Garik Sukachev is a Russian rock musician, singer, actor, screenwriter, director, poet and composer. Igor is either loved or hated. Sometimes his outrageousness is frightening, but what cannot be taken away from a rock and roll star is his sincerity and energy.
Concerts of the group "Untouchables" are always sold out. New albums or other projects of the musician do not go unnoticed.
The early years of Garik Sukachev
Igor Sukachev was born on December 1, 1959 in the village of Myakinino, Moscow Region. The father of the future musician reached Berlin during the war, and his mother was even a prisoner of a concentration camp. Garik's parents managed to instill in their child a love of life.
At school, the musician studied rather poorly. Parents could not protect him from the influence of the street, Igor was captured by hooligan romance.
Often as a teenager, instead of lessons at school, he spent time with older children. Garik was especially fascinated by the guitar. He took lessons in playing a musical instrument from older friends.
After school, Igor entered the Moscow College of Railway Transport.
Surprisingly, in this institution the musician gravitated to study, the young man showed interest in his future profession, even participated in the design of the Tushino railway station - the one through which rock music fans get to the famous festival.
Gradually, Garik realized that he did not want to connect his life with the railway. The desire for art won, and the young man entered the cultural and educational school of Lipetsk.
At the school, Sukachev not only studied to be a theater director, but also met Sergei Galanin. The tandem of these musicians has long been the main engine of the C Brigade.
Musical career
Sukachev created his first rock band in 1977. For 6 years of creativity, the musicians managed to record a magnetic album. The second group in the musician's career was "Postscript (PS)". When Garik left the group, Yevgeny Havtan invited Zhanna Aguzarova to join it and renamed it Bravo.
But the main success came to the young man when he founded the Brigade C group. This legendary group lasted until 1991 and released many hits, including: “Road”, “All this is rock and roll” (a cover version of the song by the group “Alisa”), “The Man in the Hat”, etc.
After 1991, Sergei Galanin created his own project, SerGa, and Sukachev, the group Untouchables. In 2015, the musicians reunited under the old name and gave several concerts in the "golden line-up". They, like all other Sukachev's concerts, were held with full houses.
Today, the main project of Garik Sukachev is the Untouchables team. In this group, Igor's talent, multiplied by his many years of musical experience, sparkled with new colors. The music became more melodic, and the lyrics more philosophical.
The most successful songs are: “Drink me with water”, “Olga”, “White cap”, etc. Some songs that appeared in the repertoire of the “Untouchables” were recorded with the “Brigade C”, but they acquired more melodic arrangements.
At the moment, the last album of the group "The Untouchables" is "Sudden Alarm", released in 2013. It contains nine compositions, including cover versions by Vysotsky and Grebenshchikov.
The collapse of the group "Untouchables"
Garik Sukachev put an end to the life of the group with this album. Today he performs solo and is engaged in other, non-musical projects.
In 2019, Garik Sukachev released his solo album "246". Musicians from all over the world took part in its recording. The style of the album has gone from traditional rock and roll to chanson and romances.
The most successful thing on the record is a cover version of the song "Teach me to live" by the group "Sunday". Garik managed to make the composition warm and friendly.
Films by Garik Sukachev
Igor began his cinematic career with cameo roles in several films. For the first time on the screen, Garik appeared together with his team "Brigade C" in the film "Tragedy in Rock Style".
This film deals with the dangers of drugs, psychotropic substances and totalitarian sects. Sukachev's artistry was noticed by the directors, and they began to invite him to their projects.
At first, Garik started with episodic roles, but soon they began to trust him more time on the screen. The audience appreciated the image of Pankrat created by Sukachev in the films Fatal Eggs and Copernicus in Sky in Diamonds.
Garik was trusted with the role of "a guy from the people", who is not greedy for "sentiment" and has a strong character. Sukachev's artistry is noted by well-known film critics.
In the filmography of Sukachev there are several films in which he was a director. The first of these was Midlife Crisis. Garik himself wrote the script and soundtrack for it.
The main success of Sukachev as a director is the film-drama "House of the Sun" based on the novel by Ivan Okhlobystin. Funds for filming the film were raised all over the world. Sukachev's wife even had to sell her restaurant.
Personal life
Garik Sukachev is married to Olga Koroleva. They met as teenagers and since then (if you do not take into account several of Garik's stormy novels on the side) they have not parted.
The musician brings up his son Alexander and daughter Anastasia. Igor insisted that the children have their mother's surname. So he wanted to protect them from his fame.
In addition to music and cinema, Sukachev is engaged in yachting. You can’t call a hobby a sport, Garik just loves to relax under sail and “clear” his thoughts before starting a new project.
Also, the rock and roll star is the owner of a Harley-Davidson motorcycle. In 2016, the musician and his friends made a motorcycle ride in Altai, footage from which was included in the video clip for the song "What's in me."
Garik is also engaged in dubbing cartoons. In the cartoon "Return to Prostokvashino" he voices Sharik. The talent of Garik Sukachev is multifaceted. The musician is filled with energy at 60 years old.
So, very soon he will please with new projects. Garik is looking more and more at the theater and is going to show the public something new and unusual. Thanks to his energy and charisma, Sukachev will definitely succeed in this field as well.
Garik Sukachev in 2021
Garik Sukachev and Alexander F. Sklyar presented a joint track. The novelty received the symbolic name "And again the month of May."
