Chizh & Co

In the 90s, rock was the most popular musical direction in Russia. At that time, dozens of new musical groups appeared, including the Chizh and Co group. Sergey Chigrakov became the frontman of the band.

Sergey "Chizh" was born on February 6, 1961 in Dzerzhinsk, Nizhny Novgorod region. While still at school, he began performing as a substitute in various musical groups along with his older brother. Sergey graduated from a music school, after which he entered a music school.

The first "adult" group was the group "GPD" ("Extended Day Group"). For the sake of working in a group, Sergei moved to Kharkov, but the team soon split into two halves. Chizh joined the half, which decided to create a new group - "Different people".

The group managed to record several albums, one of which ("Boogie-Kharkov") was completely written by Sergei Chigrakov. The disc did not become popular at the time of release, and six years later found its listeners. Then Chizh wrote the first hits: "Darling" and "I Want some tea."

In 1993, Sergei decided to record a solo album. Morally, Boris Grebenshchikov helped him in this, and the musician was inspired to take this step by Andrei Burlak and Igor Berezovets. The album was released simply under the name "Chizh". Musicians from other Russian rock groups were invited to record the disc - N. Korzinin, A. Brovko, M. Chernov and others.

A year later, Chigrakov decided to perform in St. Petersburg clubs. To do this, he invited Alexei Romanyuk and Alexander Kondrashkin with him. They became members of the future popular rock group "Chizh and Co". Men were inspired to create their own group by the success of the St. Petersburg public.

The first line-up of the group included vocalist and guitarist Sergei Chigrakov, bassist Alexei Romanyuk, drummer Vladimir Khanutin and guitarist Mikhail Vladimirov. In 1994 they recorded their debut live album "Live", and later released the disc "Crossroads".

In 1998, after touring abroad, drummer Vladimir Khanutin left the group, he went to the NOM group. He was replaced by Igor Fedorov, who used to play in the bands "NEP" and "Television".

In the fall of 2003, the group's staff decided to change the director. Instead of Alexander Gordeev, they hired a classmate and longtime friend of the soloist, Colonel Andrei Asanov.

In 2010, drummer Igor Fedorov left Chizh and Co. In his place, Sergei Chigrakov immediately invited Igor Dotsenko, a member of the DDT group. In an interview, Yuri Shevchuk said that Igor is Chizh's favorite drummer. After Dotsenko died, Vladimir Nazimov took his place at the drum kit.

In 1995, the group recorded their next album - "About Love". Its peculiarity is that most of the songs on it are covers of songs by other artists. In addition to them, the musicians recorded a folk song "Here's a bullet whistled." In the same year, "Chizh and Co" recorded an album, which included their best hits. The album was recorded at a concert in St. Petersburg.

The following year the band recorded two albums: "Erogenous Zone" and "Polonaise". In addition, they recorded a video for the hit Polonaise. The Russians liked the video series, because some of them were filmed in America, and they were able to see abroad. In the same year, the group was replenished with one more member - keyboardist Evgeny Barinov.

All the musicians of the group freely participated in extraneous projects, recorded solo albums and performed as part of other groups. For example, guitarist Vladimirov recorded a solo disc "Wake and in a Dream".

In 1997, the group decided to devote their work to their parents. They recorded an album, which included cover versions of Soviet hits. “Chizh and Co” shot two videos for the songs “Under the Balkan Stars” and “Bombers”. The same album included their hit "Tanks rumbled on the field ..."

In the spring of 1998, the collective went to Israel with a concert. There they recorded another album - "New Jerusalem". It includes hits "For Two", "Russo matroso", "Phantom" and many others. Also this year the collective has recorded a new collection of songs "The best blues and ballads"

In the fall, Chizh & Co went to America to perform at the Astoria Club for their American fans. They then gave an acoustic concert specifically for the BBC radio show. This recording was later released as a live album "At 20:00 GMT".

The whole next year, the team spent touring the country. They went abroad twice. For the first time in the USA, where they performed at a festival with such masters of rock variety as "Crematorium", "Alice", "Chaif" and many others. The second time was in August. They went to Latvia for a rock festival, where they met again with their stage colleagues.

In 2000, the team also toured a lot, they flew again to the USA, then Israel. The musicians developed their solo projects, Sergei recorded a joint album with Alexander Chernetsky.

2001 was a happy year for Chizh's fans, because Chigrakov, at last, recorded his solo album "I Will Be Haydn!" The album is unique, because the artist himself performed all the musical parts, sang himself. He did not involve any other musicians or producers in the work.

The group continues to tour the country. Each of their performances is sold out. The guys perform both on large venues and give concerts in clubs, where they communicate with fans after the performances, take photos and sign autographs.

In 2002, Chizh and Co surprised their fans and drew attention to the band by going on tour in the Arctic. The locality impressed the musicians. After the trip, Sergei recorded a new composition "Blues on Piles".

In the fall, the band again went to America, where they spent a couple of months, performing all over the south coast. It is worth noting that not only compatriots living there came to their concerts, but also ordinary Americans who love Russian rock.

A year later, the group expanded its touring geography and went to conquer Canada. Everyone knows that one of the largest Russian diasporas lives in Canada, so the team was well received, despite the fact that the group did not perform in full. Some of the musicians were refused a visa.

The band declared 2004 the year of acoustic music. They went on a tour without electric guitars, performing all songs at concerts in an acoustic style. The musicians toured extensively around the world. The band's lead singer has recorded several blues compositions with black Americans in the United States. The band went to the East for the first time, giving a concert in Singapore.

In the same year, the group celebrated its first anniversary - the team turned ten years old. On this occasion, they gave two big concerts in Moscow and St. Petersburg. Favorite hits and compositions of friends of the group, who came to congratulate "Chizh and Co", sounded from the stage.

For several years, the band members recorded solo albums, participated in the recording of albums of other groups. Everyone was engaged in creativity, but the musicians did not get together.

The band's last studio album was released in 1999, but fans do not lose hope that the musicians will record at least one more. The Chizh and Co members work on solo projects, occasionally getting together to perform at festivals.

The group did not announce about the breakup, but the team does not speak in an interview about the continuation of the joint work, does not talk about future albums or videos. In February 2018, Sergei Chigrakov wrote the music for the song "Love is tired in secret."

1994 - "Eternal Youth" 1994 - "Crossroads" 1994 - "Hoochie Coochie Man" 1995 - "Here the bullet whistled" 1996 - "Polonaise" 1997 - "Bombers" 1997 - "Under the Balkan Stars" 1999 - "Password" 1999 - " Food, food ... "

1994 - "Crossroads" 1995 - "About Love" 1996 - "Erogenous Zone" 1996 - "Polonaise" 1997 - "Bombers" 1999 - "Nothing to Lose" 2001 - "Pastoral"

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