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Chapter 12, Part 2: Seryoga's Birthday
In early June 1995, Olya really bailed me out, saving me from absolute stagnation. During those days, Tropillo was supposed to go to France and Germany for two weeks on some import...
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Chapter 12, Part 1: Olga Pershina
In 1993, Olga Pershina began appearing at the studio more and more frequently. She was a legendary lady from the very heart of Leningrad's rock-n-roll scene, which by that time had...
Chapter 11, Part 2: “Novaya Zemlya”
Many events have happened during this time, I have met many people, many secrets have been revealed, but I will proceed in order, since this narrative format has already been estab...
Chapter 11, Part 1: The Witch
After losing Andrey, I simply couldn't find my place. Any endeavor was in vain, any process led to a drinking session, turning my life into one massive, endless bender with no visi...
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Chapter 2: Childhood, Adolescence, and Youth of the Cloudy Land.
From "Radio" Magazine to the Dead Ears
Chapter 10, Part 3: "Seryozha, he's gone..."
My wife, Lena, met me, holding our infant daughter, Polina, in her arms. We gave ourselves over to marital bliss and didn't even notice how a couple of days had flown by. We turn o...
Chapter 10, Part 2: "1991"
It was really bad... After all, it wasn't his right hand—the one mostly used for hi-hat pumping—that got injured, but his left hand—the one used to hit the snare! This severely dev...
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Chapter 10, Part 1: "Sponsors"
The year 1991 arrived. I was sitting quietly at home with my family, bothering no one, watching TV, and playing the guitar. Even though it was already late spring, the weather was ...
Chapter 9, Part 2: “Yourbanny potap”
I slapped some solos onto everything very quickly, and the only thing left was the vocalist, Rautkin. Just as I had expected, all the music was ready in two weeks. We went to the c...
Chapter 9, Part 1: 'Wanted Freedom'
The year 1989 arrived. By that time, our ranks had been joined by a new drummer, Yura Korablev, from the band "Autodafe," following bassist Andrei Lukin, who had switched over to u...
Chapter 5, Part 2: Andrei Tropillo Records the Band "Oblachny Kray". — "Ublyzhya Dolya".
Chapter 5, Part 2: Andrei Tropillo Records the Band 'Oblachny Krai'. — 'Ublyzhya Dolya'. - Photo 1Every day, the city of Leningrad continued to surprise me with unusual people and ...
Chapter 5, Part 1: Andrey Tropillo records the band "Oblachny Kray". — "Two Liters of Cinzano".
…By the spring of 1984, the situation with our group had become quite dire. We visited every cultural institution in Arkhangelsk in search of a space for recording and rehearsals, ...