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Lyube ( rus, Любэ́, p=lʲʉˈbɛ) is a Russian
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. Lyube's music is a mixture of several genres, with influences from both
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, rock,
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, and
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. The band was founded in 1989, and since then have released sixteen albums. Lyube's producer and main songwriter is
Igor Matviyenko Igor Igorevich Matvienko (; born February 6, 1960, in Moscow, RSFSR) is a Soviet and Russian producer, composer, founder of the bands Lyube, Ivanushki International, Korni, Fabrika, KuBa. Compositions Igor Matvienko wrote many songs in collab ...
.


History

Igor Matviyenko Igor Igorevich Matvienko (; born February 6, 1960, in Moscow, RSFSR) is a Soviet and Russian producer, composer, founder of the bands Lyube, Ivanushki International, Korni, Fabrika, KuBa. Compositions Igor Matvienko wrote many songs in collab ...
was a music producer and composer working at the Soviet music studio SPM Record when he came up with the idea to start Lyube in 1988. Rastorguyev came up with the band's name.


Early 1990s: Debut and Rise to Fame

The band released its first compilation of songs in 1990, titled "We will now live a new way" (). In 1991, Lyube released its first official LP. The debut album was titled "Atas" (), and included the title song, along with the songs "Bat'ko
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" (), "Taganskaya station" (), "Don't destroy, you men" (), and "Lyubertsy" (). Lyube filmed their first music video in 1991 in the Russian city of
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, using "Don't play the fool, America!" as the song. In 1992, Lyube released its second album, titled "Who said that we lived badly...?" (). The songs for the album were recorded at the Moscow Palace of Youth and Stas Namin's Studio, and the mastering was completed at studio MSM in
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. The album included such hits as "Come, let's play" (), "Don't play the fool, America!" (), "Rabbit fur", "Tram five" (), and "Old Noble" (). Around the release of the second album, Aleksandr Vaynberg and Oleg Zenin left the band.


Mid-1990s: Pinnacle of Success

Lyube's follow-up to their sophomore effort took two years to complete. The new album was titled "Lyube Zone" (), which was a play on words as the term "zone" has a secondary meaning that refers to a camp for convicts. In 1995, Lyube recorded the song "Kombat" (). The song has a military feel to it and chronicles episodes from World War II.


Late 1990s: Retrospectives, Covers, and Soundtracks

In 1997, Rastorguyev became a "Recognized Artist of the Russian Federation" (), the second-highest honor for a singer in Russia, awarded by the country's President. In early 1998, Lyube took part in a concert celebrating the Russian singer
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, where they covered two of Vysotsky's hits: "On soldiers' mass graves" () and "Song about stars" ().


2001–present

In 2001, Lyube played a live concert on
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in
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. That same year, Russian president
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, an avowed fan of the band, appointed Rastorguyev to the position of Cultural Advisor to the Russian government. In 2010, Nikolai Rastorguyev became a deputy of the
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of the fifth convocation from the Stavropol Krai, replacing
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deputy
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, who was appointed Deputy Plenipotentiary Representative of the President of the Russian Federation in the
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. Rastorguyev became a member of the State Duma Committee on Culture. In this regard, the group holds concerts and takes part in actions of the ruling United Russia party and its youth movement, the Young Guard. In the same year, after being in Lyube for ten years, guitarist Alexey Khokhlov left the band. On 18 March 2022, Lyube sang at
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's Moscow rally celebrating the
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from Ukraine and justifying the
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. On 28 June 2024, Lyube's
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profile has been terminated as part of EU sanctions.


Current lineup

*
Nikolay Rastorguyev Nikolay Vyacheslavovich Rastorguyev (; born February 21, 1957, Lytkarino, Moscow Oblast, Soviet Union) is the lead singer of the Russian group Lyube. In 1978, Nikolay was the soloist for the band (VIA in Russian) "Шестеро молод ...
(vocals, acoustic and electric guitar, 1989–present) *Aleksey Tarasov (backing vocals, 1989–present) *Alexander Erokhin (drums, 1991–present) *Sergey Pereguda (guitar, 1993–present) *Pavel Suchkov (backing vocals, 2012–present, keyboards, 2022–present) *Alexey Kantur (backing vocals, 2012–present) *Dmitry Streltsov (bass guitar, 2016–present) *Alexey Ryabushev (guitar, 2024–present) Nearly all songs were composed by Igor Matviyenko (music), Alexander Shaganov (lyrics), and Mikhail Andreyev (lyrics).


Previous members

*Vitaly Loktev - keyboards and accordion (1990-2022) *Anatoly Kuleshov - backing vocals and percussion (1989-2009) *Alexey Khokhlov - guitar (2000-2010) *Pavel Usanov - bass guitar (1997-2016) *Yuri Rymanov - guitar (1998-2009) *Rinat Bakhteyev - drums (1989-1990) *Alexander Davydov - keyboards (1989-1990) *Yuri Ripyakh - drums (1990-1991) *Alexander Vaynberg - bass and guitar (1990-1992) *Sergey Bashlykov - bass guitar (1991-1993) *Alexander Nikolayev - bass guitar (1989-1991, 1993-1996) *Yevgeny Nasibulin - backing vocals and guitar (1991-1996) *Oleg Zenin - backing vocals (1991-1992) *Vyacheslav Tereshonok - guitar (1989-1993) *Viktor Zhuk - guitar (1990-1991) *Andrey Danilin - bass guitar (1996-1997) *Ivan Zelenkov - guitar (2022-2024) *Seraphim Tarasov - backing vocals (2022-2024) There was another backing vocalist who briefly performed in the group in 2012. His name is currently unknown.


Discography

*''Атас'' (''Atas'', slang for "alert" — 1991) *''Кто сказал, что мы плохо жили..?'' (''Kto skazal, chto my plokho zhili...?'', "Who said that we lived badly?" — 1992) *''Зона Любэ'' (''Zona lyube'', "Lyube zone" — 1994) *''Комбат'' (''Kombat'', "battalion commander" — 1996) *''Собрание сочинений'' (''Sobranie sochineniy'', "collected works" — 1997) *''Песни о людях'' (''Pesni o ludyakh'', "songs about people" — 1997) *''Песни из концертной программы "Песни о людях"'' 24.02.98 (''Iz kontsertnoy programmy "Pesni o ludyakh"'' ("From the concert programs of 'Songs about people'", two-disc concert recording — 1998) *''Полустаночки'' (''Polustanochki'', "Whistle-stops" — 2000) *''Собрание сочинений. Том 2'' (''Sobranie sochineniy, Tom 2'', "collected works, volume 2" — 2001) *''Давай за...'' (''Davay za...'', "Come on..." — 2002) *''Юбилей. Лучшие песни'' (''Yubilej. Luchshiye Pesni'', "anniversary, best of", two-disc concert recording — 2002) *''Ребята нашего полка'' (''Rebyata nashego polka'', "the guys from our regiment" — 2004) *''Рассея'' (''Rasseya'', "Russia" with a typically patriotic spelling variation — 2005) *''В России'' (''V Rossiyi'', "in Russia" — 2007) *''Собрание сочинений. Том 3'' (''Sobranie sochinenyi. Tom 3'', "collected works volume 3" — 2008) *''Свои'' (''Svoi'', "our people" — 2009) *''За тебя, Родина-мать!'' (''Za tebya, Rodina-mat' '', "For you, Motherland!" - 2015)


References


External links


History of the groupRussMus.Net: Lyube - info, lyrics, tabs and translationsNews article from Russkaya Gazeta

Lyube at the Forbes
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