The musical group "Leningrad" is one of the most scandalous and provocative in our country. Many scolded her work, and sometimes concerts were even forbidden at the legislative level, but, despite this, the collective does not become less popular and famous. On the contrary, every scandalous story only increases public interest in the music of this team.
First chords
The official date for the creation of the musical group is January 9, 1997. The first vocalist of the team was Igor Vdovin, and Sergei Shnurov (Shnur) came up with the concept, composed poems and music, played bass, he also chose the legendary name. That is how the Leningrad group appeared. All other musicians were invited from among friends and just acquaintances. Interestingly, today Cord himself cannot list the entire first composition of the participants. In his interviews, he explains that the group is popular, and it doesn’t matter at all who exactly plays in it, the main thing is what and for whom. Prior to Leningrad, Shnurov himself had time to work in various fields and try himself in two musical groups, but all this was completely “wrong”, but wanted something different, his own.
History of success
The first album was released by the Leningrad group almost immediately after its creation, and it did not have much success. The public began to learn about the work of the collective after the departure of Igor Vdovin. Sergey Shnurov becomes the official leader and vocalist, the amount of mat in the lyrics is increasing, and it is no longer possible to ignore this music. New albums, rotation on radio and television, live concerts. Throughout the history of its existence, the Leningrad group has changed its composition many times. Many musicians left and came, but, despite this, the concept of creativity remained unchanged. Even experienced music critics find it difficult to name the exact genre, and listeners from the first chords learn new songs. The further history of the group is predictable - recording new hits and albums, solo concerts on large venues, mandatory participation in informal festivals. At the same time, despite its provocativeness and originality, the team remains incredibly popular in our country and beyond its borders a huge amount of time. According to some, the Leningrad group owes it to its founder. The leader of the group is Sergey Shnurov, who is really a noticeable and creative person, in addition to working in this team, he manages to engage in solo projects and regularly lands on the pages of socialite and the yellow press. But still, such a huge popularity cannot be explained by the talent and activity of one person. Most likely, the secret of “Leningrad” in nationality, honesty and discussion of pressing problems is understood by every language.
Albums and the most famous hits
Over the entire history of the existence, the collective has released more than 15 albums. The most interesting and iconic of them are: “Summer residents”, “For millions”, “Bread” and “Henna”. The Leningrad group has repeatedly returned to its past works, rewriting old songs, bringing them to perfection and releasing official collections. Simultaneously with the releases of new discs, clips are shot, which for the most part fall into rotation on the central music channels and are delayed for a long time on the air and various charts. If we talk about the video, the most famous can be considered videos for the following songs: “Manager”, “Mamba”, “Roads” and “Gelendzhik”. To date, the team has not released new compositions and clips for a long time. Is this really the end, and very soon it will be possible to forget that the Leningrad group once existed? The group leader has already announced many times from the stage and in official interviews that the project is closing. But every time after a while, the team once again delighted their fans with concerts and albums. It is possible that this will happen this time. There was no official message about the breakup of the group, which means that it is appropriate to consider it existing today.
Leningrad Group: composition, photos of participants
The team always enters the scene with a different number of participants. Usually their number varies from 4 to 14, but still the main members of the group are: Sergey Shnurov (music, lyrics, vocals), Alexander Popov (drums, vocals), Andrey Antonenko (trumpet, arrangements), Roman Fokin (back vocals, saxophone). Officially, the Leningrad group has a larger composition today. These are at least 10 musicians, many of whom play quite rare and almost exotic instruments. However, the whole team gathers extremely rarely, most of the live performances take place in incomplete composition. The cord even allows you to replace yourself - because the group plays folk music, everyone can sing the words of it.