Gross (album)

“The idiocy of everyday life is perhaps the main theme and the main“ object of ridicule ”of the NOM. In this, the group is a direct heir to the traditions of the rock theater of the absurd - from the sardonic jokes of Frank Zappa and the rivalry of Captain Beefheart to the grotesque “parades” and “marches” of “ AVIA ”, mini-performances of “ Sounds of Mu ” and the inside-out routine of the albums of the early “ DK ” ", - writes in the review of the album in the magazine" Melody "Arkady Petrov. “Everything that the NOM songs say is just a slightly sharpened reality. The mirror that “informal” story-tellers expose to us is not at all crooked, or crooked, but not so much as the world is unattractive before our eyes <...> A limited and vicious dwarf fighting alone with a complicated elevator; “Bodily wretched” owner of fake legs, right and left selling prostheses; an eerie odlopez is either a beast or a goblin - in a word, an unknown inhabitant of a thicket, which is hunted by the villagers, somewhat reminiscent of some Vyselki from the " Snail on the Slope " of the Strugatsky ... " ^[2]

Yuri Budko ( Parus Magazine) discovers the connection of Gross texts with the poetry of Daniil Kharms and Nikolai Oleinikov . “In various ways, idiotic in their poems, the dramatic manifestations of the seemingly insignificant aspects of our everyday life and culture, they are sure that in such a language one can also speak of serious problems.” ^[3]

• In 1991, 3 songs from the album “Gross” (Queen-Reptile, Wicked Waltz, Insects) were released on the vinyl promo disc of the company “Melody” Signal plate series 1990 (1) , on which, in addition to N.O. M , the groups Crisis were presented, Zero and Cavalier Club Gluck .
• The songs “At the Carriage of the Mashes”, “The Queen-Reptile”, “The Dwarf” and “Insects” in the original album versions are included in the first official “The Best” Ultracompact , released in 1995 . At the same time, the recording of the composition “Insects” from the master tape was used for this publication. This version does not contain light cod at the very beginning, unlike the version released a year later on the SoLyd Records CD.
• In 2002, the second official “The Best” NOM-15 was released. 1987-2002 . The album "Gross" is presented on it by the songs "Insects" and "Queen-Reptile".
• The source of the phrase "At the carriage of the mashes" is a collection of works of Russian folklore edited by P.V. Kireyevsky . The indicated phrase is given there as a riddle, the solution of which is unknown ^[4] .
• The word "Odlopez" was coined by Sergey Butuzov at the dawn of his joint work with A. Kagadeev , as the name of an alien priest. Subsequently, the word "Odlopez" was found in one of the works ^{[5] of} S. Lem , again, it was about other planets, and the above character was mentioned there once approximately like this: "... which his nephew Odlopez poisoned him" . Butuzov swore that he had not read this work before ^[6] .
• The composition "Denture" is dedicated to Peter Mamonov .
• All compositions of the album were written in the period 1986-1987. At the same time, the first trial tape recordings were made at Dmitry Tikhonov’s house (Alexander Liver).
• The majority of Gross songs directed by Viktor Makarov and MK NOM musicians were filmed videos for the Leningrad television (including for the Pop Antenna program), subsequently released on VHS and DVD as part of the group’s official video releases: USSR Masters or Monkey snout - 1994 (At the karyttsu mashka, Insects), Relics 1 - 2007 (Foul waltz, About the goat, Queen-reptile, Dwarf).
• A video clip was also shot on the song “Litsa-dartsa,” which was considered lost for a long time. But in July 2011, a video clip was published on the Internet.

1. Doll "Gennady" I (D. Tikhonov)
2. Foul Waltz (S. Kagadeev / NOM)
3. At the karytsu mashek (A.Kagadeev / NOM)
4. About the goat (S. Butuzov, A. Kagadeev / NOM)
5. Queen reptile (A.Demidov / NOM)
6. Dwarf (S. Butuzov / NOM)
7. Insects (S. Butuzov, A. Kagadeev / NOM)
8. Odlopez (A.Kagadeev / NOM)
9. The lamp-dartsa (S. Butuzov, A. Kagadeev / NOM)
10. Prosthesis (A.Kagadeev / NOM)
11. Doll "Gennady" II (D. Tikhonov)

• Sergey Kagadeev (Hafizulla Edinbekovich Sagitdulov) - vocals
• Sergey Butuzov (Vladimir Vissarionovich Baturin) - guitar
• Andrey Kagadeev (Hafizulla Ulsanbarovich Sagitdulov) - bass, xylophone
• Dmitry Tikhonov (Alexander Avermanovich Liver) - piano, synthesizer, accordion, vocals
• Vladimir Postnichenko (Gottlib Ulrichovich Tuzeyast) - drums
• Yuri Saltykov (Ivan Nikolaevich Turist) - percussion, stage action
• Mark Bomstein ( Jungle ) - Keys (4.10)

• 1991 - WFG "Melody" (LP).
• 1995 - Castle Rock (compact cassette).
• 1996 - Solyd Records (CD, compact cassette).
• 2011 - Soyuz Music (CD, digipack).

• Album page on the official website of NOM.
• Album page in the NOM-Releases web directory.