| Description: | The band was formed in 1993 in Irkutsk, Russia. First it played Hard’n’Heavy and had the name of BIG TROUBLE. After several substitutions the stuff became stable and was made up the following musicians: ALEXANDER AIDAROV - VOCALS MAX POPOFF - BASS GUITAR, VOCALS VALERY SHUKEVICH - GUITARS YURI TOMISCH - DRUMS In May 1994 the band was awarded the prize for professional skill at “Sarma-94” Festival in Angarsk. Later on in November it won Grand Prix among 25 groups at the Festival in Bratsk. 1995. The band changes the drummer for Dennis Popoff (Max’s namesake) 1997. In August the premiere of the rock-opera “Jesus Christ Superstar” by A.L.Webber took place in Russian. The performance is of a great success among critics and spectators. 1998. In Spring another rock-opera “The Star and the Death of Hoakin Murrieta” was staged. The band starts working at its debut album. 1999. Irkutsk company “Music Most” releases “Four Elements”—a long awaited album in English. After having been recorded the album was presented on the stage of Irkutsk Musical Theater in May, 12. Besides their own compositions the musicians presented 4 compositions by Antonio Vivaldi from the “Seasons” series with the participation of the ballet troupe of the theater. 2000. The premiere of the rock-show “Stairway to Heaven” took place on the stage of the theater. 2001. The band takes a permanent keyboardist Dmitry Isk?hakov and starts to work at new material. During the concerts and rehearsals a misunderstanding between Alexander Aidarov and the rest of the band emerges... 2006. In February the band finished recording of the English demo and starts distributing the demo package to different foreign labels together with regular concerts at the clubs of Irkutsk and other towns of the region. In March the band started to write the music for the children’s musical ''Thumbelina"... |