Shturcite

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Shturcite
Shturtsite in 2007
Background information
Origin	Sofia, Bulgaria
Genres	Pop rock, beat (early) Hard rock, progressive rock (later)
Years active	1967 (1967)–1990 (1990); 1997 (1997)–2013 (2013); 2017
Labels	Balkanton, GMP, Varna Sound, Vitality Music
Past members	Kiril Marichkov Vladimir Totev Georgi Markov Petar Gyuzelev Atanas Atanasov Borislav Panov Veselin Kisiov Petar Tsankov Konstantin Atanasov Georgi Minchev

Shturcite (Bulgarian: Щурците [ʃtorˈt͡sitɛ]; English "The Crickets"), sometimes romanized as Shturtsite, was a Bulgarian rock group. They were one of the most successful bands in Bulgaria during the 1970s and 1980s and still have many fans. The band broke up once in 1990, reformed in 1997,^[1] and disbanded again in 2013. The group has been characterized as "Bulgaria's answer to The Beatles".^[2]