Biography
Rock band "Lube" for more than 30 years happy with compatriots hits. The permanent leader and the soloist Nikolai Rastorguev is the charismatic owner of a courageous bariton. Under the direction of producer Igor Matvienko "Lube" managed to become the most national-patriotic from Russian teams.The history of creation and composition
The idea of creating a group belongs to Igor Matvienko, who in 1987 he worked at the Studio "Record". The composer and producer felt that the listeners had the need for new music, different from the monotonous motives of the Soviet pop. Together with the poet Alexander Shaganov and Mikhail Andreev, Matvienko developed the concept of a new team, picked up texts and melodies for songs.
Creativity was based on patriotism with elements of folklore and military topics. Music accompaniment - Rock, diluted by Russian folk song. Matvienko at the head of the group saw a bright leader with a strong voice, which would often have helped on the rods of back vocalists, and sometimes full-fledged choral games would be fulfilled. It remains only to find such a soloist.
From the history of the creation of "Lube", it is known that the producer met Nikolai Rastorguev at listening to the "Hello, Song" ensemble, where he worked as an artistic director. Igor Matvienko was looking for a new vocalist instead of the colleagues of Sergei Mazaev who had left colleagues. Behind the shoulders of Rastorguev had experience in "Rondo" and VIA "Six young".
The image of a native man from the producer did not fold with the rock band format. However, Nikolai convinced Matvienko in his need. The first songs of "Lube" began to record on January 14, 1989 - the date is considered the official birthday of the team.
Initially, the composition of "Lube" was as follows: Vokalist Nikolai Rastorguev, Guitarist Vyacheslav Tereshonok, Bass-guitarist Alexander Nikolaev, Keyman Alexander Davydov and Drummer Rinat Bakhteev. The arrangement took on the artistic director Igor Matvienko. The first team worked together shortly. However, during the existence of a group of the Bones changed rarely: many participants played the team for 20 years.
Today, "Lube" consists of a permanent vocalist Nikolai Rastorgueva, keyboard player and bayanist Vitaly Loktev, Drummer Alexander Erochene, Guitarist Sergei Mogbyt, bass guitarist Dmitry Streltsova and back-hocalists Pavel Suchkov, Alexey Cantund and Alexey Tarasova.
Nikolay Rastorguev was awarded the title of Honored and People's Artist of Russia - in 1997 and 2002, respectively. The participants of the group Vitaly Lokteva, Alexander Erokhina and Anatoly Kuleshov also honored the title of deserved artists of the Russian Federation.
Since 2007, the soloist has health problems. Nikolai Vyacheslavovich discovered chronic renal failure, in 2009 he had transferred an operation to transplanting a donor body. In 2017, due to emergency hospitalization, the singer did not go to the stage in Tula - immediately before the concert, Rastorguev was bad. The press service "Lube" clarified that the star was diagnosed with arrhythmia. Today is the organism of Rastorguev in a satisfactory condition.
The team "Lube" during the existence lost 2 operating musicians: On April 19, 2009, the tenor of the Anatoly Kuleshov group died in the car accident. On the same day, but in 2016, another participant died from the cranial trauma received during the attack, the bass guitarist Pavel Usanov. A plane crash On December 25, 2016, the life of the former back-vocalist Evgenia Nasibulin, who sang in the team in the early 90s, took the lives of the Black Sea.
Music
The first tour took place in March 1989 in Zheleznovodsk and Pyatigorsk. Concerts were held at empty halls - "Lube" no one else knew. In December of the same year, Alla Pugacheva invited the team to "Christmas meetings" with the songs "Atas" and "Do not rob, men."It was the primont that the scenic military image of Frontman came to mind. Recreational agencies in the theater of the Soviet Army, the form approached Rastorguev so much that the audience accepted him for a retired officer. After the broadcast, the group "Lube" instantly became famous. A few months later left the first plate of the team.
In March 1991, concerts were successful under the name "All Power - Lube!". In addition to the favorite fans of the songs "Batka Makhno", "Atas" and "Lyubertsy", new compositions were sounded, previously not broadcast on the radio and TV: "Tulupchik Zaire", "Not to Valya Fool, America" and other tracks.
After success, "Lube" begins to shoot clips: the city of Sochi was chosen to the place for filming the first. Frames drawn manually, so the viewers of the video were demonstrated only in 1992.
Two years later, a roller on the song "Do not Valya Fool, America" at the competition in France, celebrated the special prize "for humor and the quality of the visual series." As a dancer, an unknown person then, Andrei Grigoriev-Appoloni, took part in the project.
In the same year, the group changed the style of execution to more serious and lyrical. More rock and the detailed parties of the choir appeared in the compositions. For almost 2 years, a new album "Lyube Zone" was recorded, which included the immortal hits "Horse" and "Road".
The collection "Collected Works", released in 1997, included the favorite song Rastorgueva. According to the soloist, his heart is closer to other track "There, behind the fogs." The injecting fans believe that the track is devoted to a catastrophe at the Kursk atomic cruiser. However, the work was created before the tragedy and devoted to the heroes-submariners as a whole.
In the early 2000s, the team actively replenished discography, played in citywide and closed sites. On May 9, 2001, the group live gave a grand concert on Red Square in honor of Victory Day. The next year, President Vladimir Putin personally visited the speech of "Lube" in Sochi KZ "Festival".
Romir Monitoring Research Holding In January 2006, he conducted a study, according to the results of which "Lube" at that time was considered the best pop team in Russia, bypassing "VIA GRU" and "Tea together". The main fans of the Creativity of Rock-Stars were men of the middle and older age groups and citizens with high income.
In 2010, Nikolay Rastorguev became a deputy of the Federal Assembly from United Russia, and also entered the State Duma Committee on Culture. In this regard, the team often participated in the shares of the ruling party, as well as the movement "Young Guard" - the youth wing of the organization.
The team has long been invited to Russian cities and not only on closed areas. "Lube" performs at concerts on an open stage dedicated to the Day of the City, professional holidays of city-forming organizations and departments.
In 2014, the Group noted the 25th anniversary birthday. "Lube" released an album dedicated to this significant event. The presentation was held on February 23, 2015 in Crocus City Hall, where the team made the program "Combat". February 7, on the opening day of the Sochi Olympiad, "Lube" presented the composition "For you, Motherland-mother." Igor Matvienko told reporters that the song is dedicated to games.
In 2015, in honor of the 70th anniversary of the Victory "Lube", together with the officers of the Alpha Group, they recorded the song "And the dawns here are quiet ...". The composition was used as the final topic of the Renata Davletyarov ribbon of the Renata.
In 2017, a big concert was held dedicated to the 60th anniversary of Nikolai Rastorgueva. On the occasion of a festive event, other stars of the Russian pop. During the execution of Pelagey, the legendary hit "Horse" in the crowded hall stood a coffin silence. After the voice of the singer fell, the parquet exploded with applause.
It should be noted that now the songs "Lube" sound more than 30 kinocartes. One of the most famous compositions was the soundtrack "You carry me, River" to the series I released in 2000 and the one-name full-length film "Border. Taiga novel. " The work was executed by the team together with the producer Igor Matvienko.
In 2003, admirers of celebrity creativity rated recorded in a duet with Sergey Svyrukovy Single "Birch". The work was intended for the musical accompaniment of the series of the first channel "Plot". The motive and text "Berez" found in the people of great popularity than teleproject about the village police.
A few years later, the tracks "Lube" "break through, Opera!" And "Call me quietly named" All Russia sang - songs were used in the popular TV series "Deadly Strength", produced by the first channel.
Music compositions were repeatedly nominated and defeated at various festivals and contests: "Song of the Year", "Muz-TV", "Golden Gramophone" and "Chanson of the Year". For example, hit "Let's ..." in 2002 received 3 prestigious awards.
"Lube" now
For 2021, the group scheduled a dense touring schedule, which is posted on the official website and on social networks. If in "Instagram", the admirers will find only a fan page, then in Vkontakte there is an official account. Here you can see photos and video stars, learn news.
The COVID-19 pandemic made its own adjustments, but the regions gradually remove restrictions. At the beginning of 2021, Nikolai Rastorguev assured fans in the video, that new speeches will take place.
In honor of the Day of Defender of the Fatherland, the team traditionally arranged 2 musical male evenings in KZ Crocus City Hall. During the year, "Lube" decided to visit such major centers such as St. Petersburg, Krasnoyarsk, Kemerovo and small towns, for example, Serpukhov.
Also in February, the premiere of the adventure comedy Ilya Akseyov "relatives", for which the team recorded the soundtrack "A River flows". The film received mixed reviews on Kinopoisk. However, rocker fans highly appreciated a new song.
Discography
- 1989 - "Atas"
- 1992 - "Who said we lived badly?"
- 1994 - "Lyube Zone"
- 1996 - "Combat"
- 1997 - "Songs about people"
- 2000 - "Mixers"
- 2002 - "Come on ..."
- 2005 - "Razmi"
- 2009 - "His"
- 2015 - "For you, Motherland-mother!"
Clips
- 1992 - "Do not Valya Fool, America!"
- 1994 - "Moon"
- 1994 - "On the Will"
- 1994 - "Come on-Naiani"
- 1997 - "There behind the fogs"
- 1997 - "Guys from our yard"
- 1999 - "Break up!"
- 2000 - "Soldier"
- 2001 - "Wind-breeze"
- 2002 - "Come on ..."
- 2003 - "Birch"
- 2008 - "Steelners of Russia"
- 2009 - "And Zarya"
- 2014 - "It all depends on God and a little from us"
- 2015 - "And dawns here are quiet, quiet"