Biography
The Blue Berets team was the result of the creative amateurness of soldiers serving in Afghanistan. As a result, the group became famous for the entire Soviet Union and remained popular even after his decay.The history of creation and composition
The history of the creation of the ensemble originates in 1985 in Afghanistan. The team was formed due to the enthusiasts that began to act under the leadership of Sergey Yarovoy. In the initial composition of the group included guitarist Oleg Gonotov, drummer Sergey Isakov, Tarih Lysca bass player and keyboard player Igor Ivanchenko.
Music
The debut concert took place in the club in front of the soldiers of the 350th regiment. On the scene, the songs of popular Soviet performers were sounded on the stage in the genre of military-patriotic music. Speech gathered a full hall that inspired performers to continue creativity.There are many difficulties on the way to glory to the musicians. Rehearse accounted for at night, after all, the soldiers participated in hostilities. But they did not regret the time and effort to please one-headed new songs that raised the morale. Soon the group began to create their own compositions, including "Afghanistan", "Memory" and "Hazardous Damn". In the same period, "Sinya" appeared, which brought fame to performers.
In 1986, the drummer left the ensemble, whose place was taken by Tarich Lyshov. Stanislav Ufimtsev joined the team as a bassist. But in this composition, "Blue Berets" spoke not long, soon they needed to look for a bass guitarist, and then the keyboard player. In the first place, all participants in the group remained military debt, and only then work was going.
The musicians gave concerts in the Afghan territories, which were under the control of the USSR. Their speech on the ether of the competition "When Soldiers sing" was broadcast from Kabul and became the opening of the year. After that, the blue berets were invited to Moscow, where they sang in Luzhniki, Olympic and Kremlin Palace.
Shortly after the victory at the competition "When the soldiers sing" the group was on the verge of decay. The performers completed the service and returned to their homeland. Then the head and vocalist Sergey Yarova began to collect a new team. It includes bass player Yuri Saladov, Drummer Egor Heart, Keyman Evgeny Rozhkov and guitarist Viktor Rimsha. Together they recorded the "Memory" album and continued to speak with concerts.
Blue Berets began to invite on television, contests and festivals. Despite the success, they continued to go on tour in hot spots to inspire soldiers. The funds reversed from the concerts were transferred to charitable funds to help disabled, veterans and families of the dead fighters.
In 1990, the second record of musicians "That ended the war" was published. After a year, the team received the official status and title of the Airborne Concert Ensemble. This meant that in the life of the new generation of performers, creativity will be on the fore. Places of the departed keyboard player and guitarist occupied Denis Platon and Dmitry Vakhrushin.
Speeches followed in Europe and on the territory of the USSR, the blue berets visited with the concerts of the Far East and the Polar, where they were waiting for the full halls and grateful listeners. Even after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the team did not lose popularity. For regular departures in hot spots, the performers were awarded "for courage".
The ensemble continued to record albums that enjoyed popular among the military. To become closer to the listeners, the artists created a group in Vkontakte and the channel on Yutubeub. Their clip on the composition "Conversation with a portrait" won the 3rd place at the Festival "Film".
For creative merit, the musicians were awarded the title of Honored Artists of Russia. In 2015, they celebrated the anniversary - 30 years on stage. In honor of this, a concert in the theater of the Russian army took place.
"Blue berets" now
In 2019, the discography of the ensemble was replenished with album "Do not hesitate to awards, men," which was warmly accepted by fans.
Now the participants continue to create and play on the stage. They lead a page in "Instagram" and the official website where they are divided by news and photos.
Discography
- 1987 - "Blue Berets"
- 1988 - "Memory"
- 1990 - "That ended the war"
- 1994 - "From war to war"
- 1996 - "Eh, Share ..."
- 1997 - "Table calendar sadness"
- 2002 - "Wounded City"
- 2005 - "Dedication"
- 2008 - "Mining Field"
- 2019 - "Do not hesitate to awards, men"
Clips
- "Conversation with a portrait"
- "Blue River"
- "Morpekh and Desantura"
- "The border"
- "In our betaire"