The legendary music band. Almost every second representative of the generation of the 90s heard his songs. This is the “Na-na” group, which at the peak of its popularity managed to conquer the partial hearts of many music lovers. Their songs are easily recognizable and incendiary. The famous outrageous producer Bari Alibasov created an attractive pop group of young and energetic handsome men in the late 80s of the 20th century. The path of the legendary team in show business, the details and mysteries of the lives of its members will be described in this article.
Team History
In 1989, Alibasov created a group that, according to Channel One, became the most successful musical project of its time. The first team was selected by competitive selection. Alibasov was already widely known thanks to the fruitful work with the “Integral” group, therefore, few doubted the success of the newly made musicians. The Na-na group for the Soviet space was a real discovery. She was a revelation and a symbol of shocking.
Then the topic of sex was omitted in the work, it was forbidden, only shameful moments were found in it. But Bari Alibasov was not afraid of a possible conviction and made his bet on just that. As time has shown - he was right and did not lose. After the publication of their most famous song “Faina”, the popularity was not long in coming. The group was invited to concerts in Australia, Canada, the USA, Portugal and other countries. Even the famous producer Dick Clark dreamed of luring the squad under his care. He wanted to make the band world famous. This idea was never destined to come true. The very first line-up of the group included such performers as Valery Burneyko, Vladimir Levkin, Andrey Ktitarev and Valery Yurin.
Members
As mentioned above, the Na-na group at its first stage consisted of 4 people. These guys got into the team as a result of a tough selection. Alibasov worked on stage scenes for more than a year. Famous fashion designers and theater artists were involved in the work. Psychological images were also carefully thought out. The bright, attractive appearance of the guys and extravagant costumes, behavior - these were all the elements of their unusual business card.
Alexandra Karpukhin and Zaporozhets (bass, keyboards plus vocals) came a little later. They participated in all rehearsals, which used to last up to 15 hours. The Na-na group has its golden composition: Vladimir Levkin, Vladimir Asimov, Vyacheslav Zherebkin, Vladimir Politov. This team has been working for 15 years. They have released over 10 collaborative albums. Participants at this time from 40 to 50 years. There were many rumors about gay men. But subsequently, many scandalous rumors, which may have been an ordinary PR move, were refuted.
The repertoire of the Na-na group
A lot of songs were recorded. Altogether, the team received the main musical award “Ovation” 12 times. The Na-na group, whose songs circled all the CIS countries, recorded real hits of that time. These include the songs “Faina” (a clip for which was banned in the country because of its scandalous erotic nature), “Summer”, “Hat fell”. Also known to everyone are the compositions “Resentment is melting”, “Dedication to a woman”, “Deaf”, “I don’t know”, “Grandma Yaga” and many others.
The songs of this group were created in the style of popular music, combined with small elements of rock, dance-electronic style. The new sound, unusual arrangements attracted attention no less than the appearance of the guys.
In the 2000s, there was an active policy of re-publishing old compositions. Many English songs have been recorded. Basically, the author of the words and the composer-arranger was the producer of the group - Bari. Filmed and video clips on the composition. The video for the song “Faina” was a shock and shock for the general public. The lack of censorship plunged the audience into a stupor, which ended with a storm of applause. Thanks to this song, “Na-na” has become the most popular musical group.
Waves of popularity
The peak of popularity, the group “On”, participants and their producer felt in 1995-96. It was during this period that the team gave the greatest number of concerts for its entire existence - 865 performances in one year! The members of the group (all from the golden composition) have the titles of Honored Artists of Russia. The team received an indescribable amount of awards and regalia.
Current state of affairs
Currently, the group has 4 members. Two of them are the same golden voices of the team: Vladimir Politov and Vyacheslav Zherebkin. Leonid Semidyanov is an ex-member of the group who returned in 2015. Before that, he spoke in 1998 in the team under consideration. Mikhail Igonin is also a member of the group. The team is actively recording new songs, performing with concerts and making videos. Frequent tours abroad also take place. As you can see, this is one of the few groups whose popularity has not faded. Her work is loved by fans today.