Bravo () is a

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band founded in 1983 in Moscow, Russia, by guitarist Evgeny Khavtan.

Biography

Drawing heavy inspiration from 1950s western music, Bravo was a part of the Soviet rock and roll revival of the 1980s, along with

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. Their first album was made in 1983. Despite the fact that at that time rock and roll and beat music (except for

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) were less popular among Soviet citizens than classic rock, the band was one of the most popular underground acts in Russia in the 1980s, until the departure of original lead singer

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in 1988. Since then, Bravo has achieved success with several different singers, Valeriy Syutkin (1990–1994) and Robert Lenz (since 1996). In 2011, after a ten-year break from studio recordings, Bravo released an album, ''Fashion'' ('), which received highly positive reviews from critics and good attention from younger audiences. The band recorded the album using vintage instruments from the 50s and 60s. The album was produced by

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. The album cover includes a photograph of

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from the US-American romantic comedy ''

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Discography

Studio albums

# ''Cassette 1983'' (1983) # ''Cassette 1985'' (1985) # ''Bravo'' (1987) # ''Ensemble Bravo'' (1987) # ''Fops from Moscow'' 1990 # ''Moscow Beat'' 1993 # ''Road to the Clouds'' 1994 # ''The Wind Knows...'' (

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) 1995 # ''At the Crossroads of Spring'' 1996 # ''Serenade 2000'' EP 1997 # ''Hits about Love'' 1998 # ''Eugenics'' 2001 # ''Fashion'' 2011 # ''Forever'' 2015

Compilations and live albums

# ''Zhanna Aguzarova and Bravo'' (1993) # ''Live in Moscow'' (1994) # ''Songs from Various Years'' (1995) # ''The Star Catalog'' (tribute) (2004) # ''30 Years. Concert in Stadium Live'' (2014) # ''Bravospective'' (2017)

References

External links

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Evgeny Khavtan's official website
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