fpg vkontakte. F.P.G vocalist

Biography (group history)

The first composition of the F.P.G group was assembled in 1993: Pooh (Anton Pavlov) - vocals, Korean - bass, Gray - drums, Jones - guitar. As expected, no one knew how to play and sing. In the spring of 1995, the band took to the stage for the first time. They were engaged, taking advantage of the absence of a sound engineer, Dmitry Jesus Smirnov (the Black Kultprosvet group). He sat down at the drums. The second composition suddenly ended with a mute. By the fall of 1995, there were changes in the composition: Myakish (Alexey Lozhkin) - drums, Duke - guitar, Conder (who was soon replaced by Mikha Murashev) - bass. In the autumn of 1996, Dimasty (Dmitry Seleznev) became a guitarist. Since 1997 Gerasim (Vladimir Gurenko) has been playing bass guitar. The efforts of new musicians, who are ready to work on themselves, made it possible to start an active concert life in the city. Nizhny Novgorod and its environs (Dzerzhinsk, Arzamas, Pavlovo), and later in the capitals (St. Petersburg, Moscow).

AT different time F.P.G were published on Russian collections "Punk Revolution", "Punk Shelling", "Punk Occupation", "Punks in the City", "BootsOnTheStreets" and the international collection "WORLDWIDENOISEATTACK" released on the English label RETCHrecords. Albums have been recorded. In the summer of 1999 - “The Motherland is waiting for heroes - .... "(Recorded by Sergei Retivin - the same sounder who interrupted the first performance!). In early 2000 it was released by SoundAgeProductions (Moscow). In the winter of 2000 - 2001, F.P.G recorded the 2nd album "Racers". It was also released on SoundAgeProductions in the summer of 2001. Unlike the previous one, new album turned out to be more diverse and contains compositions in the styles: psycho, ska, hard-core, street-punk, as well as a remake in Russian of the songs "AceOfSpades" by TheMotorhead and "MyWay" by Frank Sinatra.

In the spring of 2003, Myakish was replaced by a young, promising drummer Pavel Bravichev (vocalist of the Padonka band). Next (third) studio album- "Gavnorok", was released in December 2004 on the label "SoundAgeProductions". The long-awaited disc includes 12 compositions that were recorded at the Tonmeister studio by Maxim Sozonov, who worked with F.P.G on their previous release Racers (2001). The disc "Gavnorok" is the most experimental work of FPG, in which the musicians decided not to limit themselves to standard directions and try themselves in other styles (this album contains a cover version of the song "Night" by the KINO group that got on Nashe Radio). It is worth noting that in addition to the FPG themselves, a number of Nizhny Novgorod musicians took part in the recording of the album: Albert Rodin and Dmitry "Sedoi" ("$ 7000"), Igor "Maly" and Gennady "Hans" Ulyanov ("DNA"), Dilyara ("The Last Shelter"). Also released are two official live DVDs recorded on 02/17/2005 and 11/08/2006.

The group toured in St. Petersburg, Vyborg, Moscow, Kirov, Cheboksary, Kanash, Bryansk, Pechera-Komi, Ryazan, Samara, Kazan, Yoshkar-Ola, Izhevsk, Novosibirsk, Barnaul, Rostov-on-Don, Armavir, Tambov, Penza, Veliky Novgorod, Kaliningrad, Vladimir, Ivanovo, Fryazino, Tolyatti, Ulyanovsk, Tver, Perm, Dubna, Zelenograd, Minsk, Vitebsk, Smolensk, Adler, Krasnodar, Yaroslavl, Naberezhnye Chelny, Donetsk, Kyiv, Sevastopol, Kharkov, Petrozavodsk, Pskov, Baranovichi, Gomel, Cherepovets , Yekaterinburg, Tomsk, Krasnoyarsk, Chita, Ulan-Ude, Irkutsk, Kemerovo, Voronezh, Saransk, Tula, Orel, Belgorod, Arkhangelsk, Severodvinsk, Lipetsk, Taganrog, Vinnitsa, Dnepropetrovsk, Khmelnitsky, Chernigov, Kursk, Murmansk, Kostroma, Vologda , Syktyvkar, Neftekamsk, Magnitogorsk, Stavropol, Chelyabinsk...

Shared the stage with the teams: Naive, Cockroaches, Hives, Distemper, Purgen, Vibrator, Spiders, Marraders, Port-812, Adventures of Electronics, Elysium, PTVP, Vitamin Growth, Nastradamus Orgasm, Mausoleum, FAQ, $7000, Psyche, ### ##, Amatory, Stigmata, Slot, Mad Efforts, Pilot, All-in, Alice, KiSh, Meantraitors, JMKE (Estonia), Discipline (Holland), SuicidalTendencies (USA), Dreadnoughts (Canada), Exploited (UK). They performed at festivals: "Invasion" 2005, 2006 and 2008-2011, Emmaus - 2006, "Open Windows" - 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2011, "Air" - 2008 ... "Rock over the Volga" - 2009. "20 years without CINEMA" (festival in memory of V. Tsoi in Moscow and St. Petersburg) - 2010

In 2006, Pooh, in the company of the most famous Russian rock erov, takes part in the recording of the single "Rock and Roll" under the direction of Konstantin Kinchev.

After a series of concerts with an unconventional acoustic program, in the summer of 2008 the band released live album"Punk-Jazz", the disc was released with the support of a new label - the company "Navigator Records".

At the very end of 2007, a professional sound engineer Dmitry Beltyukov (Uncle Be) began working with the group. In the spring of 2008, due to a hand injury, Gerasim went on a long "vacation". Mako Limansky (bass guitarist of the band Smalta) replaces him at concerts for several months. In the fall of 2008, a new bass player Evgeny Uralev (aka Rul, bassist of the Kletka band) appears in the group. In the spring of 2009, a wind section appeared quite spontaneously in the face of trumpeter Sergei Volgushev (Serpent).

In the fall of 2010, with this line-up, the group recorded the fourth studio album "ELEMENT", distinguished by lyrics, heaviness and melody. This long-awaited album includes a cover version of KINO's song "Legend". The album was recorded by Dmitry Beltyukov at TONMEISTER studio. The title track of the album - "Break" gets on the air of "Our Radio"! Famous director Oleg Flyangolts shoots a video for the song "Night". The song "Think" hits the radio.

In autumn, in October 2013, a video clip for the song “Where You Are” is released, the track was recorded with the participation of Chacha Ivanov, Ilya Chert and KnyaZz. The clip was directed by R. Vakhidov.

2015. Album "Through Hatred"

"Don't give up, don't give up!" These are the words that were sung by young and daring punks from Nizhny Novgorod back in 2000. Then few would have thought that after fifteen years, F.P.G would become the face and driving force local punk rock. Punk rock is not like musical genre, namely uncompromising life principles and texts by Anton Pukh. Accordingly, music during this time has turned into an irrepressible natural element, which either explodes with a volcano of fire and covers you with energy with your head, or smolders with coals, but still burns, you just have to touch it. The main criterion for the creativity of musicians has always been honesty - honesty to themselves and their listeners. It was this honesty, coupled with diligence and unwillingness to deviate from the once chosen path, that led the group to the top of domestic rock charts and festival venues. F.P.G never repeated themselves and were always prone to experiments (Punk-Jazz in our country, no one played exactly). That is why the new, fifth longplay is especially interesting. The album "Through Hatred" combines the most recognizable, best features many years of creative work of musicians. The listener will have to plunge into reflections on the eternal philosophical questions, smoothly waltzing from melody to sharp guitar riffs. And although little is known about the new album, one thing can already be said for sure: it will be new songs and a new breath of oxygen to maintain the inner fire of all fans of the "Honestly Playing Collective".

Russian group F.P.G(Fair Play Gang), founded under the influence of British music, in the city of Nizhny Novgorod, in the period of 1993.

Moreover, despite frequent line-up changes, the band's musical direction has not changed. In particular, the British made a great contribution to the formation of a large Russian punk band. The Exploited, and . These groups have been so influential Fair Play Gang, absorbed individual elements of these two groups, which later began to be presented in their own style.

It is worth noting that at the very beginning of their musical career, the group performed the Oi! style, and only then moved on to the so-called experimental Punk Rock with their own lyrics, ideas, thoughts, views of the world and the environment.

The first album was released in 1999, which was released on audio cassettes. The title of this release, ambiguous, ambiguous and at the same time provocative - " Motherland is waiting for heroes- "f*ck gives birth to fools." Release already on modern CD carriers. only took place in 2006. The digitization of the recording helped the songs to disperse much faster across the territory of Russia, attracting more and more new fans and admirers to the work of the F.P.G. group.

In 2004, the second studio work was released, entitled " Gavnorok". The second release differed in better side not only in terms of the quality of the recording, but also in terms of the quality of the material itself, the lyrical basis has also undergone cardinal changes. Many music critics, appreciated the improvement in the playing level of the Nizhny Novgorod group, which had a positive effect on their own material.

From the album " Gavnorok”, the song should be singled out separately, since the musicians beat it in own style, i.e. a banal cover, you can’t call it in any way.

In 2010, come out the third studio album " Element”, which, according to established traditions, again radically differs from the second (previous) release.

For my musical career, the team was able to play on the leading concert venues countries, for example at the festival. Windows open and rock festival Invasion. It makes no sense to enumerate the entire list of venues where the musicians managed to perform as part of their project, since there are really a lot of them.

Separately, it is necessary to highlight the list of groups with whom F.P.G. managed to play at joint concerts, this is a group, Elysium, Cockroaches, Alice, Naive and many others. Including, on their account there is a warm-up of the legend of punk rock - The Exploited.

From the groups, the so-called alternative party, Fair Play Gang performed with:, Nizhny Novgorod,

The concert of the F.P.G group will give the metropolitan audience a truly summer and rebellious mood. After all, only here they will be able to meet again with one of the most popular domestic punk rock bands.

Today, the music of this group is well known to many fans of this musical direction from our country. And this should not seem surprising to anyone, since the project has been pleasing music lovers with its creativity for many years. And it was created in Nizhny Novgorod back in 1993. From the moment of its foundation, the team began to work actively in the style of punk rock. But at the same time, throughout creative way bold creative experiments were not alien to her. Therefore, in the work of these musicians, one can often find compositions sustained in a slightly different style. Almost immediately after the creation of the team began to engage in concert activity. This helped him gain some fame among Russian connoisseurs of the genre. Wherein debut album musicians managed to release only by 1999. It should be noted that at that time many of their songs had already been included in the collections of domestic punk rock more than once. BUT real fame came to the project only in the new millennium. And this is largely due to the fact that he was the first and only one in our country to work in such an unusual style as punk-jazz. From that moment on, his fame began to grow at a rapid pace. At the same time, the beginning and the number of his loyal fans noticeably increase. Therefore, tickets for the concerts of the F.P.G group began to be in great demand among the large Russian public. In addition, musicians began to be invited to various festivals and similar large-scale events. And their songs began to sound on the radio.

Currently, this group, like many years ago, is able to boast of incredible creative activity. At the same time, the musicians, whose composition has changed several times, have five fairly successful albums to their credit. Today they perform a lot, and are also constantly engaged in studio work. And therefore, at the Moscow concert of the collective, not only popular songs, but also completely new compositions.

In the nineties of the last century, the direction of punk rock gained great popularity among young people. Consider the biography of one of the soloists of such a team, which continues to tour successfully and record new albums. Starting XI musical group F.P.G was formed in 1993. It included:

• Vocalist Anton Pavlov (Pooh).
• Bassist under the pseudonym Korean.
• Drummer "Sizy" and guitarist Jones.

In the new punk band, no one really knew how to play and sing. Initially, the team did rehashing of English-language songs. The group's first appearance on the mass stage took place in 1995. The performance was almost spontaneous, the engagement was arranged by a member of the Black Cultural Education team, while the full-time sound engineer was absent. The performance of the second song was interrupted due to the mute.

In the autumn of 1995, changes took place in the team. The composition includes: bassist Mikhail Murashov, guitarist Dima Seleznev (Dimasty), as well as Vladimir Gurenko (1997), known under the nickname Gerasim. Musicians start over professional work organize and give concerts in Nizhny Novgorod region, and later in other large cities of Russia.

Single release

Anton Pavlov remains as lead singer of F.P.G. The team releases compositions included in various domestic collections. Among them: "Punks in the city", "Punk shelling", "Punk revolution" and international counterparts called World Wide Noise Attack and Boots On The Streets.

The band's discography consists of three full-length albums:

1. "The Motherland is waiting for heroes" (summer 1999). The disc was released in early 2000 by Sound Age Productions in Moscow.
2. The second album "Racers" was released in the summer of 2001. It differs from the previous one by the presence of various musical styles and thematic focus in different branches. The producer was the same team that recorded the first disc.
3. Anton Pavlov and his team in the spring of 2003 recorded the third album "Gavnorok". The new drummer of the band, Pavel Bravichev, is participating in the recording. Among the compositions of the band you can find covers of Frank Sinatra, The Motorhead and My Way.

F.P.G's style includes hard rock, psychedelic music and street punk.

Stages of development

The disc "Gavnorok" is considered the most experimental work of the group F.P.G. It includes 12 tracks, recorded at the Tonmeister studio by arranger Maxim Sazonov, who took part in the recording of the previous album Racers. Contributed to the creation of this CD:

• Anton (Pooh) Pavlov.
• Dmitry "Sedoy".
• Albert Rodin.
• Igor "Small".
• Gennady Ulyanov (Hans).
• "Dilara".

Two live DVDs were also released in February 2005 and November 2006. The tour of the group took place in many cities of Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, including St. Petersburg, Minsk and Kyiv.

Concert activity

Anton Pavlov and his team performed on the same stage with popular and extravagant groups. Among them: "Naive", "Cockroaches", "Orgasm of Nostradamus", "Hives", "Va-Bank", "Psyche" and many others. In the winter of 2005 and autumn of 2006, the punks played several concerts together with the idols of their youth - The Exploited.

Anton Pavlov, whose biography is closely connected with the F.P.G group, in 2006 participates in the recording of the single "Rock and Roll". This project was managed with the participation of the most famous Russian rock musicians. In 2008, the team holds a series of concerts with an original acoustic program, and also releases a new album called Punk-Jazz. Support in the creation of the disc was provided by the Navigator Records company.

Excerpts from the interview

Anton (Pukh) Pavlov, whose biography is replete with extraordinary deeds, is considered the star of provocations. At the same time, he remains an open person, easily making contact. In one of his interviews, the artist admitted that he is often angry. At the same time, he does not keep the negative in himself, but splashes it out on others, but then quickly calms down.

The musician says about his childhood that it was bright, not sharing positive and negative points. According to the artist, his maturity appeared in his youth with the development of punk rock. This direction includes not only impudent and brutal behavior on stage, but also the expression of those feelings that accumulate in the soul, albeit not in a completely traditional, but quite accessible way.

Quotes

Below are phrases that serve as an answer to some journalistic questions with Anton Pavlov:

1. "Why are nicknames popular in punk rock?" Answer: "Because it is a subculture with its own specifics."
2. "Where do you see yourself in twenty years?" Answer: "I don't see as far as I did two decades ago."
3. "When can we expect the release of the new album?" Answer: "Always".
4. "In the latest compositions, there is less obscenity and more eternal themes what to expect next?" Answer: "Provocations".
5. "How to determine that the moment has come to stop working on the record, so as not to spoil it?" Answer: Heart.
6. "How can you explain the emergence of inspiration?" Answer: "Inspiration from the past is explained by the fact that it cannot be received from the future."

It is worth noting that the biography of the FPG performer is built on peculiar principles. For example, the main motto of the group is "Insolence and youth". Nevertheless, artists are thinking about creating musical history with artistic visualization and are looking for a talented screenwriter for this.

The creation of a punk band, one might say, began with joint drinking. In 1993, after another drunkenness with "Jesus" from "Cherny Kultprosvet", the idea was born to engage one of the band's songs on stage. Not the last role in this was played by the temporary absence of a full-time sound operator.

In 1995, the band included drummer Alexei Lozhkin (Myakish), and a year later - guitarist Dima Seleznev (Dimasty). At the same time, alcohol is still held in high esteem. In 1997, Vladimir Gurenko (Gerasim) took the place of the bass player. As a result, the renewal of the composition had a positive effect on the team. Active concert tours and studio recordings begin.

What now?

The current line-up of the band includes the following musicians:

1. Pavlov (Pukh) Anton - since 1993
2. Guitarist Dmitry Seleznev - since 1996
3. Bassist Evgeny Uralev - since 2008
4. Drummer Pasha Bravichev - since 2003
5. Trumpeter Volgushev Sergey - since 2008

Below is the discography of the musical group F.P.G:

• The album, created in 1999, “The country is waiting for heroes. And pi**a gives birth to fools.
• "Racers" - 2001
• "Gavnorok" - 2004
• "Element" - 2010
• "Through the hate" - 2015.
• Singles "Element", "Where you are", "Strive".
• Live recordings: At the Point (2007), Punk Jazz (2008).
• Split-album "Punk Brotherhood" (2007).

Anton (Pukh) Pavlov: personal life

This moment is practically shrouded in mystery. As far as we know, the musician is not yet married and has no children. He managed to finish School of Music in 2000. Most of The life of an artist takes place in the studio, on stage or rehearsals. He has a sister, parents - ordinary people. By the way, when the first albums were released, Anton tried to isolate his relatives from listening to his songs, since the compositions contained a lot of obscene language.

About fans

The musician declares that he always experiences some kind of excitement when entering the stage, as before the first date. Nevertheless, he believes that it is always necessary to speak, even if you do not want to or if certain problems arise. After all, all creativity is done specifically for listeners who come to concerts and buy CDs. The artist plans to record the next album with a kind and bright direction. By the way, Anton Pavlov (Pooh) is not frequent guest the Internet and social networks. As he himself said, if there is interesting point in interactive communication, you can join it, and on the comments “Hi” or “How are you?” he does not react, especially if they come from strangers.