Autodafe is an Arkhangelsk band that, by its own materials, has existed since 1983. It called its style "autodafe" ("no analogues"): "one hundred per cent hit tales, a lively hard-n-heavy", delivered "in virtuoso performance, merrily". Dmitry Leontiev was its vocalist and drummer (other sources also name him a drummer of Oblachny Kray), Alexey Bulygin its lead guitarist. This page is put together from the band's archive materials of 2011; the lyrics are not reproduced here.
The line-up
When the archive was prepared in 2011 the line-up was named as: Dmitry Leontiev — vocals and drums; Alexey Bulygin — lead guitar, guitar, vocals; Andrey Korelsky — guitar, vocals; Alexander Kharev — drums; Alexander (Bakh) Bakhmatov — keyboards; Sergey Kustikov — bass. Among the band's "special guests and friends": Alexander Rudkovsky (bass), Igor Koshkin (lead guitar), Sergey Bogaev (solo and "laughter" — "the vocalist of the band Oblachny Kray"), Max Dyuryagin (saxophone), and a choir of I. Koshkin, A. Oshlakov and Pyotr. The music was written by A. Bulygin, D. Leontiev, A. Korelsky and Mikhail Miloslavtsev, the words by A. Bulygin, D. Leontiev, S. Bogaev and Mikhail Miloslavtsev.
The band wrote of its own history: "a rich history of concerts (Warsaw, Piter, Moscow and others), joint appearances with Alisa, Auktsyon, Oblachny Kray". Recordings of the band, the author of the note adds, "are in Arkhangelsk, Piter, Moscow, Denver (USA)".
A chronicle of concerts
The list was compiled by the band itself and brought up to 1999.
1984–1985
- 1984 — the qualifying rock festival, the Builders' palace of culture, Arkhangelsk.
- 1985 — a concert in the village of Permilovo in the Arkhangelsk region (about it — in the article on Autodafe); a performance at the Communications College; a concert in the small hall of the Seamen's palace of culture.
1987
- "Old New Year", the Seamen's palace of culture, Arkhangelsk.
- The rock club festival, the Krasnaya Kuznitsa palace of culture, Arkhangelsk — the V rock festival; how the Komsomol press of the time saw it is in the article "Autodafe. The year 1987".
- A concert in support of the Orphanage Fund, the "Volna" stadium, Arkhangelsk.
- A joint concert of Alisa, Oblachny Kray and Autodafe, the Leningrad Palace of Youth.
- A joint concert of Oblachny Kray and Autodafe, MAI — MIPT, Moscow (see Moscow, 25 April 1987).
- A joint concert with Auktsyon, the "Sever" stadium, Severodvinsk; a concert on the island of Yagry (an open-air site), Severodvinsk; "Rock Days", the Seamen's palace of culture, Arkhangelsk.
1988
- The rock club festival, the Krasnaya Kuznitsa palace of culture, Arkhangelsk; "Rock Days", the Seamen's palace of culture; "Old New Year", the Builders' palace of culture.
- The all-Union rock festival "Syrok-1", Izmailovo, Moscow.
- The festival "Mokotowska Autumn" (Mokotowska Młodzieżowa Jesień Muzyczna), Warsaw, Poland.
- Ten concerts in Chelyabinsk, the Palace of Sports (six thousand seats, by the band's record).
- Concerts at the palace of culture in the town of Mirny (Arkhangelsk region) and in Chernogolovka; the "Easter Night" together with Alisa, the "Baltika" cinema, Moscow.
- Two concerts at the "Rock-Pop-Show", an eight-day festival in Berdyansk. According to the band's page, "the band's best concerts were played at the Berdyansk rock festivals". According to the band's list, also playing there were Vremya Kh (Arkhangelsk), Durnoye Vliyaniye, Nate, Narodnoye Opolcheniye, Petlya Nesterova (Leningrad), Korroziya Metalla, Alexander Nevsky, Nikolay Kopernik, Landshaft (Moscow), Kollezhsky Assessor (Kiev) and others.
1989–1999
- 1989 — the festival of the magazine "Avrora", Leningrad.
- 1990 — the festival of the magazine "Komsomolskaya zhizn" (for its 70th anniversary), Moscow.
- 1990–1998 — infrequent appearances at mixed concerts and jams in Arkhangelsk; the musicians also took part in short-lived projects unrelated to Autodafe.
- 1998 — the recording of the album "Na beregu reki Agdam".
- 1999 — according to the band's plan, a big solo "come back" concert in Arkhangelsk ("probably in the autumn") and a tour of the north-west of Russia.
The compilation "S Severa" (2004)
Twenty years later Dmitry Leontiev put together a gift compilation, "S Severa" (MP3, 320 kbit/s, 2004), with Oblachny Kray, Autodafe, Ravelin and Svyataya Luiza on it. The Oblachny Kray songs include "Lyubov bez granits", "Pechal-kruchina", "Tupaya", "Obyasni", "Ya prishyol za toboy", "Nastenka", "Kto", "Patriot"; Autodafe — "S Severa", "Saga o propavshem koroley", "Alyona", "Tikhy omut", "Day mne krylya", "Siluet", "Den rozhdeniya", "Tomatny sok", "Na beregu reki Agdam"; Ravelin — "Ya nichego ne zhdu"; Svyataya Luiza — "Ministr pechali". 19 compositions in all.
More about Autodafe: Autodafe: sworn brothers of Oblachny Kray, the V rock festival of 1987, Arkhangelsk rock around Oblachny Kray.
Where this comes from: the archive materials of the band Autodafe (2011): the note about the band, "The history of concert appearances" (1984–1999), the description of the compilation "S Severa". The line-up and the list of concerts are given as in the archive; the dates and the names of venues were not checked against independent sources.
