Bravo (band) explained

Bravo
Origin:Moscow, Russia
Genre:Pop rock, rock and roll, rockabilly, beat, new wave, jazz rock, soft rock
Years Active:1983–present
Current Members:Evgeny Khavtan
Pavel Kuzin
Robert Lenz
Alexander Stepanenko
Dimitriy Ashman
Past Members:Zhanna Aguzarova
Andrei Konusov
Valeriy Syutkin
Aleksey Ivanov
Sergey Lapin
Anna Salmina
Tatyana Ruzaeva
Evgeny Osin
Irina Elifanova
Igor Danilkin
Timur Murtuzaev
Dmitry Gaidukov
Igor Andreev
Fiodor Ponomariov
Aleksey Elenskiy
Sergey Bushkevich
Pavel Markazyan
Denis Mazhukov
Feliks Lakhuti

Bravo (Russian: link=no|Браво) is a rock and roll band founded in 1983 in Moscow, Russia[1] by guitarist Evgeny Khavtan.

Biography

Drawing heavy inspiration from 1950s western music, Bravo was a part of the Soviet rock and roll revival of the 1980s, along with Secret. Their first album was made in 1983.

Despite the fact that at that time rock and roll and beat music (except for The Beatles) were less popular among Soviet citizens than classic rock, the band was one of the most popular underground acts in Russia in the 1980s, until the departure of original lead singer Zhanna Aguzarova[2] in 1988. Since then Bravo has achieved success with several different singers, Valeriy Syutkin[3] (1990-1994) and Robert Lenz (since 1996).

In 2011, after a ten-year break from studio recordings, Bravo released an album Fashion (Russian: Мода), which received highly positive reviews from critics[4] [5] and good attention from younger audiences. The band recorded the album using vintage instruments from the 50s and 60s.[6] The album was produced by Ghian Wright.[7] The album cover includes a photograph of Audrey Hepburn from the US-American romantic comedy Roman Holiday.[8]

Discography

Studio albums

  1. Cassette 1983 Russian: Кассета 1983 (1983)
  2. Cassette 1985 Russian: Кассета 1985 (1985)
  3. Bravo Russian: Браво (1987)
  4. Ensemble Bravo Russian: Ансамбль Браво (1987)
  5. Fops from Moscow Russian: Стиляги из Москвы 1990
  6. Moscow Beat Russian: Московский бит 1993
  7. Road to the Clouds Russian: Дорога в облака 1994
  8. The Wind Knows... (single) Russian: Ветер знает... 1995
  9. At the Crossroads of Spring Russian: На перекрёстках весны 1996
  10. Serenade 2000 EP Russian: Серенада 2000 1997
  11. Hits about Love Russian: Хиты про любовь 1998
  12. Eugenics Russian: Евгеника 2001
  13. Fashion Russian: Мода 2011
  14. Forever Russian: Навсегда 2015

Compilations and live albums

  1. Zhanna Aguzarova and Bravo Russian: Жанна Агузарова и Браво (1993)
  2. Live in Moscow (1994)
  3. Songs from Various Years Russian: Песни разных лет (1995)
  4. The Star Catalog (tribute) Russian: Звёздный каталог (2004)
  5. 30 Years. Concert in Stadium Live Russian: 30 лет. Концерт в Stadium Live (2014)
  6. Bravospective Russian: Бравоспектива (2017)

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.po4emu.ru/drugoe/history/index/music/stat_music/7.htm История группы Браво
  2. Web site: Фестиваль молодых исполнителей Юрмала-Ялта-Москва . 9 July 2016 . https://archive.today/20120713222122/http://pesnyagoda.nm.ru/molod.html . 13 July 2012 . dead .
  3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qleHGo_6uCA Утренняя почта, клип «Вася»
  4. Web site: "Браво" — "Мода". Алексей Мажаев.. 6 September 2011. InterMedia. 10 September 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111123121131/http://www.intermedia.ru/news/230328?page=1. 23 November 2011. live.
  5. Web site: Возвращение главной гитарной поп-группы Тынды и Еревана. Иван Сорокин.. 11 October 2011. Афиша. 11 October 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120207210912/http://www.afisha.ru/cd/1981/. 7 February 2012. live.
  6. Web site: Евгений Хавтан ("Браво"): Винил и пластиковые кружочки звучат по-разному!. Александр В. Волков.. Soyuz Music. 14 November 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304135544/http://www.soyuz.ru/afisha/evgeniy_havtan/. 4 March 2016. dead.
  7. Web site: Браво. "Между Западом и Востоком". Александр Великанов-младший.. 10 September 2011. OpenSpace.ru. 11 September 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111123184314/http://www.openspace.ru/music_modern/projects/20749/details/30040/. 23 November 2011. dead.
  8. Web site: "Мода" группы "Браво". Екатерина Архипова, Артем Костенко.. Best-Woman.ru. 17 November 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111025163218/http://www.best-woman.ru/showbiz/108/. 25 October 2011. dead.

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