VIA "Rare Bird" is a Soviet group that existed in 1981-1982. in Moscow. An amateur Moscow group from which many famous musicians emerged. In 1979, a student team appeared in the Maurice Thorez Institute of Foreign Languages with the unusual name Rara Avis "(Latin" rara avis ", from which it comes from, means" something piece "," unique ", literally," rare bird ") [ 1] . The phrase was translated from Latin as “curiosity” and already emphasized the group’s inclination towards foreign languages - it was so, “Papa Avis” sang in pure English (education affected) and performed numbers Grand Funk Railroad , Bachman-Turner Overdrive and other classic standards. In 1982, on the basis of Papa Avis was the Rare Bird itself was created, which included: Eugene Havtan - guitar; Alexei Aedonitsky (son of a famous Soviet songwriter ) - keyboards; Sergey Galanin - bass; Mikhail Kulikov - vocals and Igor Smyslov - drums. The group played hard rock and Pop rock was already composed by herself. Rare Bird performed in the capital's recreation centers, in the evenings in student dormitories and was quite popular. Then the group broke up, Galanin and Aedonitsky changed their name to Gulliver and invited new musicians. The havtan joined the postscript group, which was then played by Garik Sukachev and Pavel Kuzin . There is no exact data on the rare bird’s magnetic albums, although there were many recordings of her concerts made in a “pirate” way and popular among rock music lovers.
| Rare bird | |
|---|---|
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| basic information | |
| Years | 1981 - 1982 |
| A country |  the USSR |
| City | Moscow |
| Language of songs | Russian |
| Composition | Sergey Galanin Eugene Havtan Alexey Aedonitsky Kulikov Mikhail Smyslov Igor |
Album
- 1982 - VIA "Rare Bird"
- If you do not become a diplomat [2]
- Label
- Fairy tales
- People are selling everywhere
- Death
- These people
- Car and you
- Instrumental
- Where are we in a hurry
- I have enough
- Stop
- This world
- Tip
Notes
- ↑ Andrei Burlaka “RARE BIRD” // Rock-N-Roll.Ru
- ↑ The first group: Alexei Aedonitsky - keys; Yuri Kuzmin - vocals, guitar, songwriter; Mikhail Orlov - bass; Stas Radkevich - Bongos; Igor Smyslov - drums. Compositions 1-8 were included in the first album of the group, composition 1 - the words and music of Yuri Kuzmin, the real name is “Love and ...”; composition 2,3,4,6,7 - words, music and vocals of Yuri Kuzmin; composition 5 - verses by Charles Baudelaire , music by Mikhail Orlov.