ARGONAFTY

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The group was founded : in 1964.

City: Moscow.

Group existence graduated in 1970.

The forerunner of the " Argonauts " was a group of " Garik Gorik ", which in 1964 gathered students of the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute Georgy Sedov and Igor Krutov, playing an acoustic guitar . The first performance of the duo " Garik Gorik " took place in winter 1964 at the English club MiFi . The concert was also attended classmate Sedov and Krutova bassist Yuri Andreev They performed was not yet fashionable big beat , and American folk songs .

Leaders " Argonauts " Georgy Sedov and Igor Krutov told that the idea of creating your own beat group they appeared after the February 1965 "Falcon" was on a concert in their hometown of MEPI . In fact, if the first time they heard a real Russian - bit group. Shocked , " Argonauts " spent all summer in the Palace of Culture in Tushino , rehearsing every day, and in the autumn , when they returned from vacation , arranged jointly with " Falcon " performance in the cafe "Sports" in the Luzhniki Stadium . They say that when the " Argonauts " started playing , their faces friends " Sokolov " gradually stretched : they did not expect that anyone will be able to keep up with them. " Argonauts " ( Georgy Sedov - guitar, vocals , Igor Sharp - bass, Yuri Radashevich - drums Vladimir Silant'ev - guitar, Vladimir Shamis - keys , Vyacheslav Atran - administrator ) .

When in 1966 a group of "Falcon" left on the eighteen-month tour of the Philharmonic Tula " Argonpavty " occupied a leading position in the Moscow rock community. They played rhythm and blues and trying to write songs in their native language . Mass popularity " Argonauts " facilitated by the fact that the group repeatedly shown on television in " blue light ." After one of the " blue light " composition " Kremlin Chimes " for some time (about six months ) was used as a headband to complete the transmission channel on the second -Union .

From those years remained cheerful little note , published in the newspaper of the Moscow Physical-Technical Institute " Week Phystech " called " Argonauts " paddle Fiztech ":" October 22 at " The Romantics " took place and was a great success performance vocal-instrumental ensemble " Argonauts . " Before the performance of a rumor that came " in Moscow The Beatles, but " The Beatles " can not be called , at least , because in their repertoire no songs of this famous British band . The orchestra - two electric guitars , electric piano ( organelle ) , and drummer . I must say that the " Argonauts " does not copy the works of foreign authors, most of them performed in their own treatment , sometimes very original , besides - in the repertoire of a dozen boys to his own works . The ensemble is still very young, it was created in January- February this year. Guys have to combine his work with the orchestra studies at the institute , they learn who MIEM who - in the MiFi . Specialty - all electronics . Maybe that's why the orchestra had a lot of electronic equipment . "

Opening for " Argonauts " generally speaking singer, whose name was all in Moscow Gregory Lopez , although his real name was Zakharov . His so called , because he played one in a whole repertoire of the then popular in the capital of the Latin American singer Trini Lopez.

In 1967 , " Argonauts " appeared soloist Galya Seidel . She wrote songs in the style of the then fashionable Ada Yakushev. " Argonauts " arranged her works under the soft bits. It's very impressed with the editors of television : a young girl singing her own written lyrical and gentle songs , true to the rhythms of popular youth . Apparently, Galya Seidel was the first singer to rock our community .

Actually most favorite bit of TV was in a group of folk duo "Green Light" , which consisted of two taxi drivers. It was a real "proletarian " bit group that was ideologically very handy . Oh, and then went on television ratings student ensembles, and the first in the list were " Argonauts ". Group was already what is called in the " cage ", and when it was necessary to show quite modern , but not yet the corrupting youth , then remembered about them .

History " Argonauts " stopped in 1970 when members of the band ended their institutions and they face the problem of further life choices . In principle , the musicians from the band " The Argonauts " has repeatedly offered to go to work at the Philharmonic , but they have always refused . "I remember well , - says Yuri Radashevich drummer ensemble - as we have come to campaign and only two respectable elderly person. They came to our rehearsal in the Vishnevsky Institute and persistently tried to persuade us to go to the Philharmonic , said that he personally will be engaged in our engagement , we organize concerts, we 'll be all right , that we will always have a solid pocket a bundle of money , ie we actively treated . It all sounded pretty tempting, but we refused immediately . And it's not that we decided to think , we immediately told them " no" , because no one wanted to make a profession of rock . The goal was clear, then all knew Institute finished - you can now write his thesis . And it was normal . "

When the epic " Argonauts " has ended, Georgy Sedov tried with his brother to make the ensemble , while the bass they even played Kutikov , but in the end none of this attempt failed. " Do not forget - George explains the reason for this failure - that while we were students , we could find the time to rehearse , and then Nochka not sleep, get ready to set off . And when I went to work and family (many in fact married ) , what sort of rock music here ? This put an end to many groups ... "

At the beginning of the XXI century musicians of " Argonauts " George and Vladimir Sedov Silant'ev produced remake of his old hits . While working on this record and compose new songs.

Real show business in our country did not yet exist , and vocal and instrumental ensembles were small, the profession of engineer ( physicists, chemists , etc.) looked more stable. This is evidenced by lead guitarist " Argonauts " Georgy Sedov : "We have finished playing as soon started work placement . One could, of course, go for evening faculty and continue to play , but they all wanted to first of all get an education and a normal job, because we did not want to rock devote his entire life , as through participation in various competitions , we have seen how professionals work and that they have to play and it made us a dreary experience. We saw how this unsettled and angry people that they are always out of money, that their life - is constantly moving ... We are well aware that to play what you want, you will not , and you will play what you make . And we decided that the most important for us normal operation and stable profession . A rock - it's just a good hobby . "
When the epic " Argonauts " has ended, Georgy Sedov tried with his brother to make the ensemble , while the bass they even played Kutikov , but in the end none of this attempt failed. " Do not forget - George explains the reason for this failure - that while we were students , we could find the time to rehearse , and then Nochka not sleep, get ready to set off . And when I went to work and family (many in fact married ) , what sort of rock music here ? This put an end to many groups ... "
At the beginning of the XXI century musicians of " Argonauts " George and Vladimir Sedov Silant'ev produced remake of his old hits . While working on this record and compose new songs.