Group "Master": history, discography, members

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

Some melodies and verses seem to be eternal. How else to explain that they are listened to with pleasure at various times? And we are not talking about classical instrumental works written by brilliant composers. Informal music in the USSR and Russia has always been original, and often not recognized by official figures of culture and show business. However, despite this fact, the performers of the rock and metal genres have always had enough fans. The Master group is one of the legends of the Russian informal scene. It is amazing that the band, founded in 1987, continues to tour and remain popular today.

Difficult creation story

"Master" - a group often compared with the equally famous band "Aria". And this is no coincidence. Initially, there was a group "Aria", performing songs in the genre of Heavy Metal, under the auspices of the producer V. Ya. Vekshtein. In 1986, a quarrel broke out between the artistic director and the musicians. After her, bass guitarist Alik Granovsky offered to stop working with Vekshtein andstart performing on your 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 Kholstinin and Valery Kipelov. The rest - Alik Granovsky, Igor Molchanov, Andrei Bolshakov and Kirill Pokrovsky - left the team. The departed musicians did not have the right to use the old name "Aria", and then they decided that from now on they would be called the "Master" group.

The early years and English creativity

Talented musicians gathered in the created group, but a problem arose - there was no vocalist in the line-up. The new members of the band were singer Alexander Arzamaskov and guitarist Sergei Popov. However, soon I had to change the vocalist. Grigory Korneev tried himself in this role, but he quickly lost his voice. After that, Mikhail Seryshev joined the group. It was with his appearance that the band found a permanent guitarist. In 1987, the first album called "Master" was released. Its circulation amounted to 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." Then the Master group moved to Belgium. The musicians were supposed to record an English-language album, but due to the label's bankruptcy, it was released a little later in Russia. In 1993, the band acquired a new drummer - Tony Shender and a 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 group "Master": discography and interesting facts

In 1994, the team finally returns to Russia. However, over the past time, the public's interest in the work of the group has faded, and Russian listeners do not like English-language albums. At this stage, creative experiments and cooperation with Aria musicians begin. Then the album "Songs of the Dead" is released, after which the "Master" group again goes on foreign tours. The composition of the team is changing, Oleg Milovanov and Leonid Fomin become new members, Mikhail Seryshev returns for a while. In 1999, the album "Labyrinth" was released, met with varying degrees of success.

Modern history of the "Master"

Beginning of 2000 the group meets with another line-up change. 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 group "Master" celebrates its twentieth anniversary. Many former members of the band and friends of the musicians take part in the anniversary concert. In 2008, Alexander Karpukhin and Alexey Strike left the group. Their places are taken 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". Teamcontinues to tour, participates in many major heavy music festivals. Remarkably, among the fans of the group there are quite adult mature people who got acquainted with the work of the "Master" in their youth, and modern teenagers. Here it is, music that brings generations together and does not lose its relevance for decades.