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In our youth, it was fashionable to cover the walls of our room with posters of popular bands and artists, despite the protests of our parents. And at all times, girls preferred, of course, pretty singers and soloists. And if almost every magazine of the 1990s and 2000s was full of photos of "Na-Na" or Smash !, then the fans of the late 80s had to work hard to get the coveted poster with "Tender May".
website remembered the hot guys from domestic pop groups of past decades and asked how they look now.
Outrageous producer Bari Alibasov founded the Na-Na group at the end of the 1980s, and this boy band turned the show business of the 90s on its head. The group exists to this day, but its members have changed. Only Vladimir Politov (second from the left in the second photo) and Vyacheslav Zherebkin (second from the right) remained from the canonical composition.
The main vocalist of the group from the day of its foundation, Vladimir Levkin (first from the left in the first photo), left the group in 1998. The artist began to perform solo and act in films. Now Vladimir Dolno can often be seen on television in entertainment programs.
Another former soloist of the group, Vladimir Asimov, lives in Spain, does not communicate with former colleagues and journalists. Continues to record songs, including in Spanish.
The Ivanushki group has existed since 1995. In 2013, the "white" member, Oleg Yakovlev, left the band, deciding to sing on his own. His place was taken by Kirill Turichenko. The group still performs in this line-up today.
Unfortunately, in 2017 Oleg Yakovlev passed away. This is not the first death of ex-participants of Ivanushki International: in 1998, soloist Igor Sorin tragically died.
The idea to create a group "Nancy" came up with Anatoly Bondarenko, who became its soloist and producer. He gathered several members for the team, including keyboardist and vocalist Andrey Kostenko. In the person of Bondarenko and Kostenko, the mega-popular group of the 90s still exists.
From its foundation in 1996 until 2006, the group consisted of Sergei Zhukov and Alexei Potekhin. Then the band's songs poured "from every iron."
But in 2006, it was decided to stop the activity. Many new groups have appeared, with which "Hands Up!" could no longer compete. Sergey Zhukov began to release solo albums, and after some time he began to tour alone, using the name "Hands Up". The affairs of his musical group are now going well, the interest of the audience does not dry out.
News about Alexey Potekhin appears infrequently. It is known that he produces young performers and tours around Russia with a team that he called "Raise your hands up."
Revolvers gained popularity when they released the song "You are my only one" in 2000. The track instantly became a hit, and the handsome soloist Alexei Elistratov became a favorite of the girls.
The band's last video was released in 2006, then Revolvers disappeared from show business radar. Yelistratov continues to act in films (he is an actor) and periodically performs with a group at nostalgic music festivals.
"Disco Crash" won our hearts as a quartet, but after the tragic death of the charming Oleg Zhukov, it turned into a trio. In this form, the team existed for many years.
After 22 years, in 2012, Nikolai Timofeev left the group to go on a solo voyage. Now at concerts he performs songs of his own composition.
In the same year, Anna Khokhlova joined the team.
The Dynamite group was born in 1999. Shortly before that, Sochi DJ Ilya Zudin (pictured in the center) suggested that producer Yuri Aizenshpis create a male trio. He agreed, and Zudin became one of the soloists. Soon Leonid Nerushenko joined the team, and then Ilya Durov.
After Nerushenko left the group in 2003, Ilya Danilchenko took his place. After 2 years, Leonid Nerushenko died in an accident.
Now Ilya Zudin is busy with his own work. Ilya Danilchenko develops business, conducts training seminars. Little is known about Ilya Durov, he does not conduct social networks and does not communicate with the media, he is engaged in directing. And the Dynamite group no longer performs, does not record new songs, and in fact does not exist. But we will remember their hit "I won't forget" for a long time to come.
In the early 2000s, Vyacheslav Bodolika, Peter Jason, Zhan Grigoriev-Milimerov and Marat Chanyshev were at the peak of their popularity as the Prime Minister group. In 2002 they represented Russia at Eurovision. But after 4 years, due to disagreements with the producer, the guys decided to leave and work on their own. Since they did not have the right to use the name "Prime Minister", the young people began to call themselves the "PM" group.
The team is still performing, only Vyacheslav Bodolika left it.
The permanent members of Plazma are Roman Chernitsyn and Maxim Postelny. The group was formed in 2000 and pleases fans with their work to this day.
Smash! lasted only 6 years, from 2000 to 2006, but managed to fall in love with thousands of girls. And she also gave the domestic show business two independent talented singers.
Sergey Lazarev is one of the most popular Russian pop artists. He represented Russia twice at Eurovision, and both times very successfully.
Vlad Topalov also performs solo. He recently married TV presenter Regina Todorenko, the couple had a long-awaited first child.
After the politically difficult period of perestroika, trends in art, popular abroad, and, in particular, in music, began to penetrate the post-Soviet space. This is how Russian rap was born, and after it a new direction appeared - mix rap and dance music.
The ancestor of this direction was the group "Inveterate scammers". Their songs “Everything is different”, “Girls are different”, “Pay attention” in a short period of time gathered a whole army of fans in the face of mainly teenagers and young people. Although more than 20 years have passed since the creation of the musical group, the guys continue to work and record new interesting compositions, experimenting with musical styles.
In early December 1996, 3 young extravagant guys came out on the stage of the Dancing City festival, which was held in the city of Cherepovets, Vologda Region, with groovy songs performed in an unusual style at that time. This is how the new Russian musical project “Inveterate Scammers” was born.
And it all started long before the first performance. The soloist, known to fans under the pseudonym Amoralov, said in an interview that the guys' work began with hard and obscene rap. Soon Sergei met Vyacheslav Zinurov, better known as Tom Chaos, who worked as a DJ. A new acquaintance suggested that the guys reformat the project, adding dance music and drive.
So little by little the creative backbone and repertoire of the group began to take shape. Sergei Amoralov and his childhood friend Garik Bogomazov wrote unpretentious lyrics, and Slava created groovy music for them. As a result, the compositions were obtained, although without a deep philosophical meaning, but they were original and easily won not only the sympathy of fans, but also the first positions in the music charts.
Soon, the well-known Russian producer Evgeny Petrovich Orlov, whose works include SMASH! From this moment begins the success story of the "Inveterate Scammers" group.
The first hit of the "scammers" was the song "Quit Smoking", which sounded from all the speakers in Russia. The guys themselves selflessly worked on recording their debut album, which was released in 1997 under the name "From Colored Plasticine". After the release of the record, the group was known, but it was still premature to talk about wide popularity.
The success of "Otpety swindlers" was brought in 1998 and the album "Everything is different." The guys got regular fans who united in local fan clubs, and the number of concerts did not leave young people even time for their personal lives. The motive of the title song of the same name from the second album "Everything is different" was sung by the whole country, regardless of age and gender. At the same time, Sergei Amoralov became the leader of the group - he became the main soloist and protagonist in the videos.
The period of popularity of "Swindlers" fell on the late 1990s - early 2000s. All of Russia repeated after Amoralov the words of the songs “Girls are different”, “And by the river”, and young people in discos danced slow dances to the lyrical composition “Love me, love”. For their contribution to the development of music, the guys received a number of prestigious awards, including the Golden Gramophone.
In 2003, "Inveterate Scammers" recorded a duet with the song "Border", which was included in Agutin's album "Deja Vu". The song brought success to all performers, but soon the popularity of "Swindlers" began to fall, and even the presentation of the seventh album "To spite the records" in 2008 could not save the situation.
Despite this, the musicians do not despair: in 2012, the guys recorded the song "Russo Turisto", which, although it did not become a musical breakthrough, nevertheless helped the "Inveterate Scammers" to remind of itself.
The idea of creating a musical group, then still in the courtyard format of hip-hop performance, belonged to Sergei Surovenko (Amoralov). A native of St. Petersburg, the boy dreamed of the stage since childhood. At the same time he was engaged in sports and painting. Sergey's musical tastes were quite diverse: he listened to techno performed and American rock from.
Sergei's passion for music was supported by his neighbor Garik Bogomazov, and soon the guys were already singing in two voices in the courtyard of their own written hip-hop, generously seasoned with profanity. So at impromptu youthful concerts the backbone of the future group was formed.
Later, the guys found a third participant, Vyacheslav Zinurov. Sergey Amoralov (Sergey Surovenko), Tom-Chaos Jr. (Vyacheslav Zinurov) and Igor "Garik" Bogomazov presented the first line-up of the group. The three of them worked for 5 years, recording most of the famous hits and achieving popularity.
In 2011, Igor Bogomazov left the team. Due to the busy work schedule, Igor was practically never at home, most of the time was taken away by tours, performances and work in the studio. For this reason, Bogomazov increasingly had conflicts in the family: his wife Yulia demanded attention to herself and their daughter Varya. Yielding to the persuasion of his wife, Igor left the group, but this did not save his family, the young people soon divorced.
In an interview, Igor notes that parting with the guys was not easy and it did not work out to remain friends. Now Igor is developing a solo career with the active participation of his new wife Victoria, and at solo performances, sometimes, to the delight of his fans, he performs the songs of “Inveterate Scammers” beloved by everyone.
The departed Garik was replaced by a new soloist. Before Fraudsters, Andrey worked as a DJ and was the organizer of the Rap Peak music festival. In the mid-1990s, Repnikov performed in the Two Pterodactyls group, and since 1998 he has collaborated with the Inveterate Scammers as a songwriter. In 2016, Repnikov was seriously injured in a car accident and did not perform for a long time, as he needed a complex operation and a long period of rehabilitation.
Despite the decline in popularity, "Inveterate Scammers" continue to perform at music festivals, holidays and give solo concerts. On New Year's Eve 2018, the guys performed in Moscow at a thematic concert, and at the end of 2017 they visited the cities of Mirny, Kondopoga and others with concerts. On February 17, 2018, the "Inveterate Scammers" is scheduled to perform at the grandiose party "Back to the 90s", which will be held in Arkhangelsk.
However, popularity also has a downside. The soloist of the group Sergei Amoralov spoke in an interview about how one of his young fans treats the wife of the musician Maria. The girl wrote threatening messages on Instagram, where Maria periodically posts family photos. Sergey himself urges his wife not to pay attention to the quirks of young fans and recalls with nostalgia the times when you had to hide from fans and run away secretly.
Sergei Amoralov is a handsome blond from the "Inveterate Scammers" group. Do you want to know where he was born and in what family he was brought up? How did you get into show business? Now we will tell about everything.
He was born on January 11, 1979 in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). Our hero comes from a simple family. Serezha's parents have nothing to do with music and the stage. Father worked as a locksmith. And my mother was a housewife.
Sergei Amoralov grew up as an active and inquisitive child. Whom he just did not dream of becoming - a sailor, a military man, a mechanic, a history teacher and so on. Every year the boy changed his wish.
Surovenko is the real name of our hero. Amoralov is just a bright and sonorous pseudonym. But few people know about this.
Serezha went to first grade at the age of 6. He did not like to sit at his desk and diligently display letters in cursive. To channel their son's energy in the right direction, his parents enrolled him in the gymnastics section. The boy enjoyed attending training. Every year he showed ever better results.
As a teenager, Seryozha even received the first adult category. Coaches predicted a brilliant sports future for him. But fate decreed otherwise. During one of the competitions, the guy received a serious back injury. In order to avoid complications, he had to say goodbye to gymnastics.
Soon Amoralov found another hobby. He was seriously interested in painting. He enrolled in an art studio located near the house. The teachers did not reassure Sergei. He didn't have any special talent. The guy diligently studied the basics of painting. But the paintings he created can hardly be called masterpieces.
Gymnastics and painting are not the only hobbies of Sergei Amoralov. The love of music has always lived in his soul. The idols of our hero were such groups as Cure, Nirvana and Prodigy. His musical tastes were shared by neighbor Garik Bogomazov. Together, the guys often held home concerts, portraying Russian and world pop stars. Often in their performance one could hear obscene songs.
In 1995, our hero received a "certificate of maturity". He was not going to leave his native St. Petersburg. The guy easily entered the University of Architecture and Civil Engineering. But there Sergei Amoralov studied for only a year. The love of music took over.
Together with his neighbor Garik Bogomazov, Sergei created a team. Soon Slava joined them. The guys recorded several songs. Slavik was responsible for the music. And Garik and Seryozha were the authors of the texts. The guys came up with a long time. As a result, they settled on "Inveterate scammers."
In December 1996, the newly minted team went to the Dancing City festival held in Cherepovets. The professional jury highly appreciated the work of the St. Petersburg group. Their song "Quit Smoking" became a real hit. It was played on all radio stations in the country.
The popular love and recognition of the listeners to the “Inveterate scammers” was brought by another composition - “Everything is different”. The guys went on tour in Russian cities. Everywhere their performances were held with a bang. Young and talented guys have a whole army of fans.
During the history of the group's existence, 7 studio albums have been released, as well as dozens of incendiary clips and singles. Recently, almost nothing has been heard about the "Dirty Scammers". Each of the guys went headlong into their personal lives. And the music was in the background.
Sergei Amoralov was a real womanizer. In his youth, he often had affairs with beautiful girls. But he did not think about a serious relationship.
In the early 2000s, Sergei met with the soloist of the Cream group Dasha Ermolaeva. The guy and the girl were kind to each other. Their friends and colleagues in the shop were sure that it was going to the wedding. After 3 years of relationship, Amoralov and Ermolaev announced their separation.
Fans of "Dirty Scammers" were delighted that the handsome blond again joined the ranks of bachelors. But at the end of 2007, information appeared in the print media about his romance with model Maria Edelweiss. This turned out to be true. Tall and slender blonde won the heart of the singer.
08.08.08 - this is the date of the wedding of Sergei and Masha. The celebration took place in one of the best restaurants in Moscow. The bride and groom literally glowed with happiness.
The couple have been living together for 7 years. They travel a lot, attend social events and make pleasant surprises for each other. For complete happiness, they do not have enough joint children. Sergei Amoralov's wife is ready to give birth to his daughter and son. We hope that God will give them this happiness.
Biography, personal life and photos of Sergei Amoralov - all this is in the article. We wish this wonderful singer creative success and the soonest birth of heirs!
Garik Bogomazov
Good girls love bad boys. And if they have “Inveterate scammers” in front of them, then adoration can cross all boundaries. The brave trinity, which chose such a provocative name for itself, lit up all the dance floors in the nineties and bathed in the love of fans. “Girls are different”, “And by the river”, “Everything is different” - almost all of their songs immediately became hits. Garik Bogomazov, one of the brightest participants in the “Inveterate Scammers”, talks about the past and present of the group.
The official date of birth of the Inveterate Scammers group is December 8, 1996. It was then that an unusual trio appeared before the audience of the Dancing City festival, which was held in Cherepovets. The songs that these brightly dressed extravagant guys performed, frankly, were far from what most of them sounded from the musical stage. And then, during the period of "waiting for change", it turned out to be a real breakthrough.
They woke up famous literally overnight. And Garik Bogomazov even remembers exactly that moment: “It happened after the broadcast of the Musical Ring program - Europe Plus against MuzTV; "Otpetye" represented, of course, a mega-popular channel. We filmed in St. Petersburg, dear and beloved, and in the morning, having left on business by car, I broke the wheel - I stood and honestly did not know what to do. That's where the popularity hit. It was difficult to confuse me with someone, since the love for bright hair colors is present today: as you can see, now I am yellow. So, cars stopped, offered to help in changing the wheel, naturally, there was no spare wheel with me - then I drove the G8, and it was cool. So, someone gave a wheel. And even helped change. It was then that I realized that we were going in the right direction.”
Once upon a time, almost all the songs of "Otpetyh swindlers" became hits
Lilia Sharlovskaya
Their trio was a trouble-free hit-producing machine. Sergei Amoralov and his childhood friend Garik Bogomazov composed albeit unpretentious but catchy lyrics, and Vyacheslav Zinurov, whom everyone knew under the pseudonym Tom Chaos, wrote music. But then Garik's mother, Olga Ivanovna, helped them to unwind. “In those distant nineties, she had her own business, and she had the opportunity to help us. They wrote the lyrics and music themselves, like everyone else in principle at that time (it's now fashionable to buy songs, but then everything was based on creativity). We lived it. But, of course, there were a lot of expenses. As you understand, these are costumes, and photo shoots, and shooting clips, and the most expensive part is the recording studio. Indeed, in those distant times, artists and groups wrote and released albums! In 1997, our first one, “From Colored Plasticine,” came out thanks to the financial injections of my mother. The sums were rather big, but we promised that as soon as we earn money, we will definitely return it. But some never returned. Let's not, as they say, point fingers. Kidding".
Although the "Inveterate Scammers" had to resort to borrowing money, it was still not the serious money that is operated in show business today. Almost immediately, producer Evgeny Orlov began working with the guys. “We met in 1996 at a youth festival in Kronstadt,” says Garik. - He was already the producer of the Neon Boy group, but we just became friends. Zhenya is not much older than us, so we found a common language right away. And they began to cooperate. We had no contracts, everything was built on trust and friendship. And that's probably why we've worked together for so long. We are still friends with Zhenya - already families.
Lilia Sharlovskaya
Girls are different
In those years of the formation of Russian show business, much was not according to the rules. No development strategy, repertoire plan and other newfangled stuff for you. For example, many clips were then born literally from scratch, without any script written for big money. They just walked, saw, filmed a video that immediately went on the air and immediately topped the top lines in the charts. For example, the video “Girls are different” was filmed in Paris, where the musicians, wandering the streets, noticed how different Parisians are from each other. “In “Girls…” there was a “hidden camera effect”. I think it turned out pretty cool. But in general there were many such stories, ”recalls Garik. - After all, twenty-five clips were filmed at the “Inveterate ...”! For example, “Love me, love” was filmed in almost a day. We flew from a tour to St. Petersburg, the location was on the Gulf of Finland, it was very cold. We drank a lot - or rather, kept warm. But we all turned out to be very romantic heroes, which was what our fans needed. Until now, as soon as I start to perform this piece, applause and roar always sound from the first notes. In a word, the nineties rule. We all grew up, but we remember our youth.”
Many artists, on whom popularity fell suddenly, seriously fell ill with "star fever". Some have not recovered to this day. It is clear that the "Inveterate scammers" did not escape this fate. “Of course, we were also affected by the “star fever”. How else, if every day crowds of fans say that you are the best? Naturally, wings and a star in the forehead grow. I'm kidding, of course. In fact, it all depends on what exactly we call star disease. For example, now I have a rider, but I can’t say that there is something beyond the clouds. Earlier, in the days of the “Inveterate Scammers”, our rider had a box of vodka and twenty rolls of toilet paper, moreover, Soviet, which was fifty-four meters. The organizers were very surprised, they thought we were being so original. But the paper was needed for the show element of one of the songs, which was called “54 meters”. We threw it into the hall, it looked good in flight. Well, they drank vodka, of course. That was health! Horror!"
The group's fans were of the most "criminal" age - about fifteen years old. Therefore, of course, the musicians had a hard time: you start a sincere conversation with a particularly devoted fan, and you have a real time. Therefore, you had to carefully check who you meet and what from such a person can be expected. "I have always been grateful to the girls for gifts, postcards, photographs, I still keep a lot of things in St. Petersburg. By the way, the girls gave a lot of intimate things - panties, busts: it was possible to open a store! - our hero shares his memories. - Somehow before the New Year we decided to put up a Christmas tree. It was December 31, the evening just before New Year's Eve, the shops were already closed. And the idea came by itself: to dress up ... with underwear. It's a pity the photo has not been preserved. As they say, all the best - on the tree."
True, Bogomazov personally bypassed the joy of communicating with underage fans. “In 2000, I managed to get married, so I was“ in the sights ”of my ex-wife and mother-in-law, they tracked everything and everywhere. Step left, step right - execution.”
family life
In general, Garik's years of the group's rise in popularity coincided with his first marriage. At first, wife Julia controlled her famous husband in every possible way. Well, when he decided to get a divorce, she in response forbade him to see his daughter Varvara. Subsequently, the former spouses more than once sorted out the relationship on the air of various television shows. “In 2013, there was a very high-profile story with - as a malicious non-payer of alimony. Then a criminal case was brought against me, followed by an administrative case. Just horror: if my current wife Victoria hadn’t been around, I wouldn’t have got out. Worked for five years to pay lawyers. The ex-wife showed herself in all her glory - her thirst for money and greed always surprised me, but she had to support children from other men, and she could not think of anything else how to shake money out of me by hook or by crook. She has no education - she is a hairdresser, I paid for her courses when we got married. And she wants to live beautifully, as during marriage with me. And she couldn’t think of anything smarter than how to go on talk shows - and for fifteen or twenty thousand rubles, tell nonsense and lie. Varya is already eighteen years old. She finishes school, studies badly. We communicate, but there is no sincerity in these relations. I paid off the debt, the alimony is over, I will help financially until graduation, and then it will be seen.
"Inveterate scammers" exist today. It is difficult to say how successful: the team has concerts, tours also happen. However, many fans of the group believe that the "Inveterate Scammers" died eight years ago - along with the departure of Garik Bogomazov. The former glory of the team, alas, no longer exists. The singer himself is engaged in his solo career and does not follow the fate of his former classmates. Yes, and I don’t really miss the past: “Yes,“ Inveterate ... ”is a big segment of my life. Good, interesting, rich - this is youth. But now I'm forty-three! I have a family - a real family, we are planning children, I want at least three. And now I sing solo, including the hits of "Otpetyh ..." - they are eternal. But also new material. In the near future - the release of two songs, this year for sure. Forward and only forward! Life goes on - there is no time to be bored.
