Revolver Revolver (formed in 1988) is quite untypical a band on Russian rock scene To begin with the band members claim they don't know “how to play rock”
To prove it they took part in many rock (and non-rock) events including enormously popular in Russia Nashestvie festival, DDT – rock festivals, hosted in various TV shows (e.g. cult TV show “Antropology”, Russian MTV shows), they had their videos on Russian musical channels, even charted in Russian hit list, but still...Nobody knows what's this.
On the other hand, unlike many rockers heading for sound perfection, Revolver stays “primitive” and doesn't use electronic gadgets exept amps, mikes and semi-analog delay unit made in GOOD-OLD soviet days and which colour is black.
Throughout their career Revolver members main intention was to write so-called “songs” and not to be involved in some musical movement
They used to change direction as often as they like, recording albums and playing live with funeral orchestra (1997) or even with blonde [female] organ player/singer (1998) etc anyhow managing to sound distinctively “Revolverish”.
They lyrics are witty and simple to Russian audience and exotic to non Russian ones, proving that voice often is just another good musical instrument.
Current Line Up:
Maxim Koshelev - vocals, harmonica, percussion.
Nikita Vlasov - rhythm guitar, piano, e-organ, back-vocals.
Pavel Frolov - electro – lead guitar, synthesizers, complicated electronic devices.
Andrej Peteljaev - bass, back vocals.
Stepan Borodulin - drums.
Released albums include:
«Beatles» (Castle Rock Records, 1995)
«Revolver» ( DDT Records, 1997). w/funeral orchestra
«Robots Shag-O-Bots» ..( bedroom-r ecords 2001) w/ old soviet analog synth
«Life Suckseeded». (ROFF- music, 2003) w/ themselves
«Heart» (Nikitin-records, 2004 .)
http://revolver.onego.ru e-mail: revolver@onego.ru
Some details...
1988 - founded in Petrozavodsk, Karelia, Russia
1994 - the first north-west region pop group to regularly perform in St. Petersburg and Moscow music clubs.
1995-1999-were recorded and released two MC “Beatles”(Castle Rock Records, 1995) and “Revolver” (DDT Records,1997).
- took part in the first two “Rock festivals of St. Petersburg”, “Contra-pops” etc.
- was shown up on the channel MTV-Russia (the programme “Dnevnoi Kapriz”, VJ Tutta Larcen),
-two videos to the songs “Otstan” (Get off), “Love, Komsomol, Lunacy” are on MTV-Russia, and MuZ-TV – national music channel .
2000 - the song “Tormoza” (producer A. Samsonov) reached TOP 13 - ‘'Nashe Radio”, “Chartova Djuzhina” (devil's dozen), video is on MTV-Russia and MTV-Ukraine.
- took part in the cult NTV- show “Antropology” (hosted by D. Dibrov) and several St. Petersburg TV broadcasts.
- duet with the group Leningrad; Revolver's “New-year's song”;
video in the programme of MTV “12 Zlobnyh Zritelei” (12 angry spectators).
2001 - CD “Robots YEAH! Bobots”..
2002 - Video “Trolleybus N5” got the first prize at the festival “FF-mediafestival” (Finland)
- the second place at the festival of video-art, dedicated to the third centenary of Petrozavodsk (the first prize wasn't awarded).
The Revolver regularly performs in Finland.
2003-The album “Life suckseeded!” appeared in Moscow label ‘Roff-music”
1995 - 2002- several songs appeared in different MC and CD compilations of St. Petersburg and Moscow labels.
In particular, the song “Robots YEAH! Bobots” of the compilations “ELKA,ELKA” (Snegiri,2001) was used as a soundtrack for the TV programme “Kvartyrny vopros ”.
The album “Zhizn Udalas!” (Life suckseeded!) got a sign **** in the journal “Play”.
The album is marked with ‘‘Play” recommends”.
The Ukraine music TV channel made a deal with the Revolver to show their three videos : “Tormoza”, “New-year's song”(duet with the group Leningrad), “Mars Vs Pluto”.
The song “Zhizn Udalas!” (Life suckseeded!) was included in the compilation “Without brakes N3” and “Mad Grannies” by “Real records”.
In april 2003 “Trolley bus N5” video got a prize for the best operator's work at a festival “Kinorock”
2004 - EP with the couple of songs was released by the French label “TAM89”
Since october 2004 “Trolley bus N5” video is on MuZ-TV.
2004 - december –The album “Serdce” (Heart) released by “Nikitin-records”
2005 - took part in the cult REN-TV new-year “Negoluboi Ogonek” (Not quite blue flash). The song “OSEN” (Autumn) is broadcasted on the “Nashe Radio” as the best one of the “Negoluboi Ogonek”
2005 - spring tour in Finland and Russia with finish bands Zacharius Carls Group, Shake (in Russia - Moses Hazy)
Revolver videos are on O2-TV (24 hour alternative music TV-channel - 17 000000 spectators in Russia)
2006 - Revolver performed one hour LIVE on O2-TV
