The Lyapis Trubetskoy group clearly declared itself back in 1989. The Belarusian musical group “borrowed” the name from the heroes of the book “12 Chairs” by Ilya Ilf and Yevgeny Petrov.
Most listeners associate the musical compositions of the Lyapis Trubetskoy group with drive, fun and simple songs. The tracks of the musical group give listeners the opportunity to plunge headlong into the laid-back world of fantasy and interesting stories that “take” the form of songs.
The history and composition of the Lyapis Trubetskoy group
In 1989, the Three Colors event took place in Minsk, in which the Lyapis Trubetskoy group also took part. But at the moment of 1989, Sergei Mikhalok, Dmitry Sviridovich, Ruslan Vladyko and Alexei Lyubavin already positioned themselves as a musical group. However, the name of the Lyapis Trubetskoy group has not yet appeared at the Three Colors event.
Sergei Mikhalyuk is a permanent soloist and leader of the Belarusian musical group. A young man at a young age wrote texts and musical compositions. Fate brought Sergei with no less talented people. Thanks to the guitarist, bass player and drummer, he brought his own compositions in the punk rock genre to the stage.
Young people who performed on the big stage in Minsk did not fully rehearse their act. However, due to the fact that each of the soloists had talent and lived in music, they were noticed. And they found the first "fans".
A little later, the group "Lyapis Trubetskoy" took part in the Minsk "Festival of Musical Minorities". They repeated their fate again. After the end of this festival in the Teacher's House, the musical group began to work in an enhanced mode.
In 1994, fortune smiled on the musicians. The soloists of the Belarusian group met Yevgeny Kolmykov, who later became the general director of the group. Experienced Eugene competently "promoted" the Lyapis Trubetskoy group. The soloists of the musical group began to receive the first serious fees for their performances. A little later, the group went on a concert tour with the program "Space Conquest".
Then the group was expected to perform concerts on the same stage with the stars of Russian rock - the Chaif and Chufella Marzufella bands. The soloists of the group dreamed of recording a full-fledged album.
The peak of the popularity of the Lyapis Trubetskoy group
The peak of the popularity of the Belarusian group was in 1995. This year, a recording from a large-scale concert at the Alternative Theater was created, called "Lubov Kapets".
Cassettes were released in 100 copies. Over time, a better version of the recording "Wounded Heart" appeared.
In 1995, the group included: Ruslan Vladyko (guitarist), Alexei Lyubavin (drummer), Valery Bashkov (bassist) and leader Sergei Mikhalok. After some time, the tracks acquired a new sound. Since the group was joined by: Egor Dryndin, Vitaly Drozdov, Pavel Kuzyukovich, Alexander Rolov.
In 1996, the Lyapis Trubetskoy group got into the professional recording studio Mezzo Forte. In the summer of the same year, the musicians played the album "Wounded Heart" at a major rock festival. The song "Lu-ka-shen-ko" based on the musical composition "Pinocchio" made a huge impression on the listeners.
In 1996, the musicians worked on recording their second album, "Smyarotnae Vyaselle". Fans warmly received the second album of the Belarusian guys. The team gained popularity thanks to the following compositions: "Threw", "It's a pity that the sailor", "Pilot and Spring".
The group gradually began to gain even more fans. Moreover, the popularity of the musical group has long gone beyond the borders of Belarus.
The group's songs were sung along at rock festivals, the press was interested in the musicians, their clips were broadcast on almost all local television channels.
Unexpected effect
The excitement around the rock group led to the fact that the Lyapis Trubetskoy group began to have tough opponents. They believed that the lyrics and songs of the group were very provocative and could disturb the peace in the country.
Despite this, the soloists of the group appeared on the big stage to pick up several awards at once - "Best Group of the Year", "Album of the Year" and "Best Author of the Year" (there were four nominations in total).
Now "Lyapis Trubetskoy" was associated by many as the best rock band in Belarus. The soloists of the musical group literally “dived into the ocean of popularity”. But along with the popularity, the leader of the group fell into depression.
Sergei Mikhalok was in a creative crisis. For more than one year, the musical group did not appear on the big stage and did not please fans with new musical compositions.
In 1997, the musicians released the first video clip "Au", which contains photos of the participants and animation from plasticine.
The clip was very popular with the audience. And in 1998, the Lyapis Trubetskoy group organized a concert tour.
Some time later, thanks to the recording studio "Soyuz", an album was released with recordings from the archive of the group "Lyubov Kapets: Archival Recordings".
The track "Green-Eyed Taxi" became a scandalous composition. In 1999, Kvasha gave the guys a real rout.
In 1998, the group presented another album, Beauty. Critics and fans warmly received musical compositions. But they could not decide either on the mood of this disc or on the genre. In general, the tracks turned out to be perky and without "abstruseness".
Contract with Real Records
In 2000, the Belarusian group signed a contract with Real Records. Following this event, the musicians presented the album "Heavy" (the title corresponds to the content).
Most of the songs were not allowed to air on radio stations due to censorship. But this did not stop the loyal fans. From a commercial point of view, the album "Heavy" was very successful.
A year later, the album "Youth" was released. In 2005, the soloists of the group recorded several soundtracks for films. The guys managed to accumulate a lot of material during this period of time. Therefore, in 2006 they presented a new album, Men Don't Cry.
Later, the leader of the group renamed the album to "Capital", stating that this was the first record written in the style of socio-political satire.
Then the Lyapis Trubetskoy group ended up on the “black list” of Lukashenka and the media for incorrect statements about the President of Belarus. Sergei was threatened with criminal punishment, but the case never came to prison.
Until 2014, the band released several more albums: "Rabkor" (2012) and "Matryoshka" (2014). And in the spring, Sergei Mikhalok made an official statement that the musical group had ceased creative activity.
Until 2018, nothing was heard about the group. And in 2018, the guys, led by Pavel Bulatnikov, the Trubetskoy project played an incendiary program in Kaliningrad with the inclusion of LT hits. In 2019, the Lyapis Trubetskoy group held a concert tour.
