In 1969, together with vocalist and pianist Viktor Kistanov, he organized the duet “Stray Clouds”. “They,” as Andrei Makarevich writes, “tenderly and musically sang Beatles’ songs - it turned out, as they say, one to one - something that “Machine” could never achieve...” A year later, a group arose with the original name “Guys who start playing when a striped hippopotamus crosses the Zambezi River,” which, in addition to Romanov and Kistanov, included guitarist Sergei Tsvilikov, bass player Alexander Shadrin and who had previously played in the first line-up of “Time Machine” drummer Yuri Borzov. A year later the group broke up.
Together with Makarevich, he was expelled from the Architectural Institute (both were later reinstated). Makarevich recalls: “...the order came to cleanse the ranks of Soviet students from hairy evil spirits. I, Leshka Romanov, fell into this category... The installation, of course, was closed, and the reason for the expulsion was some idiotic excuse... We studied well, had no tails, and the whole story looked crazy. I remember how our fellow students in a spontaneous herd rushed to the rector for the truth and how they left there one by one, hiding their eyes and throwing up their hands. I just physically felt how an invisible wall passed between us and them, and Leshka and I were not the last guys in the institute party.”
From 1974 to the summer of 1975, Romanov was the soloist of “Time Machine,” performing with Andrei Makarevich, Alexander Kutikov and Sergei Kavagoe. Makarevich writes: “... Leshka did not feel at ease, although neither he nor we could understand why, exactly. We tried to do several of his songs, but he sang mine somehow wrong - or so it seemed to me. ...in the end he disappeared for two days, I went to see him, wandered for a long time in the darkness of Teply Stan, found him at home, some kind of vague conversation took place, from which it turned out that he could not feel his place in our team - and we parted as friends.” Among the songs that almost made it into the “Time Machine” repertoire was “I have various songs...” - the thing with which the first magnetic album of “Resurrection” later began.
In 1975, Romanov became the lead singer of the Danger Zone group, which, in addition to him, included Alexey Makarevich - lead guitar; Oleg Drukarov - electric organ; Sergey Andreev - bass guitar; Igor Kotlov - drums. In 1976, the group began to be called “Kuznetsky Most”. The repertoire of “Kuznetsky Most” included future famous hits"Resurrection" "Who is to blame?" and "Snow Woman".
In 1979, Sergei Kavagoe and Evgeniy Margulis, having left the Time Machine, offered cooperation to Alexei Romanov. Having the ability to organize, Kawagoe undertook to find equipment if there was a repertoire. This is how the “Resurrection” group came into being. In the fall of 1980, the first composition of “Resurrection” disbanded; Margulis became the bass guitarist of Araks. Since “Araks” not only performed some of Romanov’s songs, but also the group’s musicians wrote songs based on his poems, he was listed as an author in “Araks” for some time, and his work book was in the Moscow regional philharmonic society.
Soon “Resurrection” is revived as part of Romanov - Nikolsky - Sapunov - Shevyakov. In 1982, the former manager (formally - artistic director) “Time Machines” Hovhannes Melik-Pashayev invites Romanov to work on the professional stage.
Romanov recalls this: “... Melik-Pashayev’s proposal turned out to be very opportune. There was little holding me together with Nikolsky... I spent much more time in the company of Vadim Golutvin, who then left Araks; the Melik-Pashayev group gathered around our alliance.” Subsequently, this group became known as SV.
In 1983, the General Secretary of the CPSU Central Committee and former head of the KGB, Yuri Andropov, ordered a re-examination of all closed cases, among which was the case of the “leftist concert” “Resurrection”. The accusation was brought against Romanov and the group's sound engineer, Alexander Arutyunov.
In August, Romanov and Arutyunov were arrested. They were charged with private entrepreneurial activity in the form of selling tickets to one of the concerts. Alexey Romanov spent nine months in Butyrka prison (the musician’s TV, record player, Comet tape recorder, two chairs, his guitar - a red Fender - and all the money from his savings book were confiscated).
In May 1984, the case was sent to trial. The meeting took place in the city of Zheleznodorozhny. The court sentenced: Romanov - three and a half years probation and confiscation of property, Arutyunov - three years in prison.
Melik-Pashayev and some musicians left; Golutvin and others continued to wait for Romanov, prepared concert program“Seasons”, based on the poems of Yuri Levitansky and others famous poets. When recording the album, Romanov, who had returned from prison (who sang and played bass guitar), was able to offer only one of his new songs - “My Joy Runs.”
In 1985, he became a participant in the “In the Same Rhythm” project organized by Melik-Pashayev. Vladimir Kuzmin also participated in the project; when Kuzmin leaves, bass guitarist Evgeny Kazantsev, who played with him, begins to accompany Romanov. In 1987, Romanov again reunited with Golutvin in the SV group, bringing Kazantsev there; On this occasion, the album “Return” is released.
In 1990, after recording the only vinyl record SV “Soldier of the Universe” Romanov, Kazantsev, drummer Yuri Kitaev decide to perform new songs as a threesome and leave the group.
In 1991, Kazantsev was replaced by Andrei Sapunov, and a year later Kitaev was replaced by his son famous singer Andrey Kobzon. The trio gives concerts and takes part in the TV show “ Living water", which promoted the performance of music not accompanied by a soundtrack; Romanov sings there his song, close to punk rock, “My last love(nicknamed Death)." However, the trio managed to release the album “Seven Things” on a CD only in 1995, a year after the group “Resurrection” began to exist again. Vladimir Presnyakov Sr. and the last keyboard player of SV Andrey Miansarov also took part in the recording (as saxophonist).
Romanov wrote the song “Bright Room” not based on his own poems, but on a poem by the poet Silver Age Mikhail Kuzmin. Six of Romanov’s songs were sung by the author himself and only one (“I have nothing to console you with”) was sung by Sapunov.
Alexey Romanov remains the leader of Resurrection to this day.
Personal life
Alla Romanova - ex-wife, later the wife of Andrei Makarevich
Larisa Romanova - current wife, member of the group Los De Moscu
Filmography
- 2010 - The Legend of Dvid Island - Director: Anario Mamedov[specify]
The Russian pop group Vintage has released its fifth studio album, Decamerone. Alexey Romanov - the author of the hits “Eva, I loved you”, “Bad Girl”, “Loneliness of Love”, the producer and composer of the group told Lenta.ru about the secret of creating hits, pirate ratings, a new stage in the life of the group, the formation of a “Russian show business”, that “Pussy Riot” is not music, that the “Voice” project does not allow young artists to stay afloat, and that Zemfira can be used to judge the number of intellectuals in our country.
You have released a new record, how do you assess it - will it be a hit?
The new album of the group “Vintage” is called “Decameron”. It’s difficult for soloist Anya Pletneva and I, as creators, to evaluate it, but we are pleased with the performance: first place on iTunes. The disc went on sale in mid-October and has been available online since the end of July. Physical media has long been obsolete, since everyone has mp3 players, phones and computers. Unless someone wants a disc for their collection. And there are still such people.
But for many, it is still more convenient to download songs from pirated sites rather than buy them.
Of course. And not only in our country, as is commonly thought. Pirates are everywhere, only in some countries they seriously address this problem, while in others they do not. But the album is also in first place on pirate sites.
But what about it? We're keeping an eye on everything.
Are there any trends in pop music right now?
Now no one is interested in the identity of the performer. People listen to music, choose something for themselves, save it on their phone or somewhere else, and they don’t care who does it or why. Like fast food. And this is normal, this is the way of life now. The days of superheroes are over. We see the fragments of history in the person of Rihanna or Lady Gaga, and everything else is DJs and absolutely faceless groups. There used to be Jim Morrison, Paul McCartney, Freddie Mercury, Michael Jackson, and everyone was Mickey Mouse, parading their whole lives. Each has its own character and its own manner. This is no longer the case. Now it is customary to release singles, they work from several months to six months: people dance to them, meet, fall in love, then they smoothly migrate to the storage rooms and ten years later they are released on retro compilations. And those who “get hooked” on this or that band already follow its news, songs, and concerts.
Which audience is hooked on you?
The Vintage group has amassed an army of fans in eight years. With every album comes a new generation of fans, and I don't mean age. If the album is dance, then 12-18 years old, and if “Decameron” - older audience, thinking people. It's nice that they go to Wikipedia after hearing unknown words. "Infanta", for example. I read a lot of reviews. Maybe what I say will sound somewhat arrogant, but we are doing a little bit of educating our contemporaries, especially younger generation, which, by and large, does not interest anything.
Why is the time of superheroes over?
The mass market is crowding out everything. Globalism. I can assume that this is why high fashion died. When Karl Lagerfeld finishes his show in Milan, a ship with patterns is already sailing to China. Whoever is faster is on horseback.
Are there big differences between our show business and Western show business?
The West is very different. America is the birthplace of show business. This is such a closed and divided market that no one - neither our European nor Chinese colleagues - can get there at any price. This is the same as if one of the ordinary Russian guys got into White House. That is, never. Everything is very clear there. If you are a young talented girl Stefani Germanotta, then they sign a lifetime contract with you, and you are on a permanent tour. You constantly perform, record new phonograms on the plane, sleep when they inject you, then they inject you again - and you go on stage, sing, then they inject you again so that you fall asleep, and so on. I'm exaggerating now, but in America show business is a machine. It's easier in Europe. There is no such thing there. And we have a tasty market even for European artists, many of whom want to get here, because the market is little developed and brings in a lot of money in terms of digital sales. Of course, it cannot be compared with America, everything is a hundred times more serious there, but nevertheless, I am pleased that our market is taking shape. Although not long ago “Russian show business” was a dirty word.
Image: provided by the press service of the Vintage group
Why do people kill like this in America?
There the amounts are a hundred times greater. They work in their own and global markets. Of course, they are less interested in Europe, because America covers absolutely everything. It's impossible for us to get there. To Europe - maybe. Tatu just succeeded. They came out on ABC wearing “no war” T-shirts, it was a thing back then, and it was a PR stunt. Although they have a gold disc, I think. But this is an exception.
And Pussy Riot too.
But this is not music. Madonna recently said that she likes the music of Pussy Riot. But, I must admit, I don’t really believe it. Everyone was so supportive of them that she had no chance for a different opinion. I'm not talking about the human factor, I'm talking about music. They may be great guys, but the music is bad. This is not music at all. It is unlikely that they aspired to become musicians in the full sense.
So I believe that politics and music are categorically incompatible. You can break the wood in one direction or the other. Where politics begins, music ends.
What kind of music do you listen to?
There are no new names in my iTunes: Zemfira, Madonna, Alanis Morissette, Bjork, Tchaikovsky, Daft Punk, David Guetta, Depeche Mode, Elton John, George Michael, Lady Gaga, Leni Kravitz, Mariah Carey, Michael Jackson, Mylene Farmer, Pet Shop Boys, Rihanna, Sandra, Sting and so on. I was brought up on the music of Michel Cretu - the man who created Enigma, Arabesques, and invented Boney M. At the same time, I adore classical music, and I draw a lot from Tchaikovsky. Of the latter, I liked the Belgian artist Stromae, Australian singer Sia, who worked with David Guetta and has now released a multi-platinum album in Australia. I don't listen to everything, it's hard to get me hooked, but I love a rich melodic line.
Who among the Russians is interesting?
Zemfira. “Tattoo” tore the whole world and my brain, including long ago, in 2000. It’s hard for me to single out contemporary artists. I can rather name the producers: Maxim Fadeev, Konstantin Meladze, Potap, Alexey Ryzhov from Disco Crash. These are guys doing the same thing as us: they make music for our country. This is the backbone. In an age when there are no superheroes, producers are coming to the fore.
Only no one knows them, and on Saturdays they can easily go to Auchan - this is a huge plus. I would like one of the artists to surprise me, but this is not happening yet.
I don't pay attention to it. For me, everything connected with the show and the human factor is all “Star Factory”. How many performers are given a huge head start by these programs and then thrown out onto the street? Of all the participants in various TV shows, only Polina Gagarina is currently afloat. The Vintage group is categorically against participating in any shows: a circus on ice, stars in a zoo... I perfectly understand how popular they are, you can hit a good jackpot and gain publicity. But can we be popular only thanks to our music?
You have an unexpected position for the world of pop music...
And we also have alternative pop music. We have dedicated our entire lives to pop music, we like it very much, we have done a lot to improve its quality in our country. Pop music can be intellectual. There are plenty of examples. But everyone has stereotypes. Pop music is two stomps, three stomps, I love you, but you don’t love me, blood-carrots-love (in principle, there are no other rhymes). But rock is super-high-quality and intellectual. But in all segments there are exceptions.
Do you think Zemfira is pop or rock?
Zemfira is an element. This is a poet, our great contemporary. If it weren't for her, everything would look very sad. I love her very much, and I’m glad that she purposefully does not make commercial records, that she does exactly what she wants.
But her records are just selling.
Not like the first three. It’s one thing when the whole country has bought you up, it’s another when it’s just a fan club. But Zemfira has a very large fan club. From Zemfira we can now judge how many intellectuals there are in our country. You need to find out what sales her latest disc has - that's how much it is.
Name Alexey Romanov familiar to any person who has the slightest understanding of Russian rock music. Group Resurrection was and remains one of the recognized values of the genre; in addition, Romanov played a leading role in a group no less popular in the Soviet Union NE. Despite the fact that Resurrection’s last studio work was released back in 2003, Romanov does not stop actively touring. And now a book of his poems is being published - both those that have become popular songs and those that are unknown, but no less self-sufficient. On the eve of the presentation of the publication Sounds contacted Alexey and learned about the upcoming publication, the current state of the Resurrection and the musician’s favorite guitars.
Sounds: Many artists are now turning to crowdfunding on a regular basis, but you are using it for the first time, as far as I know. What are your impressions?
Alexey: To be honest, I haven't done much of it. It does Andrey Kharchenko, my friend and, part-time, an experienced producer who is trying to help me. He completed the entire process of preparing the book quite quickly. I didn't even expect it to work at all. But somehow everything worked out, and there will be a presentation on December 19th. In principle, it’s more important for me to play a concert, but Andrey considers it a presentation of the book. Following an old producer's habit, he decided to make a joke
Sounds: His initiative?
Alexey: Yes, he came up with everything, found a proofreader, sorted it all out while in London, brought in someone from Amsterdam... It feels, in general, that everything happened on its own.
Sounds: Did you take part in the preparation?
Alexey: I gave a selection of poems. And we also selected photographs, looked at the layout of the pages, I made small comments - I could confuse a word or write something incorrectly.
Sounds: What time period were the poems in the book?
Alexey: From the creation of the world to the present day.
Sounds: Are there any that were written a long time ago?
Alexey: Relatively recent... I don’t take this very seriously, if something happens, I’ll write it down. If I like it, I’ll remember that it’s there.
Sounds: Recently, in a series of books about Russian rock, an edition was published about you, written by Andrey Burlaka. Have you read this book?
Alexey: Burlaka and I have known each other for quite a long time - to be honest, I’m surprised that he didn’t contact me directly. I could give you the manuscript and let you proofread it. I didn’t see it, but those who read it told me that it was nonsense.
Sounds: What is the current state of your projects and the projects of the Resurrection musicians? Are there any live programs or studio work in the pipeline?
Alexey: We haven’t started anything special yet, I play free music, I have a concert version of a trio: accompanied by a bassist and a drummer. Recently I was invited to perform with Araks. The program is mainly composed of Antonov's songs, etc. The singer there is Anatoly Aleshin, which in itself is wonderful. They made seven songs with me, and I'm happy to ride with them, because it's professional team. Well, I have never performed so loudly before.
Sounds: Do you go to concerts of other performers? Something from the music you're in lately impressed both the author and the listener?
Alexey: I constantly make some discoveries. True, for the most part, I fill in the gaps in classical music. Well, in jazz and blues. Of our artists, I am currently interested in Romario.
Sounds: This is from relatively young people, it turns out.
Alexey: Everything is relative. Artists grow old quickly, and then remain young for a long time. Regarding concerts: I go to concerts infrequently and quite casually, although I am constantly invited here and there. Either laziness, or something else... But it happens, yes.
Sounds: Judging by Facebook, you travel often. Is this a hobby, a subject of interest, something inspiring for you?
Alexey: And this, and that, and the third. We spent our entire conscious youth locked up. Now we have the opportunity to get visas for several years, and as soon as a spare penny appears, my wife and I try to sneak away somewhere.
Sounds: Do you think cases like those that happened to rock musicians before perestroika are real now? Soviet era- with you, for example?
Alexey: Not much has changed for me, to be honest. I still see that anyone can be captured and imprisoned for anything, even for hijacking spaceships.
Sounds: As far as I know, you collect guitars, tell me about the most valuable exhibit for you personally.
Alexey: Not that big. I got rid of some obvious junk... I have an amazing Martin Dreadnought D-42 hybrid model Peter Frampton. It was recreated based on his missing tour guitar. It's signed and has Frampton's autograph inside. And it is one of 70 copies released, that is, it is a limited edition. I rarely wear it anywhere, but recently I took part in recording a couple of songs with it Gennady Ryabtsev (multi-instrumentalist and member Dynamics and groups Yuri Antonov, now Hieromonk Herman, regent of the male choir of the Valaam Monastery - approx. Sounds). It turned out that she sounds amazing on the microphone - I didn’t expect this from her. I play this guitar at home, practice and compose, but it has also proven itself great in combat conditions. The rest of the tools are inexpensive. There are favorites. Fender Bullet Deluxe '81, I take it to Araks concerts. In Resurrection I play a rather rare Gibson. It is not very expensive, but the model itself is interesting - with two cutouts and a small “head”.
Alexey Romanov: creative evening and presentation of the book of poems "All over again"
Moscow, Central house writers
The Vintage vocalist had his first sex experience in pioneer camps
Recently appeared in rotation on the radio new song known for its sexy image of the group "Vintage" - "Roman". We couldn’t miss such a great opportunity to talk with the author of the music of the new hit and the band’s vocalist Alexei Romanov. True, the conversation turned not only about creativity, but also about personal life. Handsome Alexey is not too willing to talk about the most intimate things, but for Express Gazeta he made an exception.
History of creation new song very interesting. We wanted to record a trio with two famous singers. And then our soloist Anya Pletneva arrived from Switzerland, listened to the song and said: “I’ll sing alone!” - says Alexey. - Anya’s intuition is very important to me. Even our meeting with her was not accidental. We met during an accident right on the street. I had only been driving for three months and crashed into a Skoda. I was waiting for the traffic cops. And at that time Anya Pletneva was passing by. She saw me, got out of the car and immediately offered to work together. No, it had nothing to do with sudden passion. She, of course, knew who I was and wanted to do a joint project.
Almost nothing is known about Alexey’s personal life. Therefore, we did not miss the opportunity to ask him some juicy questions. The conversation unexpectedly turned out to be frank.
The sexual image of “Vintage” is our worldview. In this way we express all our hidden and unhidden emotions. But not needs. People usually implement them before the age of 24. Then it starts adult life and some games and fantasies. And this is much more interesting. The fantasy world is sometimes better than reality,” Alexey shared.
- When did you first start thinking about sex?About 12-13 years old. But these were not pornographic or erotic fantasies, but just some pictures. My first sex experiences took place in pioneer camps. All these kisses in wooden houses... True, I didn’t like kissing at first. It was somehow incomprehensible and uncomfortable. But everyone did it, which means I had to do it too. And I had my first sex at 15. She was a little older than me, and we met in a group. This was not connected with first love, but simply came out as a matter of course. It turned out unusual and strange, because there was no physiological delight. I think at this age it is generally difficult to get full pleasure. Probably, for everyone this is just satisfaction of interest. And first love... Everything was quite banal.
I was already an artist, but the girl had nothing to do with show business. We dated for a year, which was quite a long time for me. And then I had a lot of novels at the time when I sang in the A-Mega group. This happened on tour and everywhere and always. Probably every week I had new girl. I think that they all wanted a long-term relationship, but with me then it was simply impossible, I was completely unprepared for it. And now sex without love is unrealistic for me. In the absence of any feelings, it brings enormous disappointment. Because you want, first of all, to satisfy yourself, but the person next to you is not particularly interesting. Well, perhaps only as a test subject or used. And then you feel only disgust.- So, you gave up this life because you fell in love so much?
Yes, I met a girl at a party of mutual friends who became my wife. At the age of 25 I got married and we have been together for seven years. My daughter has now started first grade. I didn't plan all this in advance. It’s just that by that time everything had settled down in my head and wild life I'm tired of it. I wanted stability, although when we were dating and even lived for a year, I hadn’t thought about it yet. But it was love at first sight. In general, I am very amorous and still fall in love. But I can’t cheat on my wife.
-Who do you love?
I sincerely love Anya Pletneva. And she's probably in love with me. But our feelings with her are much deeper and higher than those based on sex.
- But on tour, fans are probably besieging you...And I lock myself in my room and surf the Internet. The only thing we do is meet with fan clubs. These are, as a rule, teenagers who still know little about sex.
- But for them, I think, you are a sex symbol...
Yes, I'm not a sex symbol. I don't go to parties and I'm a reserved and private person. Most people don’t even know that I work in the Vintage group and that suits me. I enjoy the fact that I can go to the store and choose products in peace for two hours without signing autographs. So if a girl fan comes up to me and says “Alexey, I love you!”, I’ll just hug her. Fatherly...
But “Vintage” has acquired the image of a very sexy group... I remember footage from the “Bad Girl” video, in which Anya Pletneva hugs a naked male butt. By the way, was that butt yours, by any chance?
Shocking is part of the job and just a kind of performance. It’s just that there has never been such a scandalous group on our stage. It's always nice to break stereotypes. And yes, I admit: it was my butt that starred in the video. But Anya didn’t see anything. Everything was securely covered in front.
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Come on, men are no different from each other. But I don’t think that we will again show a man’s butt in any video. Even mine. Let's come up with something new and more fascinating.
- Erotica or porn? Would you act in such a film as an experiment?
There is only one porn film that deserves my personal attention - this is "Caligula". But since then no one has decided to repeat the same story. And no one else could show sexual intercourse as beautifully as there. Not that I watch a lot of porn... By the way, in at the moment I'm quite skeptical about it. For me it's some kind of zoo. And before, we tried on porn films for ourselves. But my only conclusion after such experiments is that these strange poses are very uncomfortable.
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Alexey Romanof (Perepelkin)(born April 14, Moscow) - Russian singer and composer, lead singer of the Russian pop group “Vintage”. Former lead singer Russian group"Amega" (1998-2005). Alexey is the author of almost all the songs of the Vintage group.
Amega Group
The team was formed by producer and composer Andrei Grozny. The leader of the group was to be Alexey Romanov (Perepelkin). But in 2001, with a scandal, he left the project for solo work. But in 2005, Alexey Romanov returned to the group for a short time, but a week before the filming of the video for the song “Running Away” he unexpectedly announced his departure. The group released hits that became beloved throughout the country due to the fact that their work was distinguished by deep, meaningful texts by poetess Tatyana Ivanova and original arrangements by Andrei Grozny and sound producer Sergei Kharuta. At the end of October 2001, the MTV channel reported that Alexey Romanov had left the group. He returned to Russian scene in September 2002. Before that, he spent about a year in Spain, where he lived with friends and prepared his own project. In 2003, Alexey released his own EP “Nunca Olvidare: I’ll Never Forget.”
Group "Vintage"
In 2006, together with the ex-soloist of the Lyceum group, Anna Pletneva, he created the Vintage group. The story of the group’s origins from the mouths of the soloists goes something like this: Anna was in a hurry to an important meeting, but her plans were not destined to come true. She collided with Alexei Romanov's car. While the artists were waiting for the traffic police officers, they made a mutual decision to create a pop group.
According to Alexey Romanov, after meeting with Pletneva, the group worked in the studio for six months, trying to find their own sound: “We really locked ourselves in the studio. We spent six months searching for sound. We didn't understand. We were like blind kittens back then. Now, of course, it’s cool to remember this. We then created our own new story, which had nothing to do with previous projects.” Initially, it was decided to name the team “Chelsea”, but then the name “Vintage” was chosen. Alexey said that at that time the group submitted a request to the London law firm that owns the Chelsea brand, but after a while they saw on TV how Sergei Arkhipov presented a diploma with the same name to a group from the “Star Factory”.
Discography in the group “Amega and Solo Album”
Albums- "Up. Part 1" - 1999
- "Up. Part 2" - 2000
- EP “Nunca Olvidare: I’ll Never Forget” - 2003
Discography in the group “Vintage”
Albums- "Criminal Love" - 2007
- "SEX" - 2009
- "Anechka" - 2011
- "Very Dance" - 2013
- Alexey's real name is Perepelkin, and “Romanof” is his pseudonym. But according to rumors, Alexey is “Romanof” even according to his passport.
