Taras Hryhorovych Chubay (Ukrainian: Тарас Григорович Чубай), (born in Lviv, Ukraine on June 21, 1970) -is a well-known Ukrainian musician, bard, poet. He is the son of the poet Hryhoriy Chubay. Taras Chubay founded the Plach Yeremiji ( Плач Єремії ) rock band in February, 1990. The songs of Chubay and his band are usually serious, philosophical poems accompanied by rock. The music sounds hard, then changes to an easy ballad, and again explodes, overfilled by emotions.