Biography
Group "Bravo" - Soviet and Russian rock band. The founder and permanent participant of the team is Evgeny Havtan. The musical style of the group is something mean between the rock and rolla, a bit and rocabilly. Since 1983, the composition has repeatedly changed, at one time the soloists of the group were Zhanna Aguzarov, Valery Syutkin, Yevgeny Osin.Compound
The initiators of the Group's creation were guitarist Yevgeny Havtan and the drummer Pavel Kuzin. The role of vocalists invited Zhanna Aguzarov. Soon the "Bravo" joined the keyboard player and saxophonist Alexander Stepanenko, as well as bassist Andrei cones. In the winter of 1983, they recorded the first album on the tape tape, which was handed over from hand to hand.
Their first concert ended sadly. All participants in the group arrested the police. In fact, the speech was illegal, but the audience paid for tickets. This was regarded as an illegal entrepreneurship. But most of all got Aguzarova. She had problems with a passport, and also there was no Moscow regulation. For this reason, she sent it from the capital.
At the time of her absence, Sergey Rygenko took into the group. In 1985, the singer returned, but already in 1988, Zhanna with a team starts scandals and misunderstandings. As a result, the girl left "Bravo", deciding to do a solo singing career. Anna Salmina came to her place, and later Tatyana Ruzayev. Since 1989, Evgeny Osin becomes a soloist.
The new period for the collective begins with the arrival of Valery Sutkin - a bright vocalist and a talented composer. With him the group produces the most significant albums in the discography "Bravo". Later, he, like Aguzarov, left the collective for the sake of solo career.
From 1995 to this day, a vocalist of the group is Robert Lenz. As before, the Guitarist Evgeny Javtan is part of the guitarist. After the break, Pavel Kuzin returned to the group. In 1994, a multi-processist Alexander Stepanenko again joined the Bravo. And in 2011, a bass guitarist Mikhail Grachev came to the team.
Music
In 1983, the BRAVO group performed the most popular music of that time. True, after the scandal with the police at the concert, the music team fell into the "black list" of prohibited groups, where at that time aquarium and Alice had already consisted. But it only heated the interest of the public to their work.
Thanks to the acquaintance with Alla Pugacheva, the group was invited to participate in the TV show "Music Ring". And next year, young musicians performed on the same stage with Primateonna and Alexander Gradsky. It was a charity concert, all the reversed funds from which went to the fund assistance to the victim in Chernobyl.
In the same year, the first official album of the group called "Ensemble Bravo" was published. The plates were separated by a 5 million edition. At the same time, their first tour abroad began. The first country in the tour was Finland, and the success in the audience was deafening.
After the care of Aguzarova, together with Anna Salmin, the song "King Orange Summer" was recorded, subsequently became the hat. The clip on this composition was presented on central television, and later this song was recognized as the most popular in 1986.
When Valery Syutkin joined the Bravo, an important stage began in the group, during which her corporate identity was formed. The subculture "Stylag" lay down in its foundation. Although at first Syutkin did not fit into this concept. The man had a magnificent chapels, which he did not want to agreed.
Even in the clip "Vasya", which was removed for the "morning mail" to present the audience a new composition, he was captured with this original hairstyle. But later Valery still had to change it under the rock-n-rolled standard. And according to the radio station "Our Radio", the composition "Vasya" entered the list of the 100 best songs of Russian rock XX century.
Fishka "Syutkinsky" period was a tie. Fans simply borrowed musicians at concerts. As Sutkin told in an interview, he still keeps a collection of ties in which there are more hundreds of them.
Many believe that this composition "Bravo" was the best, because then the most popular plates were recorded - "styles from Moscow", "Moscow Bit" and "Road to the Clouds". In 1994, the Bravo Group noted the 10th anniversary. Musicians gave several performances in the capital. It is noteworthy that the first soloist of the collective Zhanna Aguzarova also participated in concerts. Together with Sutkin, they performed the song "Leningrad Rock and Roll".
Inviting former participants to the anniversaries soon became a tradition. For example, on the 15th anniversary, not only Aguzarova, but also Syutkin, who left the team in 1995 came to the scene. Such concerts had a deafening success at the "Bravo" fans.
With a new soloist Robert Lenz, an album "At the crossroads of spring" was recorded. This record is considered the most successful in the "Lenz period". And Javtan repeatedly said that "at the crossroads of spring" is one of his favorite albums of the group. In 1998, a plate of "hits about love" was published, but also critics, and his listeners were not appreciated by calculating Malmual.
Album "Evgenika" "Bravo" was recorded in 2001. And he was extremely different in sound from past project projects. It appeared disco elements. And in most songs, the head of the team - Yevgeny Havtan itself began to solo.
After "Eugene" followed a 10-year break. Not every year, the musicians promised a new album to fans, but he came out only in 2011. But the critics noted its extremely positive. They recognized this record the best in the "Bravo" career, noting the quality and modernity of sound.
In 2015, the premiere of the album "Forever" took place. For his record, "vintage" tools were used. This is the first album of the team, in which Evgeny Havtan is a leading vocalist. Some songs were with the female parties who performed Masha Makarov from Masha and Bears and Jan Blonder.
Group "Bravo" now
"Bravo" continues to perform, write new songs, shoot clips. In 2017, participated in the festival "invasion".
In the summer of 2015, the musicians released a clip on the song "Strawberry Rain". In the video, they used drawings made by children from orphanages and boarding schools.
In 2017, the book of Alexei Sovchego "Bravo. Authorized group biography. It included both already well-known events from the life of popular rock and rolling countries and interviews prepared specifically for this edition. Javtan positively appreciated the work of the singing, noting his careful attitude towards the history of the team.
In 2018, the BRAVO group marks 35 years. To this date, the musicians plan to record a new album.
Clips
- "King Orange Summer"
- "This city"
- "Love, girls"
- "I'm what you need"
- "Road to the clouds"
- "This is outside the dawn window"
- "Stylish orange tie"
- Moscow Bit
- "Vasya"
- "Fashion"
- "On the Moonlight"
Discography
- 1983 - "Bravo"
- 1987 - "Ensemble Bravo"
- 1990 - "Stirsters from Moscow"
- 1993 - Moscow Bit
- 1994 - "Road to the clouds"
- 1996 - "At the crossroads of spring"
- 1998 - "Hits about love"
- 2001 - "Eugene"
- 2011 - "Fashion"
- 2015 - "Forever"