The "Na-na" group: who does not know it?

A legendary musical band. His songs were heard almost every second representative of the generation of the 90's. This is the group "Na-na", which in the peak of its popularity managed to conquer the indifferent hearts of many music lovers. Their songs are easily recognizable and incendiary. Well-known outrageous producer Bari Alibasov created an attractive pop group from young and energetic handsome people in the late 80s of the XX century. The path of the legendary collective in show business, details and riddles of the lives of its participants will be described in this article.

History of the creation of the collective

In 1989, Alibasov created a group, which, according to the First Channel, was the most successful musical project of his time. The first team was selected by competitive selection. Alibasov was already widely known for his fruitful work with the group "Integral", so few doubted the success of the newly minted musicians. The group "Na-na" for the Soviet space has become a real discovery. It was a revelation and a symbol of shocking.

Then the topic of sex was omitted in the work, it was forbidden, only shameful moments were found in it. But Bari Alibasov was not afraid of possible condemnation and made his bet on this. As time showed - he was right and did not lose. After the release of their most famous song "Faina" popularity did not wait. The group was invited to concerts in Australia, Canada, USA, Portugal and other countries. Even the famous producer Dick Clarke dreamed of luring the composition under his care. He wanted to make the band world-wide popular. This idea was never meant to come true. The very first members of the group included such performers as Valery Burneyko, Vladimir Levkin, Andrei Ktitarev and Valery Yurin.

The participants

As already mentioned above, the group "Na-na" in its first stage consisted of 4 people. These guys got into the collective as a result of tough selection. For more than a year, Alibasov worked on scenic images of the participants. The work attracted famous fashion designers, artists of the theater. Psychological images have also been carefully thought out. Bright, attractive appearance of the guys and extravagant costumes, behavior - it was in the aggregate elements of their unusual business card.

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

Repertoire of the group "Na-na"

There were a lot of songs written. In total, the team received the main musical award "Ovation" 12 times. The group "Na-na", whose songs circled all the CIS countries, recorded real hits of that time. They include songs "Faina" (a clip for which was banned in the country because of its scandalous erotic character), "Summer", "The Hat Fell". Also, everyone knows the composition "Insult melts", "Dedication to a woman", "Ohlokh", "I do not 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 to themselves no less than the appearance of the guys.

In the 2000s, an active policy of reprinting old compositions was conducted. Many English songs were recorded. Basically, the author of the words, and the composer-arranger was the producer of the band - Bari. Filmed and video clips on the track. The video for the song "Faina" became a shock and shock for the general public. The absence of censorship drove the spectators into a stupor, which ended in a stormy ovation. It was thanks to this song that "Na-na" became the most popular musical group.

Waves of popularity

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

Current state of affairs

At the present time the group consists of 4 people. Two of them are the same golden voices of the collective: Vladimir Politov and Vyacheslav Zherebkin. Leonid Semidyanov - ex-member of the group, who returned in 2015. Prior to this, he spoke in 1998 in the team in question. Mikhail Igonin is also a member of the group. The team actively writes new songs, performs with concerts and shoots clips. Also there are frequent tours abroad. Apparently, this is one of the few groups whose popularity has not faded. Her work is loved by fans today.