“A girl is crying in a machine gun, wrapping herself in a chilly coat ...” - everyone who is over 30 years old remembers this popular hit of the most romantic Russian pop artist Evgeny Osin. Simple and somewhat naive love songs sounded in every home.
Another facet of the singer's personality still remains a mystery to most fans.
Few people know, but Eugene actively supported many charitable foundations throughout his life. His help has always been anonymous.
The creative path of Evgeny Osin
Passion for music began, like most creative personalities, at the age of 14. Osin was a drummer in the school band and attended a music school.
Like any enthusiastic person, Eugene did not recognize dry academic approaches to free creativity, so he left his musical education.
But at the end of the school he entered the institute for advanced training of specialists in socio-cultural activities. The diploma gave him the right to lead an amateur ensemble.
The singer did not shun the term "amateur performance", equating it with independence.
His creative path began with the organization of the musical group "Nightcap", later renamed "Keks". Eugene was responsible for vocals and rhythm guitar.
The search for his place in the stage field led Aspen to the Nicolaus Copernicus group. But the singer could not perform percussion parts for a long time.
In the Alliance group
The next place of his deployment was the Alliance group. Eugene decided to "shake the old days" and prove himself as a drummer.
Eugene continued hard work on his creative "I" on the basis of the Moscow laboratory of rock. But a year later, he realized the baggage of knowledge and experience was “packed” and it was time to develop further.
Bright appearance and high growth could help a talented young man not to go unnoticed, but fortune was in no hurry to smile at him.
Osin spent 1988 at the Stas Namin Center. He appreciated the widest range and vocal abilities of the young singer and invited him to become a member of a popular project.
The musician happily agreed. He tested his strength as the head of the musical group "Father Frost".
It had the duties of a frontman - scheduling rehearsals and recordings, searching for concert venues, organizing PR activities. He was also the lead vocalist.
The voice of Evgeny Osin became the first male vocal of the Bravo group, until he was replaced by Valery Syutkin.
Having gone on a free "swimming", Osin assembled the Avalon group. The musicians performed from jazz repertoire to hard rock. And Eugene took over vocals and guitar, wrote lyrics and musical scores.
Being the main link of the group, the singer recorded an album that went unnoticed by the masses and music critics, "The Bright Path of Fire."
Solo work of the artist
The heyday of Aspen's career was in the early 1990s, when the performer decided on a creative experiment. The musician collaborated with little-known authors, took texts that were ignored by popular artists.
He put 1970s rock 'n' roll beats on them and got hits. His approach was appreciated by millions of listeners in Russia.
After the release of the video clip "The girl in the machine is crying", Evgeny woke up as a Russian pop star. However, success did not turn the performer's head, but only prompted him to develop further.
Towards new achievements. The singer actively worked in a recording studio, toured the country and created new hits.
Decline of an artist's career
Osin last appeared on television in 2000. During this period, radio stations broadcast his compositions marked "retro".
The very style of performance was irrelevant, the ranks of fans were thinning. "The baton was intercepted" by young performers with fresh hits. Eugene could not catch a new wave and switch to a modern way.
Along with the creative crisis came a spiritual crisis. The singer increasingly drank alcohol to fill the inner void. She remained with the artist after the loss of a very important goal for him.
To earn a living, a popular performer got a job as a music teacher at a school. From time to time, he received orders for scoring films. The character of the film "Pops" Lev Malinovsky sang in his voice.
In 2011, Osin made an attempt to return to the ranks of pop singers and went on a tour of the cities of Russia. And although by this time his fans had grown old, they did not deny themselves the pleasure of enjoying their favorite songs.
In 2016, the last album of Evgeny Osin was released, on which the musician worked for 6 years. The premiere took place in memory of a colleague and close friend of the author, Alexander Alekseev.
Death of an artist
Eugene himself died in 2018 at the age of 54, being alone in his apartment. The cause of death is sudden cardiac arrest.
The natural result of his exhausting work, regular stress and alcohol addiction. We pay tribute to his fans, who remember the performer as an incorrigible romantic…
