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Zemlyane (Russian: Земляне, lit. 'Earthlings') is a Soviet and later Russian rock band, formed in Leningrad in 1978. The band achieved great popularity in the early 1980s and remains active.

Zemlyane
Zemlyane, circa 1984
Background information
OriginLeningrad, Soviet Union (now St. Petersburg, Russia)
GenresPop rock, space rock, synthrock, art rock, new wave
Years active1978–present
LabelsMelodiya
MembersSergey Skachkov
Oleg Khovrin
Andrey Smirnov
Andrey Ismagilov
Sergey Kolchin
Past membersIgor Romanov
Boris Aksenov
Pavel Borisov
Boris Dolgikh
Gennadiy Martov
Sergey Vasiliev
Yuriy Babenko
Aleksandr Krivtsov
Georgiy Tonkelidi
Andrey Kruglov
Nikolay Kudryavtsev
Viktor Kudryavtsev
Veronika Stepanova
Yuriy Starchenko
Websitewww.zemlyane.com

A key artist in the VIA (vocal-instrumental ensemble) wave of Soviet music, Zemlyane was one of the first officially state-recognized bands in the USSR to feature elements of rock music. Zemlyane mixed hard rock music with synthpop. Most of their lyrics deal with risk, courage, and masculinity. They sang about cosmonauts, stunts, pilots, and sailors.

In 2009, Zemlyane's 1980s hit "Trava u doma" (Russian: «Трава у дома», lit. 'Тhe grass at home') became the first official anthem of the Russian space program.[1] Russian cosmonauts have traditionally taken this song with them when getting assigned for orbital deployments.[citation needed]


Biography


Zemlyane was formed in 1968 by students of Leningrad Radiopolytechnical College. Followers of bands such as Deep Purple, Iron Butterfly, and Emerson, Lake & Palmer, they played mainly cover versions of these bands' music until 1974 when they started creating compositions of their own.

In 1978 Zemlyane stopped performing on stage for several months for reasons of reorganization and rest.

Their former administrator Andrey Bolshev and drummer of rock band April, Vladimir Kiselev (ru), decided to take advantage of this situation. They put together totally different musicians passing them off as real Zemlyane. Protests from original Zemlyane rock band were completely ignored. (The accession of the Soviet Union to the Universal Copyright Convention, which became effective on May 27 was formal and no one dared to sue for copyright violation or infringement.)

Thus, in 1979 two groups of musicians performed under the same name 'Zemlyane': Zemlyane led by Myasnikov (keyboards) and Zemlyane promoted by Kiselev and Bolshev.

In 1980 original Zemlyane lineup was Sergey Skachkov (keytar, vocals), Igor Romanov (guitar, vocals), Boris Aksenov (bass guitar) and Vladimir Kiselev (drums), usually accompanied by session members as well. Kiselev was also Zemlyane's sound producer and manager ('artistic director', in terms of the time). In the early 1980s the band released several hits such as 'Trava u doma', 'Kaskadery', 'Vzletnaya polosa', among others. 'Trava u doma' featured in soundtrack of popular cartoon series Nu, pogodi!.

In 1987, Zemlyane opened for Uriah Heep at the Olympic Stadium in Moscow.[2]

The band went on hiatus by the beginning of the next decade, but was revived by Sergey Skachkov in 1994 with relatively new lineup. Another former Zemlyane member, Igor Romanov, now plays in Alisa. A copyright dispute between Skachkov and Kiselev arose when Kiselev (as producer) created a band of young musicians, unrelated to old Zemlyane, which used Zemlyane's name and performed its old hits. The dispute was eventually settled in 2009 in favor of Skachkov.

In 2015 "Zemlyane" supported actions of Vladimir Putin in Ukraine and gave a concert in Sevastopol, which was annexed by Russia.[3]



Discography


Zemlyane and Dmitry Medvedev, 21 January 2012
Zemlyane and Dmitry Medvedev, 21 January 2012
Zemlyane, 11 July 2021
Zemlyane, 11 July 2021

FULL DISCOGRAPHY OF OFFICIAL RELEASES AND MAGNIT-ALBUMS[4][5][6]


References


  1. Guzeva, Alexandra (2019-02-07). "Just how superstitious are Russian cosmonauts?". Russia Beyond. Retrieved 2020-11-23.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. Krastev, Nikola (2010-07-01). "For Uriah Heep Fans In Former Soviet Bloc, One 'July Morning' Has Lasted 40 Years". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. Archived from the original on 2020-11-11. Retrieved 2020-11-23.
  3. (in Russian)
  4. Дискография на официальном сайте Сергея Скачкова и группы "Земляне" // Источник: http://Zemlyane.Com
  5. Дискография Сергея Скачкова и группы "Земляне" на рок-сайте Mastersland.Com // Источник: Mastersland.Com
  6. Дискография Сергея Скачкова и группы "Земляне" на iTunes // Источник: iTunes.Apple.Com


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На других языках

[de] Semljane

Semljane (russisch Земляне, dt. Erdlinge) ist eine russische Rock-Gruppe aus Sankt Petersburg, die große Erfolge Anfang der 1980er hatte und bis heute aktiv ist.
- [en] Zemlyane

[ru] Земляне (группа)

«Земля́не» — советская и российская рок-группа, один из самых заметных коллективов периода «ВИА» в советской музыке, привнесших элементы рок-музыки на советскую эстраду. Наиболее известные и популярные песни: «Красный конь», «Каратэ», «Каскадёры», «Прости, Земля», «Поверь в мечту», «Маленький кораблик», «Трава у дома», «Взлётная полоса», «Путь домой», «Солдатская мать» («Опомнитесь, люди»).


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