Odd Crew (originally called Kaskadiori) is a Bulgarian metal band from Sofia, formed in 1998. It consists of vocalist Vasko Raykov, guitarist Vasil Parvanovski, bassist Martin Stoyanov and drummer Boyan "Bonzy" Georgiev. The band has released seven studio albums and two live DVDs. Their latest album, Dark Matters Part II, was released in November 2023.
In Sofia in 1989, two three-year-olds riding bicycles in their neighborhood accidentally bumped into each other. Both named Vasil, they became friends and together discovered bands such as Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin. Their shared passion for music and sound inspired them and soon Vasil Parvanovski started playing the guitar and Vasko Raykov began singing and playing the piano.
In 1995, the 8-year-old Parvanovski's classmate, Martin Stoyanov, joined them. His initial desire was to be the drummer of the band, but this idea quickly vanished as he received a bass guitar as a present from his neighbor. So Martin became and remained the bassist of the band to present day.
In 1998, the parents of Vasil Parvanovski took him to visit a family friend, one of the most famous blues performers in Bulgaria, Vasko 'Krupkata' (the 'Patch'). 12-year-old Parvanovski heard hard drumming coming from the basement of the house they were visiting, and that turned out to be the young son of 'Krupkata', the then 8-year-old Boyan 'Bonzy' Georgiev. Parvanovski was immediately impressed by Bonzy and proposed him to jam with the band.
1 August 1998 is the date of the first rehearsal for the four band members which remain unchanged as of today. The band was originally called Kaskadiori ("Stuntmen").[1] They chose the name because they had a car accident on the way to the studio. One year after their formation the band recorded its first album, And It's Rock Again, released in the spring of 2000.
In 2001 Kaskadiori joined the blues band of Vasko "The Patch" and toured with him in the next several years.[2] During this period they continued writing songs and in 2005 they released the album On the Road. In 2006 they released another album called The River of Time.[3]