Vyacheslav Butusov

Vyacheslav Butusov is a Soviet and Russian rock musician, leader and vocalist of the Nautilus Pompilius and U-Peter groups. In addition, he wrote music for cult Russian films.

Vyacheslav was born in the small village of Bugach, located near Krasnoyarsk. The boy's parents are named Gennady Dmitrievich and Nadezhda Konstantinovna. The family lived in Bugach for a very short time. Soon the Butusovs moved to Khanty-Mansiysk, then to Surgut, and Vyacheslav graduated from senior classes in Yekaterinburg. After school, the young man became a student at the local architectural institute.

At the university, Butusov met Dmitry Umetsky, with whom he would later create one of the leading Soviet rock groups. But for now, the guys were just spending time playing guitars and trying to compose music. The musicians even recorded their debut album practically at home.

Despite his serious passion for rock, Vyacheslav managed to graduate from the institute and get a higher education. After distribution as a design engineer, the young man got into an architectural bureau and even took part in the development of the appearance of the stations of the Yekaterinburg metro.

Music attracted Butusov like a magnet. Every evening the young man and his friends gathered at a local rock club and rehearsed for hours, honing his guitar playing and vocal timbre. Only in 1986, when the whole country learned about the Sverdlovsk group, Vyacheslav was able to fully concentrate on what he loved.

Vyacheslav Butusov recorded his first album "Moving" almost like a demo cassette. In 1985, a young man, as part of the Step group, created the Most recording, which would later be re-released as a solo album by Vyacheslav. In the same year, the professionally edited and arranged album "Invisible" was released. It was then that the first versions of the famous hits "Prince of Silence" and "The Last Letter" ("Goodbye, America") were born. These and other songs from the first albums will later appear on subsequent records.

A year later, the Nautilus Pompilius group, consisting of Butusov, Umetsky and Ilya Kormiltsev, who joined them, released a disc that instantly makes musicians popular throughout the Soviet Union. It was the album "Separation" containing the songs "Khaki Ball", "Chained by One Chain", "Casanova", "View from the Screen", which sounded from every house across the country.

The next recording, "Prince of Silence," was no less popular, on which the heartfelt ballad "I want to be with you" was first published. Perestroika made adjustments - rock was no longer banned, and in 1989 the Nautilus group even received the Lenin Komsomol Prize, and positive articles about the musicians' work began to appear in the main publication of the Komsomol organization Smena.

In 1993, the album "Nautilus Pompilius" "Foreign Land" was released, the song from which - "Walking on the Water" - became a national hit. Two clips were recorded on it, the composition was covered by other groups and performers - "DDT", "Kalinov Most", "Vyhod", Elena Vaenga. The author himself called the song a universal human parable, and not a retelling of a religious plot.

"Nautilus Pompilius" existed for 15 years, while the composition changed regularly. The group moved to the capital of Soviet rock - Leningrad, where a new period began in the creative biography of the musicians, no less fruitful than the previous one. The musical group has released 12 studio albums, in addition to several live recordings. The first album of the group recorded in the Northern capital was the disc "Wings", which included the tracks "Lonely Bird", "Living Water", "Christ". The disc was released in 1996.

In addition to those listed, the songs "Walking on the Water", "On the Bank of a Nameless River", "Titanic", "Breathing" became hits.

In 1997 Vyacheslav Butusov began his solo career. The musician released independent albums "Illegally Born ..." and "Ovals", which included hits "Coast", "Helicopter", "Zvezdochka", "Bird Locomotive".

The artist has released a joint disc "Elizobarra-Torr" with the St. Petersburg team "Deadushki". For the songs of the album "Nastasya", "Trilliput" creates clips. The tracks "Spare Dreams" and "My Star" become hits.

To record the album "Star Padl" Butusov gathers musicians of the "Kino" group, which broke up after the death of Viktor Tsoi. Together with guitarist Yuri Kasparyan, Vyacheslav creates a new band, U-Piter, which still exists.

This group started with the song "Shock Love" and the debut album "The Name of the Rivers". Then followed the discs "Biography", "Praying Mantis", "Flowers and Thorns" and the last to date "Goodgora". The main hits of this group are "Song of the One Going Home", "Girl in the City" and "Children of Minutes". By the way, before the release of the "Goodgora" disc, several songs were released as self-made clips, which were edited by Vyacheslav Butusov with his own hand.

In the second half of the 90s, Vyacheslav Butusov began cooperation with director Alexei Balabanov. The director invited the musician to play a cameo role in the social drama Brother, for which Vyacheslav also recorded the soundtrack. Later, the director used for the second part of the blockbuster with Sergei Bodrov, Jr. in the title role, Butusov's song "Gibraltar-Labrador", which he created for the disc "Pentagonal Sin".

The musician wrote soundtracks for a number of films - "War", "Zhmurki", "Needle Remix" and appeared as a cameo in dozens of documentaries and feature films.

In 2016, the artist performed at the Blue Bird project. In the final, Vyacheslav Butusov and Vitaly Kis took the stage with the participant of the show Maria Klimova.

The first time Vyacheslav Butusov got married when he was still living in Yekaterinburg. The young man's wife was the architect and costume designer Marina Dobrovolskaya. The couple met at the Institute of Architecture and got married six months after the first meeting. Young people have been married for 13 years. The couple had a daughter, Anna, in 1980.

The divorce followed when the singer had another woman. Later, Marina remembered that the last month before parting was like honey. And when Slava left, his wife found a letter in the hallway in which her husband asked Dobrovolskaya to live his life and announced the divorce. The documents in the registry office were issued quickly: when the employees saw Butusov, they did everything in one day without any questions, although according to the rules, if there is a child, husband and wife must be divorced through court.

The musician played his second wedding after moving to St. Petersburg. Angelica Estoeva became Butusov's chosen one. The future spouses met when the girl was 18 years old, and the singer turned out to be 9 years older than his beloved. Then Angelica did not yet know that Vyacheslav is a star. The presence of a wife did not prevent the developing romance: the artist said that the spiritual connection with Marina had long been lost.

Estoeva was able to make friends with the eldest daughter of Slava - Anna. The girl was then nine years old, and she trusted dad's new wife with all her secrets.

In a marriage with Angelica, three children were born - daughters Sofia and Ksenia, who in 2013 made Butusov a grandfather, giving her father a granddaughter Divna, and a son Daniel, who was born in 2005.

Once Vyacheslav said that he found himself when he met his second wife. Until the moment he met Angelica, the man seemed to be in a gaseous state. This is how he described his life without Estoeva.

It should be noted that Vyacheslav is a creative person. In addition to music and lyrics, Butusov writes poetry and prose.

In 2007, the singer published the first book "Virgostan", which included the musician's stories. Then the works “Antidepressant. Co-Search "and" Archia ".

In 2013, Butusov, together with Chulpan Khamatova, Andrei Makarevich and Sergei Makovetsky, performed in the charity animation project Flying Animals. The proceeds from the concerts went to help sick children.

Vyacheslav lives with his family on the outskirts of St. Petersburg. According to Vyacheslav, this greatly facilitates life and helps to create: strangers rarely wander into this area.

The artist also remembered his long-standing passion for drawing. A collection of poems by Ilya Kormiltsev came out with illustrations created by Butusov's hand. In one interview, Vyacheslav shared that it would be nice to become an animator or a choir leader for very young children.

At the peak of popularity, Vyacheslav Butusov had problems with alcohol. Once the famous artist admitted that he had almost reached the brink. Angelica said that after 10 years of marriage, Slava realized that due to addiction he could lose his family. Then the couple went to the temple, and this helped the singer. Now the author helps people with alcoholism.

Thousands of fans follow their favorite celebrity on the Instagram social network. There Vyacheslav has been microblogging since 2017. The artist shares personal and work pictures with subscribers.

Fans of men often wonder who their idol is by nationality. According to some, Butusov looks like a gypsy. The artist himself does not apply to this. But as far as we know, Vyacheslav is Russian.

The author once said about his character that he was a "sadomasochist" by nature, and a man's weapon is patience.

Even today, when Vyacheslav's age crossed the 50-year mark, female fans celebrate the beauty and attractiveness of the idol. The stately (height 173 cm, weight 68 kg) artist and now attracts the attention of the weaker sex.

The singer leads a rich creative life, performing in the capital and other cities of Russia with the repertoire of the Nautilus Pompilius group. 35 years have passed since the creation of the musical group, and a number of anniversary concerts have been timed to this date as part of the tour, which lasted until the spring of 2018.

At the performances, which again gather full halls and stadiums, Vyacheslav presented the collection "Goodbye, America!" with the best songs of "Nautilus" recorded with new versions of arrangements. In addition to the rock line-up of the group - bassist Ruslan Gadzhiev, guitarist Slava Suori, drummer Denis Marinkin, the children's choir of radio and television of St. Petersburg, soloists of the vocal quartet Backin Black, trumpeter Vadim Eilenkrig and Indians with ethnic instruments take part in the concerts. Together with pianist Ekaterina Mechetina, the musician performed two compositions - "Poor Bird" and "Golden Spot".

In the fall of 2017, Vyacheslav Butusov visited Volgograd with a concert program, in February the musician will go to Khabarovsk. Photos from the performances are posted on the official website of the Nautilus Pompilius group.

At the beginning of 2018, information was received that the continuation of the multi-part film "The Meeting Place Cannot Be Changed" was being filmed. Vyacheslav will play one of the key roles in the television series. In addition to Butusov, Zhenya Lubich and artists of the Komik-Trust theater will appear in the film. The film will be directed by Dmitry Shagin. Dmitry also wrote the script for the project in tandem with Andrey Kuzmin.

1983 - "Moving" 1985 - "The Bridge" 1985 - "Invisible" 1986 - "Parting" 1989 - "Prince of Silence" 1990 - "At random" 1991 - "Born on this Night" 1992 - "Foreign Land" 1994 - "Titanic" 1995 - "The Man Without a Name" 1996 - "Wings" 1997 - "Apple China" 1997 - "Atlantis" 1997 - "Illegitimate AlHimik Doctor Faust the Feathered Serpent" 1998 - "Ovals" 2000 - "Elizobarra Torr" 2001 - "Star Bastard" 2001 - Quiet Games, acoustic live album. 2008 - "Model to Build" 2017 - "Goodbye America!"

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