Group "Na-na": who does not know her?

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

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 win the indifferent 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 XX century. The path of the legendary team in show business, the details and mysteries of the life of its members will be described in this article.

History of the creation of the team

In 1989, Alibasov created a group that, according to Channel One, became the most successful musical project of its time. The first composition of the team was selected through competitive selection. Alibasov was already widely known for his fruitful work with the Integral group, so few doubted the success of the newly minted musicians. The group "Na-na" for the Soviet space was a real discovery. She was a revelation and a symbol of outrageousness.

Then the topic of sexwas omitted in creativity, it was forbidden, only shameful moments were found in it. But Bari Alibasov was not afraid of a possible condemnation and made his bet on this. As time has shown, he was right and did not lose. After the release of their most famous song "Faina", popularity was not long in coming. The group was invited to concerts in Australia, Canada, USA, Portugal and other countries. Even the famous producer Dick Clark dreamed of luring the line-up under his wing. He wanted to make the group 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 the stage images of the participants for more than a year. Well-known fashion designers, theater artists were involved in the work. The psychological imagery was also carefully crafted. The bright, attractive appearance of the guys and extravagant costumes, behavior - these were the elements of their extraordinary calling card.

Alexandry Karpukhin and Zaporozhets (bass guitar, keyboards plus vocals) came a little later. They participated in all the rehearsals, which used to last up to 15 hours. The Na-na group has its own golden composition: Vladimir Levkin, Vladimir Asimov, Vyacheslav Zherebkin, Vladimir Politov. This team has been working for 15 years. They released over 10collaborative albums. Participants at this time from 40 to 50 years. There were a lot of rumors about gay guys. But subsequently, many scandalous rumors, which may have been a common PR stunt, were refuted.

Repertoire of the group "Na-na"

A lot of songs were recorded. In general, 12 times the team received the main music award "Ovation". The Na-na group, whose songs spread all over the CIS countries, recorded real hits of that time. These include the songs "Faina" (the video for which was banned in the country because of its scandalous erotic nature), "Summer", "Hat Fell". Also, everyone knows the compositions "Resentment melts", "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 reissuing old compositions. Many English-language songs were recorded. Basically, the producer of the group, Bari, was both the author of the words and the composer-arranger. Video clips were also filmed for the compositions. The video for the song "Faina" was a shock and a shock to the general public. The lack of censorship plunged the audience into a stupor, which ended with a standing ovation. It was thanks to this song that "Na-na" became the most popular musical group.

Waves of popularity

The participants and their producer felt the peak of popularity of the group "Na-na" in 1995-96. It was during this period that the band gave the largest number of concerts in its entire existence - 865 performances in one year! Members of the group (all from the golden composition) have the title of Honored Artists of Russia. The team received an indescribable number of awards and regalia.

The current state of affairs

Currently, the group consists of 4 people. 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 performed in 1998 in the team in question. Mikhail Igonin is also a member of the group. The team is actively recording new songs, performing concerts and filming videos. There are also frequent tours abroad. As you can see, this is one of the few groups whose popularity has not faded. Her work is loved by fans today.