Rock group "DDT". How does this abbreviation stand for?

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

For many years, the rock band has retained an intrigue about its name. The composition of DDT is changing, but the name remains the same. Official information taken from licensed discs deciphers this abbreviation as "House of Children's Creativity". It was there that the group began its life journey. But the acutely social orientation of Shevchuk's songs constantly made me ask the question: how does "DDT" really stand for?

How the band started

In 1979, there was a musical group in Ufa, rehearsals of which took place at the local House of Children's Creativity. Works by the Rolling Stones and the Beatles were performed. At that time, not everyone shared the opinion that rock could be Russian. With the advent of Yuri Shevchuk, everything changed. This guy wrote poetry and sang.

The following year, the ensemble under the direction of G. Rodin, as the group was then called, recorded seven songs - the album "DDT-1". He did not receive wide popularity due to the poor quality of the recording.

The Golden Tuning Fork competition, held in 1982 on the initiative of Komsomolskaya Pravda, held a qualifying round. The musicians sent their songs and were invited to continue the competition. Then they chose the name for the group - "DDT". Howstands for this abbreviation?

At that time, the name of the insecticide DDT (Di-chloro-Di-phenyl-Tri-chloro-methyl-methane), cheap and effective in the fight against midges and domestic evil spirits, crawling and flying, was rumored. True, in developed countries it was banned. It should be noted that such rebellious names did not exist then. "Singing Hearts", "Blue Guitars", "Merry Fellows" - the groups were called refined and politically correct.

Why is DDT called that

When it came time to choose a suitable title, V. Sigachev suggested "Liver Cancer". There were also options - "Blooming" (this is a rolling mill, heavy as rock), "Monitor" … But when "DDT" sounded, everyone liked it. Now I can’t remember exactly who initiated this, but the name stuck.

Remembers R. Asanbaev: “Yurka came to the rehearsal, and we suggested that he be called DDT. He was worried - what is it? We say yes it is poison. He laughed: great!”

In interviews, journalists always ask about the band's name. Here is how the head of the team answers: “This is a satirical name. It was invented in 1981. This is dust, they poison cockroaches - that's how "DDT" stands for. Just don't draw analogies.”

In an interview with Rabotnitsa magazine in 1990, Yuri explained that for many years it was impossible to say what you wanted without looking at the existing rules. Therefore, demagogy and verbiage flourished. The social activity of the group had to be expressed in a sharp and precise word. Therefore, "DDT".

What is DDT fighting against? FROMvulgarity, vileness. Calls a spade a spade. But not everything could be said in Soviet times, especially from the stage. The group had a period of persecution by the authorities in 1984 as a reaction to the next album. Then Shevchuk had to leave Ufa.

Yuri Shevchuk

The parents of the famous rock bard traveled around the country: Magadan, Nalchik, Ufa. Yuri was born in 1957 in the north, started painting and studying music in the south of Russia, and became famous in the Urals. He graduated from the Bashkir Pedagogical Institute with a degree in graphic designer and worked as a teacher in a rural school. Then he played in two bands - "Kaleidoscope" and "Free Wind", became the winner of the author's song contest.

Yuri's early work was inspired by Galich, Okudzhava and Vysotsky. Close to him is the poetry of the Silver Age - Yesenin and Mandelstam. The themes of preserving morality, citizenship and patriotism become the main ones in his lyrics.

Since 1985, he lives in Leningrad, where he gathers a new composition of DDT, becomes a member of the city rock club and begins to make music professionally.

Composition

The repeatedly changing musicians of "DDT" were grouped around the permanent leader. In addition to Shevchuk, the Ufa period was held in the following composition: R. Asanbaev, G. Rodin, V. Sigachev and R. Karimov. The team becomes famous after the Golden Tuning Fork contest.

In 1984, due to problems with the administration of Ufa, it was impossible to record another album and Shevchuk went to the capital. Work continues with V. Sigachev, S. Letov, S. Ryzhenko, N. Abdyushev.

The new composition of the rock group "DDT" gathers in Leningrad: A. Vasiliev, N. Zaitsev, A. Muratov, V. Kurylev, I. Dotsenko. In September 1988, M. Chernov joined the group.

Interesting facts

• The famous DDT logo first appeared on the cover of a 1989 vinyl album. It was the fifth collection of songs recorded by DDT, and it was called "I got this role." The cover design was done by the artist V. Dvornik.
• At the festival "Invasion" during the performance of the song "That's all" the audience traditionally kneel down.
• In 1989, Shevchuk lived in a village where Fania Akramovna, Yuri's mother, took care of his grandmother. The novel “Doctor Zhivago” read at that time was a shock for the musician, and he wrote the song “Motherland” on his knee.
• In 1984, Shevchuk watched the offspring of the party elite at a banquet, after which he wrote "Major Boys".

Shevchuk's position

Yuri said very important words to Fuzz magazine about the nineties. It was a period of creative growth, the transformation of a poster rebel into a lyricist. When the audience chanted: "Autumn!", Yuri asked to listen to poetry. Do not follow the crowd, do not sing for the needs of the public. If this is done, there will be nothing left but a beard, glasses and emptiness between them. Therefore, he always insisted on his program.

About the question of how "DDT" stands for. The songs of the group eat into the brain. These are not just rhyming lines, but a means of getting rid of filth. convey topeople's thoughts - this is the most important thing, and therefore the recording, which was won at the competition from the Melodiya company, did not take place. Under the contract, it was required to perform several more songs recognized by the official ideology.

When there were no free concert halls in the country in the 2000s, the group gave tours abroad. There was work on recording albums - there are more than twenty of them.

A talented person can use his abilities in different ways. Yuri Shevchuk is trying to make the world a better place.