"People's Militia" - Leningrad rock group, formed in 1982 by Alex Ogoltely . Style - ska-punk , punk-jazz, know-wave , beat , postpunk , ska .
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Genre | ska experimental rock punk rock postpunk |
Years | 1982–2005 |
A country | the USSR |
City | Leningrad |
Other name | New Image (1986) Israel (1992) |
Language of songs | Russian |
Label | Begemotion Records dot Records Caravan records Antrop |
Composition | Alex Freaky |
Former the participants | More than 200 |
Other projects | Department of Self-Eradication (1982-1984) |
The name of the group was named after the avenue in the south-west of Leningrad. For the period 1983-1986, in the home studio Begemotion Records 9 albums were recorded, the members of the band of those years were Alex “Ogoltely” Strogachev (vocals, bass guitar, guitar, lyrics, music), Dmitry “Donkey” Pshishlyak (piano, bass, guitar, music ), Fedor “Begemot” Lavrov (drums, guitar, vocals, music, lyrics, sound recording), in some recordings such famous Leningrad rock musicians as Andrey “Svin” Panov , Georgy “Gustav” Guryanov , Alexander “Rikoshet” Aksenov participated , Andrei Otryaskin . At the same time, Alex writes down “acoustics” with friends, releasing entries under the title “People’s Militia”. In 1986, Fedya “Begemot” leaves the group and stops recording it.
Despite provocative texts and unformatted sound, in 1986 the group managed to perform one song in the House of Culture at a concert timed to the 27th CPSU Congress (that year the group temporarily changed its name to “New Image”). In the ranks, but since the recording of the album "War!" there were Bold, Vadim Snegirev (BEGLER), bass, Vladimir "Uzbek" Rodin, keyboards, Konstantin "Kopa" Kapralov (ex-COLOR DREAMS), drums, and saxophonist Vadim (last name lost). In 1988, the group joined the Leningrad rock club and performed at the VI festival of the club. As part of that time, Alex Ogoltely (vocals), Igor Motovilov (guitar), Vadim Snegirev (bass) and Alexey “Mixer” Kalinin (drums). In 1989, Mikhail "Inflatable" Lysenko replaces Kalinin on drums. From 1989–1993, the group toured extensively, including with tours in Western Europe. The track “Uncle Luigi” from the album “Caviar!” Was recorded at a studio in Copenhagen for the collection “Laika”. In 1992, Strogachev created a parallel group called “Israel”, but after a while the groups were merged, and in fact, the musicians of “Israel” became the new lineup of the “People’s Militia”.
Since 1994, due to the progressive alcoholism of the leader, the group has been recording and performing rarely. 1997 was one of the periods of recovery, when the band recorded an album and performed at two festivals. The next restoration of activity takes place in 2002–2004, when the group was replenished with the brass section , gave a concert dedicated to its twentieth anniversary, and performed twice at the “ Open your windows! ”, Gave a big concert in Moscow and recorded two studio albums. The band members in the 2000s include Alex Ogoltely (vocals), Mikhail Yusupov (guitar), George Solovyov (bass), Ilya Kozlov (drums), Sergey Letyagin (guitar), Alexey Rekhalov (drums), Stanislav Kostenko (trumpet) , Andrei Komissarov (saxophone), Vitaly Bondar (trumpet), Timur Saetgaliev (trombone).
After the death of Alex Ogoltely in 2005, the band performed several times in small St. Petersburg clubs and recorded two demo albums (vocals by George Solovyov). At the studio Antrop was left unfinished album, on which the group worked while the leader was alive. In 2015, Fyodor Lavrov opens the project “Crazy Days of the People's Militia” [1] , dedicated to the restoration and publication of the group catalog. In 2018, Maschina Records releases the 2CD digipack of the punk opera Novogodie (1985). Other releases gradually appear on the Internet and on Begemotion Records
Discography
- Requiem for L. I. Brezhnev (acoustics; 1982)
- Jah-mba (March 1983)
- Corpse Smell (1983)
- Eh, anger, eh! (November 1983)
- Bit stuck (January 1984)
- Sums? Day gone by (november 1984)
- Prevention (acoustics; 1984)
- New Year's Eve (March 1985)
- The official version (collection; May 1985)
- A. Strict Favorites (lost; summer 1985)
- Official sabotage (collection; November 1986)
- War (1986)
- The toy world and its cremation (1987)
- 6 rock festival LRK (cassette; 1988)
- Brezhnev is alive (1989)
- Record in LF / HF (Alex Ogoltely and the group "Mekoniy"; 1989)
- Concert in Denmark (1990 or 1991)
- Spawn (1992)
- Israel (1992)
- Concert in Tam-Tame (cassette; 1992)
- The bedsores (1997)
- Flashback (EP, 2002)
- 49 years in prison, but do not give execution (Concert in B2, 2004)
- Worms (2004)
- AU Gathering # 1, “I'll live and laugh!” Club Port, St. Petersburg, 03/28/2004 (2004)
- Interview on Radio Free Voice (2004)
- Snatcher (2005)
- Record for Veprov (compilation; 2005)
Notes
- ↑ S.D.N.O.
Literature
- Andrei Burlaka. Militia // Rock Encyclopedia. Popular music in Leningrad Petersburg. 1965—2005 .. - SPb. : Amfora , 2007. - T. II. - p. 289-293. - 397 s. - ISBN 978-5-367-00361-1 .