "Mushrooms" [1][2]. On April 28, 2016, "Mushrooms "posted their first video" Intro " on YouTube, which received a million views in less than a month[3]. The same thing happened with the second video "Cops", which was released on September 11, 2016. According to the former member of "Mushrooms" Kyivstonera initially "Intro" was intended for the team Quest Pistols, but it was too difficult for the members of the group — no one could read the text[4].
11 November 2016, the group released the third video from "High," and posted on the Internet their debut album entitled "House On Wheels vol. 1"[5]. In late November-early December 2016, the group went on a tour of the cities of Ukraine, Russia and Belarus.
On March 10, 2017, the fourth video "Melting ice" was released, which immediately came out on top in the section "gaining popularity" on YouTube and in a few weeks gained more than 10 million views[6]. Thanks to the popularity of the clip, he had plenty of covers and parodies[7], not avoided it and on the TV show "Evening Urgant"[8].
A distinctive feature of the group is sound at the crossroads of hip-hop and house (hip-house, G-House), as well as the rejection of any contacts with the press: "Mushrooms" do not give interviews, do not participate in photo shoots and looking for anonymity[9][10]. In the clips the participants of the "Mushrooms" hide their faces under hoods, Panama hats and Balaclava[11]. Videos of the group contain sketches (short Comedy scenes), which are performed by Kyivstoner (aka videobloger Correspondent rainbow, aka Budget guy Ritchie) — an informal member of the team. In February 2017, Kyivstoner announced his departure from the band. [12]
In August 2017, producer Yuri Bardash announced that on 31 December 2017 the band would cease its concert activities. [13] At the end of November, the band cancelled all the concerts scheduled for the end of the year, after which rumors began to spread about the disintegration of "Mushrooms"[14][15].