Aleksander Yurievich Aksyonov (stage name Ricochet ; September 3, 1964 , Leningrad - March 22, 2007 , St. Petersburg) is a Soviet and Russian musician, songwriter, best known as the leader of the Object of Mockery band. The son of a theater director, director of the Bolshoi Theater M. Gorky Yuri Aksyonov .
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| Birth name | Alexander Yurievich Aksyonov |
| Date of Birth | September 3, 1964 |
| Place of Birth | Leningrad , USSR |
| Date of death | March 22, 2007 (42 years old) |
| Place of death | Saint Petersburg , Russia |
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| Professions | singer , guitarist |
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| Aliases | |
| Collectives | "Rubber rebound", "Crossword", " The object of ridicule " |
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Biography
Born in the family of a theater director, director of the Bolshoi Theater. M. Gorky Yuri Aksyonov .
The first musical performance took place as part of the Rubber Bounce School ensemble in 1980 (hence the nickname that Aksyonov took as a stage name ). Later the underground group Crossword was created, which included Ricochet’s comrades. Later he played with several Leningrad punk bands .
In 1985, he created his own team "Object of ridicule", quickly achieved popularity.
In 1990, the “Object of ridicule” ceased to appear. Later, a number of its members created the Tequilajazzz group. Since the mid-1990s, Ricochet has solo and co-authored a number of albums, participated in several music projects (for example, collaborated with the Baltic Clan community), and was engaged in producing (for example, Alexander Zaslavsky's solo albums).
In 1993, he played the role of a hipster in Rashid Nugmanov ’s film “ Wild East ”.
March 22, 2007, the 42-year-old musician died. Cardiac arrest was called the official cause of death.
He was buried at the Theological Cemetery in St. Petersburg [1] .
Personal life
His wife is school love Tatyana, son Kirill Aksyonov.
He lived in an unregistered marriage with the widow of Viktor Tsoi - Marianna Tsoi . There are suggestions that Alexander Tsoi , in fact, the son of Ricochet. In particular, this is what Alexey Vishnya and Andrey Tropillo say [2] [3] .
Discography
As part of the Object of Taunts group
- 1986 - He laughs - HE laughs last
- 1987 - Publicity
- 1989 - The Life of Real Cowboys
- 1990 - Made in the jungle. (the only one published on vinyl )
- 2008 - Teleterror
Solo albums and projects
- 1995 - Blues for the Wretch
- 2000 - Kinchev and Ricochet: Geopolitics
- 2000 - Victor Tsoi. Sadness
- 2000 - Ricochet + Baltic Rap
- 2001 - Do not shoot! Black glasses
- 2002 - Your new soundtrack (not released)
Tribute
- 2009 - Dragon Exit
Guest participation
- 2002 - the “ King and the Jester ” group - the album “ Sorry, no guns ” - vocals in track 2 “Dead Anarchist”
Literature
- Alekseev A.S. Who is who in Russian rock music . - M .: AST: Astrel: Harvest, 2009 .-- S. 414, 415. - ISBN 978-5-17-048654-0 (AST). - ISBN 978-5-271-24160-4 (Astrel). - ISBN 978-985-16-7343-4 (Harvest).