Birthday of the rock group "Chaif"

On September 29, the famous Russian rock band “ChaiF” celebrates its birthday, which throughout the history of its existence has released many songs that have become real folk hits Many people remember their “Orange Mood” and “Nobody Will Hear”, but perhaps most of all the band is remembered for the composition “Argentina-Jamaica 5:0”, in which lead singer Vladimir Shakhrin drawlingly sings the heartbreaking phrase “what a pain” Let's dive into the history of the Ural rock band together and find out how that famous song about the suffering of Jamaican fans was written The history of the rock band dates back to 1975 At that time, still a schoolboy, Vladimir Shakhrin, together with his classmates, created his own group called “Spots” The boys then listened to the hits of the real “dinosaurs” of rock - “Rolling Stones”, “T Rex", "Creedence" The guys often gathered for rehearsals, and a year later their team was replenished with one more member They were not limited to just “garage” gatherings and performed on stage, where they performed compositions of their idols After graduating from school, the guys kept the band and continued to play at dances, but it didn’t work out Life scattered them, Shakhrin went into the army, and upon his return he became friends with Oleg Reshetnikov and Vadim Kukushkin, who at that time were only 17 years old They also dreamed of having their own musical group Shakhrin had already shown the gift of writing, and he wrote his own songs, being inspired by the work of “Zoo” and “Aquarium” The new group performed at a local cultural center, and one of the members of the first “school” lineup even joined the group The guys from the young musical group even managed to record their first album, which is not included in the official discography of the group due to its obvious amateur quality We rehearsed right in the House of Culture At the same time, the group members worked, but the efforts invested in the creative project finally began to bear fruit Gradually, aspiring musicians began to acquire fans, and they were increasingly invited to perform The guys were even interviewed by a journalist who was impressed by Shakhrin’s performance style Then, during one of the concerts, the lead singer of the group managed to meet the most popular rock musicians of Sverdlovsk This moment can be considered a turning point in the history of the musical group September 29 is the day of the first “official” concert, which was held under the name “Chai-F” in 1985 The composition of the group has changed several times over the years The song “Argentina-Jamaica 5:0” was released in the album “Shekogali”, which was released in 1999 Initially, the composition was not included in it The album was actually ready, but this song did not yet exist even in the future This happens quite often with famous hits that are sung by millions - they are created completely spontaneously In 1998, soloist and one of the founders of the group, Vladimir Shakhrin, was in Paris, just at the moment when the country was hosting the World Cup He explored the sights, got acquainted with the local culture and walked around the city a lot During the next promenade near the Eiffel Tower, the musician saw a strange picture that sank into his soul A group of dark-skinned people sat in the square, beating drums and singing a very sad song in an incomprehensible language, and Argentines danced merrily nearby On that day, during the World Cup, Jamaica lost to Argentina with a score of 0:5 When Shahrin returned home, he was still impressed by what he saw The lead singer of the group put his emotions into the words and composed the lyrics of the song The music was written later This is how one of the most popular hits of the ChaiF group was born The idea of ​​writing the text for the composition “Someone Cunning and Big” was inspired by Shakhrin’s children’s drawing of her own daughter, which she was preparing for an exhibition That was the name of the girl’s creation - she depicted someone’s face of enormous size, which did not fit on a sheet of paper The daughter's drawing impressed the father, who immediately composed the lyrics for another hit of the group