Alisa

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Alisa

Country	USSR, Russia
Years active	1983–present
Genres	Hard Rock
Members	Konstantin Kinchev (vocal) Petr Samoylov (bass) Eugeny Levin (guitar) Igor Romanov (guitar) Andrey Vdovichenko (drums) Dmitry Parfenov (keyboard)

For other senses of this name, see Alisa (disambiguation).

AlisA (Алиса, Russian analogue to the female name Alice) is Russian Hard rock band, which is credited as one of the most influential bands in Russian rock movement.

1 Foundation
2 History
3 Lyrics and relations with the Faith
4 Discography
5 Band members
6 External references

[edit] Foundation

Alisa was founded in November 1983 by Svetoslav Zadery (bass). The name he gave to his band was his call, connected to Lewis Carol's "Alice in Wonderland". The band's lineup was finally completed in 1984, when new vocalist Kostya Kinchev (real name Konstantin Panfilov) and guitarist Petr Samoylov joined Alisa. Their debut album 'Energia' was released by state publishing monopoly 'Melodia' and was sold in numbers of more than one million.

But the relations between two leaders - Konstantin and Zadery - were bad, and finally Svetoslav departed from the band. This occurred just one hour before Alisa was to perform at a concert.. Alisa had to ask Kino bassist Igor Tihomirov to replace him for one concert. Later Zadery created his own band 'Nate!' (Take it!).

[edit] History

The growing popularity of the band created a fan community called the 'Army of Alisa', known for their rough behaviour at concerts. In 1987 'Smena' newspaper accused Kinchev of nazism propaganda and worshiping Hitler. Alisa's leader Kinchev filed a suit for calumny and moral loss compensation. After the year-long court process the magazine published the refutation.

There were new lineup channges in 1988, when guitarist Igor 'Chuma' Chumykin joined Alisa. This change was followed by the heavier sound of next albums Shabash and For those Who Fell From the Moon. Alisa toured over Europe and Israel together with Aria. Album 'Black Mark', 1994, was dedicated to the memory of Chuma, who committed suicide by jumping from the window.

In 00's, at albums 'Seychas Pozdnee Chem Ti Dumaesh' (It is Later Than You Think, 2003) and 'Izgoy' (Exile, 2005), the sound of Alisa was changed to heavier one, including elements of Nu metal, Industrial and Heavy metal. Music critics credited Clawfinger as Kinchev's new music greatest influence. This gave Alisa the new fanbase among Russian Hard rock fans, and three songs from 'Izgoy' continually reached the top of NASHE radio chart. But many old fans from 'Army of Alisa' dismissed it, saying that heavy sound is 'commercial', and Christian/patriotic lyrics are just a way to get better publicity.

[edit] Lyrics and relations with the Faith

Konstantin Kinchev

Kinchev was baptised in 1990, and since then christianity has been the main influance of his alignment and his lyrics. Although early Alsa lyrics were common for Russian rock - the social protest and Rock'n'roll hype - since late 90's their main theme became ideas of christianity, Russian patriotism and Slavic unity.

Konstantin is in good relations with the priests of Russian Orthodoxal church, especially Andrey Kuraev. Alisa participated many religion-supporting festivals, such as 'Musicians for the Christ Savior Cathedral'.

[edit] Discography

Krivozerkalye (without K.Kinchev) ("Кривозеркалье", без К.Кинчева) 1984
Doktor Kichev i gruppa "Stil" (Доктор Кинчев и группа "Стиль") - "Nervnaya Noch" ("Нервная ночь") 1984
"Pokolenie X" (without K.Kinchev) ("Поколение ИКС", без К.Кинчева) 1985
"Energiya" ("Энергия") 1985
"Block Ada" ("Блок Ада") 1987
"Shestoi Lesnichiy" ("Шестой лесничий") 1989
"206 Ch.2" ("206 Ч.2") 1989
"Shabash" ("Шабаш") 1991
"Dlya tex kto svalilsia s luny" ("Для тех, кто свалился с луны") 1993
"Chernaya metka" ("Черная метка") 1994
"Jazz" ("Джаз") 1996
"Duren" ("Дурень") 1997
Kinchev i Rikoshet - "Geopolitika" (Кинчев и Рикошет - Геополитика) 1998
"Sontcevorot" ("Солнцеворот") 2000
"Tantcevat" ("Танцевать") 2001
"Seichas pozdnee, chem ty dumaesh" ("Сейчас позднее, чем ты думаешь") 2003
"Izgoi" (Изгой) 2005

Live albums

"Acoustics vol.1" (Акустика часть 1) 1988 (Perm/Пермь)
"Acoustics vol.2" (Акустика часть 2) 1985 (Leningrad/Ленинград)
"Acoustics vol.3" (Акустика часть 3)
"Acoustics vol.4" (Акустика часть 4) 1986 (Novosibirsk/Новосибирск)
"Shabash" (Шабаш) 1990 (Moscow, "Olimpyiski" stadium/Москва, дворец спорта Олимпийский)

"Na Shabolovke" (На Шаболовке) 1995 (Moscow, TV-studio "Shabolovka"/Москва, телестудия Шаболовка)
"Plyas Sibiri na beregah Nevy" (Пляс Сибири на берегах Невы) 1997 (St-Petersburg, "Ubileinyi" stadium/Санкт-Петербург, дворец спорта "Юбилейный")

Compilation albums

"Legendy Russkogo Roka - AlisA" (серия "Легенды Русского рока - АлисА") 1997
"Enciclopedia Rossyiskogo roka - AlisA" (серия "Энциклопедия Российского рока - Алиса) - 2000
mp3 collection (mp3 коллекция) 2001
Alisa 13 (Алиса 13) 2003