Some melodies and poems seem to beeternal. How else to explain that they are happy to listen to in different times? And this is not at all classical instrumental works written by brilliant composers. Informal music in the USSR and Russia has always been distinctive, and often not recognized by official cultural figures and show business. However, despite this fact, the performers of the genres "rock" and "metal" always had enough fans. The group "Master" is one of the legends of the Russian informal scene. What is striking is that the band, founded in 1987, continues to tour and remain popular today.
Difficult story creation
“Master” is a group often compared to at leastfamous team "Aria". And this is not by chance. Initially, there was the group “Aria”, performing songs in the Heavy Metal genre, under the auspices of producer V.Ya. Vekshteyna. In 1986, there was a quarrel between the artistic director and the musicians. After her, bass guitarist Alik Granovsky offered to stop working with Vekshtein and start performing on his own. The idea was supported by the team, but at the very last moment two members of the group refused to go into the unknown: Vladimir Holstinin and Valery Kipelov. The rest - Alik Granovsky, Igor Molchanov, Andrey Bolshakov and Kirill Pokrovsky - left the team. To use the old name “Aria” the departed musicians had no right, and then they decided that from now on they would be called - the group “Master”.
The first years and the English-language creativity
В созданной группе собрались талантливые musicians, but there was a problem - there was no vocalist in the line-up. Singer Alexander Arzamaskov and guitarist Sergey Popov became new members of the band. However, soon had to change vocalist. Grigory Korneev tried himself in this role, but he too quickly lost his voice. After that, Mikhail Seryshev came to the group. It was with his appearance that the band found a permanent guitar player. In 1987, the first album was released under the name "Master". Its circulation was more than a million copies and was successfully implemented. After that, the first foreign tour of the band took place, and then, in 1989, the second album was released - “With a noose around the neck”. At the same time the group "Master" moved to Belgium. The musicians were supposed to record an English album, however, due to the bankruptcy of the label, it was released a little later in Russia. In 1993, the band acquired a new drummer - Tony Shender and guitarist - Vyacheslav Sidorov, but at the same time Andrei Bolshakov left the band. Two albums were created and recorded: “Talk Of The Devil” and “Maniac Party”. Both consist entirely of compositions performed in English.
Rock band "Master": discography and interesting facts
In 1994, the team finally returned toRussia However, since then, public interest in the work of the group has waned, and English-speaking albums do not like Russian listeners. At this stage, begin creative experiments and cooperation with the musicians of "Aria". Then the album “Songs of the Dead” comes out, after which the group “Master” again goes on foreign tours. The composition of the team is changing, Oleg Milovanov and Leonid Fomin are becoming new members, Mikhail Seryshev returns for a while. In 1999, the album "Labyrinth" was greeted by the public with varying success.
The modern history of the "Masters"
The beginning of 2000 the group meets the next shiftcomposition. Newcomers to the team are: Alexey Strike, Lexx (Alexey Kravchenko) and Alexander Karpukhin. In 2004, the album “33 Lives” was released, in 2005 - “Acoustics”, in 2006 - “On the other side of sleep”. And in 2007, the rock band "Master" celebrates its twentieth anniversary. Many former members of the group and friends of musicians take part in the anniversary concert. In 2008, Alexander Karpukhin and Alexey Strike leave the group. Their places are occupied by Oleg Khovrin, Andrey Smirnov, and then Leonid Fomin returns. Today “Master” is a group of average popularity, which is still often compared with “Aria”. The team continues to tour, participates in many major festivals of heavy music. What is remarkable is that among the fans of the group there are quite mature mature people who got acquainted with the work of the “Master” in their youth, and modern teenagers. Here it is, music, bringing together generations, and not losing its relevance for decades.
