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Armen Grigoryan (Russian: Армен Григорян, Armenian: Արմեն Գրիգորյան) is a singer/songwriter, artist, and the front man (and main songwriter) of "Krematorij" (Crematorium) Russian rock-band.

This article is about guitar player. For duduk player, see Armen Grigoryan (duduk player).
Armen Grigoryan
Background information
Birth nameArmen Sergeevich Grigoryan
Born (1960-11-24) November 24, 1960 (age 62)
Moscow, RSFSR, Soviet Union
GenresRock
Instrument(s)Guitar, harmonica
Years active1978-
LabelsMelodiya, Moroz, Soyuz, Kvadro-Disk
Websitewww.crematorium.ru

Biography


Armen Grigoryan was born on November 24, 1960, in Moscow to Armenian parents. During school time, he was a classmate of Sergey Golovkin, who later became a notorious serial killer.[1] A player of Dynamo Moscow, Grigoryan became a two-time champion of junior football.

He grew up listening to the magic sounds of The Beatles mysteriously penetrating the Iron Curtain. Inspired by Beatle's music, Grigoryan, while still in high school, started his musical career (from 1977 he played in a band called "Atmospheric pressure") and in 1983 he formed "Crematorium" which gained a reputation throughout the former Soviet Union and began to perform at concerts all over the country. A long search for his own unique sounds came to fruition in 1984, when "Krematorij" added a violin to their version of Rock-n-Roll. Since the 1980s, Armen Grigoryan has participated in the development of Russian rock music.

Armen Grigoryan is an author of more than two hundred songs. Many of them, including "Krematorij", "Tanya", "Kondrati", "Trash Wind", "Khabibulin", "Ugly Elsa", "Sebastia", "Sexy Cat", "Strawberry with Ice", "Little Girl", "2001" and "Katmandu", are very popular among the audiences throughout the former Soviet Union, the Netherlands, Germany, Israel and the United States. He composes multifaceted lyrics that frequently deal with the themes of life and death in various religious contexts. Grigoryan's "ironical and philosophical songs are fond of sincerity and humanity".[2]

"The red-haired trouble of the neighbourhood
The first fiddle; that was understood
All her days
Like a zebra's skin
She used to be happy
But now she's in
Chinese tank ..." (transl. K. Leonov)

In 2006 Armen Grigoryan started a new project 3' Angel and released the album "Chinese Tank". According to critics, the album's concept is the spirit of excitement, adventure and immutable truths, tied up with modern realities.[3]

Armen Grigoryan is an author of several architectural projects.[4] He is also known as a painter and public activist. Grigoryan is considered as one of the 100 famous Armenians living in Russia by the readers of “Noah's Ark” newspaper.[5] In 2012 "Krematorij" issued a petition urging the Russian State Duma to criminalize all forms of nazism, including the Armenian genocide.[6]

Armen Grigoryan
Armen Grigoryan

In 2012 "Krematorij" and other well-known Russian musicians (Yuri Shevchuk, Bravo, Noize MC, etc.) recorded the "White Album" to show solidarity with opponents of President Vladimir Putin. The album took its name from the white ribbons worn by demonstrators during the opposition rallies.[7]

In 2019 Armen Grigoryan wrote the first authorized biography of the Krematorij, “Ghosts of the Krematorij".[8]


Discography (solo)



Filmography



Other websites



References


  1. "Маньяк Фишер" (in Russian). Krematorij fan club. October 2, 2000. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016.
  2. The faces of rock-n-roll, by I. Yakusheva, Sovetskaya kultura, April 21, 1990, p. 6
  3. Armen Grigoryan left Crematorium, May 5 2006
  4. Армен Григорян: Не думал, что группа с названием «Крематорий» просуществует столько лет!, Komsomolskaya Pravda, 19.11.2013
  5. "100 famous Armenians living in Russia-2008, the Diaspora". Archived from the original on 2013-12-02. Retrieved 2013-11-30.
  6. Krematorij. Moscow. Open letter. 2012
  7. Russia musicians make anti-Putin protest White Album, Reuters, 2012
  8. "Призраки Крематория" – биография группы от первого лица, Tass

На других языках

- [en] Armen Grigoryan

[es] Armén Grigorián

Armén Segéyevich Grigorián Армен Сергеевич Григоря́н es el líder y autor de las principales canciones de Crematorium (Krematorij), grupo rock de Rusia.

[fr] Armen Grigorian (artiste)

Armen Sergueïevitch Grigorian (en russe Армен Сергеевич Григорян) est un auteur, compositeur, guitariste et chanteur arménien né le 24 novembre 1960 à Moscou. Il est le fondateur du groupe de rock Krematorii (Crématorium). Il est l'auteur de Tanja, Kondratiï, Katmandou, 2001 et d'autres hits.

[ru] Григорян, Армен Сергеевич

Арме́н Серге́евич Григоря́н (род. 24 ноября 1960, Москва) — советский и российский рок-музыкант, основатель, лидер, вокалист, ритм-гитарист, а также автор почти всех песен московской рок-группы «Крематорий».


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