Group "Leningrad": history, discography, composition

The music group "Leningrad" is one of the mostscandalous and provocative in our country. Many scold her creativity, and sometimes concerts were even banned at the legislative level, but despite this, the less popular and well-known collective does not become. Even on the contrary - every scandalous story only increases public interest in the music of this team.

First chords

The official date of the creation of the musicalThe collective is January 9, 1997. The first vocalist was Igor Vdovin, and Sergey Shnurov (Shnur) came up with a concept, composed poems and music, played bass, he also chose the legendary name. This is how the group "Leningrad" appeared. All other musicians were invited from among friends and just acquaintances. What is interesting, today Cord itself can not list the entire first set of participants. In his interviews, he explains that the group is national, and it does not matter who plays it, the main thing is what and for whom. Shnurov himself before "Leningrad" had time to work in a variety of spheres and try himself in two musical groups, but all this was completely "wrong", but wanted something different, his own.

History of success

The first album "Leningrad" releasedalmost immediately after its creation, and he had no particular success. The community began to learn about the community's work after Igor Vdovin left. Sergey Shnurov becomes the official leader and vocalist, the number of mates in the texts increases, and it is no longer possible to ignore this music. New albums, rotation on radio and television, live concerts. For the whole history of its existence the group "Leningrad" has changed its composition many times. Many musicians left and came, but, despite this, the concept of creativity remained unchanged. Even experienced music critics find it difficult to name the exact genre, and listeners from the first chords learn new songs. The further history of the group is predictable - the recording of new hits and albums, solo concerts at major venues, compulsory participation in informal festivals. At the same time, despite its provocative and eccentricity, the collective remains incredibly popular in our country and abroad for a huge amount of time. According to some, it is the founder of the group "Leningrad". The leader of the group is Sergei Shnurov, who is really notable and creative, in addition to working in this team, he manages to engage in solo projects and regularly gets on the pages of the secular chronicle and the yellow press. But still such a huge popularity can not be explained by the talent and activity of one person. Most likely, the secret of "Leningrad" in the people, honesty and the discussion of actual problems is understandable to every language.

Albums and the most famous hits

For the whole history of its existence the collective releasedmore than 15 albums. The most interesting and significant of them are: "Dachniki", "For millions", "Bread" and "Henna". The group "Leningrad" has repeatedly returned to its past works, rewrote old songs, bringing them to perfection and releasing official collections. Simultaneously with the outputs of the new discs, clips are being shot, which for the most part fall into rotation on the central music channels and are delayed for a long time on the air and various charts. If we talk about video, the most well-known are videos on the following songs: "Manager", "Mamba", "Roads" and "Gelendzhik." To date, the new compositions and clips the band has not released for a long time. Is this the end, and very soon it will be possible to forget that once there was a group of "Leningrad"? The leader of the group has repeatedly announced from the stage and in official interviews that the project is being closed. But each time the band again rejoiced their fans with concerts and albums. It is possible that this will happen this time too. There was no official announcement about the breakup of the group, which means that it is appropriate to consider it existing today.

Group "Leningrad": composition, photos of participants

On the stage the collective always comes out with differentnumber of participants. Usually their number varies from 4 to 14, but the main members of the group are: Sergey Shnurov (music, lyrics, vocals), Alexander Popov (drums, vocals), Andrei Antonenko (trumpet, arrangements), Roman Fokin (backing vocals, saxophone). Officially, however, the group "Leningrad" has a larger composition today. It is not less than 10 musicians, many of whom play on rare and almost exotic instruments. However, the whole team is extremely rare, most of the live performances are held in incomplete composition. The cord allows you to even replace yourself - because the group plays folk music, everyone can sing the words.