Alisa () is a Russian

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band.

History

Alisa was formed in November 1983 by bassist Svyatoslav Zadery. The band's name originated from Zadery's nickname. The band's lineup was finally completed in 1984, when new vocalist Kostya Kinchev (real name Konstantin Panfilov) and guitarist Petr Samoylov joined. Their debut album ''Energia'' was recorded between 1985 and 1986. ''Energia'' was released by the state publishing monopoly Melodiya in 1988. The relations between Alisa's two leaders, Kinchev and Zadery, deteriorated, and Zadery left the band. This occurred just one hour before Alisa was to perform at a concert. Kino bassist Igor Tihomirov was asked to replace Zadery for one concert. Later, Zadery created his own band Nateh! (). Zadery died on 6 May 2011 due to complications from a stroke at the age of 50. Alisa had a fan community called the Army of Alisa, known for their rough behaviour at concerts. It led to animosity between the band and

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officials. In 1987, the newspaper '' Smena'' accused Alisa's leader Kinchev of

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propaganda and worshiping

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. Kinchev filed a suit for

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and moral damage compensation. Alisa - Kavarna - 2

In 1988, guitarist Igor "Chuma" Chumychkin joined the band. This change was followed by the heavier sound of next two albums, ''Shabash'' and ''For those Who Fell From the Moon''. Alisa toured through

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and

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together with fellow Russian heavy metal band

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. The album ''Black Mark'', released in 1994, was dedicated to the memory of Chuma, who committed suicide by jumping from a window. In the new millennium, with albums such as ''Seychas Pozdnee Chem Ty Dumaesh'' (It is Later Than You Think, 2003) and ''Izgoy'' (Exile, 2005), Alisa's sound became heavier. Alisa ranked among the top ten most popular Russian rock bands according to a Romir survey from 2005, and ranked first in the list of the most influential Russian rock groups according to a

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readers' poll from 2004.Группы, которые изменили наш мир
— Комсомольская правда

Lyrical themes

Kinchev was baptized in 1992 after a series of concerts in

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. Although early Alisa lyrics were typical for Russian rock - social protest and rock 'n' roll hype - since the late 1990s their main theme has been ideas of

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, as well as Russian

patriotism Patriotism is the feeling of love, devotion, and a sense of attachment to one's country or state. This attachment can be a combination of different feelings for things such as the language of one's homeland, and its ethnic, cultural, politic ...

and

nationalism Nationalism is an idea or movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state. As a movement, it presupposes the existence and tends to promote the interests of a particular nation, Smith, Anthony. ''Nationalism: Theory, I ...

. Kinchev's fairly conservative religious-patriotic shift was viewed unfavourably by some old fans that liked Alisa for their original "rock" message.

Discography

Studio albums

* Recorded with Svyatoslav Zadery on vocals, before Kinchev joined

Live albums

Compilation albums

Band members

Current line up

* Konstantin Kinchev -

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, additional guitar (1985–present) * Petr Samoylov -

bass Bass or Basses may refer to: Fish * Bass (fish), various saltwater and freshwater species Wood * Bass or basswood, the wood of the tilia americana tree Music * Bass (sound), describing low-frequency sound or one of several instruments in th ...

, backing vocals (1986–present), vocals (1983), guitar, backing vocals (1985—1986) *Dmitri Parfyonov - keyboards, programming, backing vocals, additional guitar (2000–present) * Andrey Vdovichenko -

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

(2003–present), ex - N.E.P. * Pavel Zelitskiy - guitar (2018–present) *Alexander Pyankov — guitar (2019—present)

Former members

*Boris Borisov - vocals, saxophone (1983) *Lyudmila "Teri" Kolot - vocals (1986) *Svetoslav "Alisa" Zadery - bass, vocals (1983–1986) *Pavel "Pol Khan" Kondratenko - keyboards (1983–1988) *Alexander Zhuravlev -

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(1987–1988) *Igor "Chuma" Chumychkin - guitar (1988–1993) *Andrey Korolev - keyboards (1989–1993) *Alexander Ponomarev - guitar (1996–1998) *Andrey Shatalin - guitar (1983–1985, 1986-1988, 1989-2003) *Mikhail Nefedov - drums (1983–2003) *Igor Romanov - guitar (2003-2018) *Evgeniy Lyovin - guitar (1998-2019)

Timeline

References

External links

Official Alisa website
in Russian
Fan website
in Russian
Alisa pictures
in Russian *, short history in English * ''

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'' 17 December 2003, in English *
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