Biography
Sergey Galanin is a talented musician, the artist and the author of the songs, whose creativity can be called a symbol of the era without exaggeration. "Wonderland", "What do we need?", "Road on the night", "Door on the castle" - songs that have become cult music for several generations of fans of rock music. The permanent leader of the group "Earring", its ideological inspirer and symbol, Sergey is worthy of standing in one row with such performers as Boris Grebenshchikov, Vyacheslav Butusov, Yuri Shevchuk.Childhood and youth
The future musician was born on November 16, 1961 in Moscow. Initially, the biography of Sergei Galanina was not associated with music - the young man entered the engineering university, choosing the specialty "Bridges and Tunnels". After graduating from the institute, Sergei worked at the Metrostroy laboratory.
However, at that time, in the future star, craving for creativity was woken up, and Sergey Galanin entered the Lipetsk School of Culture to the conductor.
At the same time, Sergey Galanina had acquaintances from the world of music, which largely identified his further fate. Garik Sukachev and Yevgeny Havtan became not only friends of Galanina, but also by his inspirers.
Music
Already in 1982, Sergey Galanin and Evgeny Havtan joined the group "Rare Bird" as a guitarist and bassist. This team quickly became popular - the guys were invited to act in student hostels and towns of culture. Unfortunately, after exact year, the group broke up.
The musicians were not dressed: Sergey Galanin and Alexander Aedonitsky, the former keyboard player "Rare Birds", created his own group called "Gulliver". This project was more successful. In the same year, the first magnetic album of the group appeared, which included five songs. Musicians began to invite music and concerts again.
However, soon fate again turned away from Sergey Galanina. Loud glory played a bad role for the collective: the group was mentioned on the German radio station "German Wave" as a bright phenomenon of Russian rock. Because of this, "Gullivier" listed the USSR Ministry of Culture. Despite this, the musicians continued to record songs, but as a result of creative disagreements, the team ceased to exist in 1986.
After some time, a new group appeared on the music chaise - "Brigade C", founded by Sergey Galanin and Garica Sukachev. This project also did not existees for a long time, although the composition of the Chertopoloch, recorded at that time, still on rumor of rock music fans.
Sergey Galanin decided to start the solo career. The result was the "Dog Waltz" cult album, which included the "warm air from the roofs" compositions, "war", "good night". And in 1994, Sergey created a group of "Earring". The name was chosen for no accident - firstly, these are the first letters of the name and surname of the musician, and secondly, because of the earrings, which Sergey constantly wore in the ear, many friends called it that way.
The debut of the team took place the same year in Rostov-on-Don. Sergey Galanin went on one scene with Alice and Teiff groups. The public liked the performance of musicians, and for Sergey Galanina, a series of festivals, concerts and departments began again. Already in the 1995th "Earring" went to the tour of the country along with Vladimir Shahrin and Teiff Group.
The first compositions that were in the repertoire of the "Earrings" were songs from the Galanina solo album, however, new songs were gradually appeared, which included soon in the debut plate of the group. The second album did not make himself wait. The Song of the Song "Road on Night" for a long time became a business card of the team.
The following few years have become the flowering of the group: the albums "Earrings" went out one by one. In 1997, the "Valley of the Eyes" appears, two years later, the record "Country of Miracles" was pleased, and in 2003 the team recorded the album "I am, as everything" together with the popular musicians Max Pokrovsky, Andrei Makarevich, Konstantin Kinchev, Garik Sukachev and others.
In 2006, Sergey Galanine presented a new record called "Normal Man". After that, in the work of the group, there was a small break, although the team continued to constantly tour and please the fans with "alive" performances at the rock festivals and prefabricated concerts.
In 2011, Sergey Galanina turned 50 years old. The group made a concert dedicated to the birthday of the musician, and also submitted to the public a new record called "Children's Heart".
In addition to performances in the group, Sergey often gives solo concerts. The musician several years later drove the Rock festival "Wings", and was also the unchanging guest "invasion" and "Maxidrome" - the main events of rock music. Perhaps the photo of Sergey Galanina on the scene "Wings" is in the collection of each fan of rock culture.
Interestingly, Sergey Galanin not only composes and executes songs. The musician helped Vladimir Shahrin and the Tea group with the release of three plates as a sound producer. Sergey led his own program "Rock and Roll TV", and later the "Music Telephone" (last pair with the musician Evgeny Margulis).
In addition, Sergey Galanin tried forces and as an actor. On the account of the musician three films - "Step", "Who am I?" And "Red Hood". Do not forget the musician and about charity. Galanine with a group has repeatedly participated in concerts, all incomes from which were transmitted in favor of needy and sick children. It is also known that Sergey participates in a public movement called "Russia - without cruelty to children."
Personal life
The musician's own personal life tries not to advertise, rightly consider that creativity is the main thing.
It is known that Sergey Galanina has a wife, a woman is called Olga. With Olga Sergey met, still as a schoolboy. Spouses have two children - the sons of Timofey and Paul.
Sergey Galanin now
Now Sergey Galanin continues to write songs and perform with concerts. In 2017, the musician again pleased the fans, releasing the next album called "Signs". Sergey admits that "signs" became ideological continuation of the previous record "purity", which appeared in two years earlier. Initially, Galanin planned to release a "double" album, but later it was decided to divide the records by making them independent.
It is worth noting that many compositions of the album "Sights" have already sounded at the concerts "Earrings", so they will not be revealed. However, there are pleasant surprises that were not executed before. In total, 14 songs entered the album.
The song from this album "Let's take to war", filled with Sergey Galanin in a duet with a charming barbarus of Okhlobystina, has already become a real hit, having struck the fan of sincerity.
According to his own recognition of the musician, the record turned out to be typically "Galanin's". The fulfillment of the performer, as before, paid to lyrical texts, each of whom invariably takes over the soul and striking the depth. In terms of music, Sergey also remained faithful to his own traditions: the musician fans will not definitely remain disappointed album.
About creative plans Sergey Galanin prefers not to spread, emphasizing that everything in the hands of providence.
Discography
- 1994 - "Dog Waltz"
- 1995 - "Earring"
- 1997 - "Road to Night"
- 1997 - "Valley of Eye"
- 1998 - "Live Collection"
- 1999 - "Wonderland"
- 2003 - "I am, like all"
- 2005 - "Night Road to Wonderland"
- 2006 - "Normal Man"
- 2011 - "Nature, Freedom and Love"
- 2011 - "Children's Heart"
- 2015 - "Clean"
- 2017 - "Signs"