ViRUS! (Virus!): Band Biography

By turning on the musical compositions of the Virus! group, you involuntarily find yourself in the 1990s. This is a classic for the youth of 1990-2000.

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It seems that during this period, under the tracks of the group "Virus!" all the party-goers had fun. However, few people know that in the “zero” two musical groups with different composition traveled around Russia at once.

Group members Virus!

The Russian team was founded in 1998. Initially, the musical group was called "Watercolor", a little later the name was changed to "That's it!".

A cassette with recordings of young musicians fell into the hands of Igor Seliverstov and Leonid Velichkovsky. Russian producers were impressed by what the young musicians were doing, so they offered to sign the musicians to a contract.

The performers agreed and signed a contract. In addition to the fact that the musicians fell under the wing of professional producers, they changed the name of the musical group. From now on, "That's it!" known as the group "Virus!".

In 1999, the group presented the track "Don't look for me" to music lovers. The song hit the top ten. The track got into the rotation of Russian radio stations and instantly entered the top of popular songs.

ViRUS! (Virus!): Band Biography
ViRUS! (Virus!): Band Biography

The founder and soloist of the group was Olga Kozina, known in wide circles as Olga Lucky. The singer was born in the provincial Zelenograd.

The girl studied at a music school. She lived for creativity. It is known that Olga was a private guest of music competitions and festivals.

In addition to the fact that Olga Lucky performed solo, since 1997 she has organized joint work with musicians Yuri Stupnik and Andrey Gudas. It was in such a union that Olga received popular love. Those songs that came out from under her pen instantly became hits, and later hits.

"Handles", "Everything will pass" and other musical compositions became known far beyond the borders of the Russian Federation. In addition to the fact that the group "Virus!" toured around her country, the guys also performed abroad.

Few people know that the group then had a clone (double). At the peak of the popularity of the musical group, the producers decided to create another group, "Virus!" with similar soloists.

At the beginning of the XNUMXs, Siliverstov and Velichkovsky sent Lyudmila Shushanikova (Hart) on tour. Actually, Lyudmila became the soloist of an educated group, there were two more dancers - Vyacheslav Kazanov and Timofey Kubar.

ViRUS! (Virus!): Band Biography
ViRUS! (Virus!): Band Biography

This line-up toured the provincial cities of Russia, simultaneously with the Virus Sr. group. It was a very smart move on the part of the producers. An increase in the number of groups equals an increase in income.

In the early 2000s, the musicians presented two video clips “Papa” and “Spring” at once with the participation of Shushanikova, so as not to arouse suspicion among numerous fans.

Olga Lucky, who worked in the team for more than two years, had no idea that the Virus! there is a double. The fact that fans of her work are being deceived, the girl learned at one of the concerts.

Lucky was outraged. She complained to the producer, emphasizing that she was not satisfied with all the points of cooperation.

Igor Siliverstov paid his wards no more than 10% of the total amount. These were pennies that could not enrich the musicians. The Russian producer has repeatedly been seen mistreating his wards.

In 2003, Igor was seen in a fight. The producer began to deal with the organizers of the concert at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex. According to Siliverstov, the Virus! set aside some time for the presentation. Olga Lucky in her interview said that she suffered a lot of bullying from the former producer.

ViRUS! (Virus!): Band Biography
ViRUS! (Virus!): Band Biography

Olga Lucky reasonably approached the solution of the conflict associated with the presence of the Virus! double. She invited Lyudmila to join forces. Now the girls performed together. In addition, they filmed video clips "Do not believe" and "I'll ask you."

However, the fans' negative attitude towards the second line-up of the group has not changed. Olga Lucky decided to terminate the contract with the producers. True, it was not without litigation. Olga managed to win back her group.

Interestingly, this will not be the first and last practice of Olga Lucky. Later, the Russian singer again needed to win the right to use musical materials.

In 2007, a situation occurred due to which Olga ended up in the hospital with a nervous breakdown.

Representatives of "MP3 ONLINE" in court announced that they have the rights to the musical compositions of the group "Virus!". By negligence, Kozina signed a document in which it was written in black and white that the company has copyright to the songs.

However, the experienced Olga Lucky managed to maintain the reputation of her musical group. It was on this singer, in the opinion of many music critics, that the success of the group rested.

The creative path and music of the Virus group!

Since 2003, the Virus! began performing in its original line-up under the guidance of a new producer, Ivan Smirnov.

The debut musical composition under the direction of Smirnov was called "Flight". A video clip was filmed for the track. From this track, in fact, the new life of the Virus! group began.

In 2004, young musicians presented the video clip "Brother". The video was warmly received by music lovers and fans of the work of the group "Virus!". Between 2005 and 2009 The band has released two albums.

Despite the fact that in 2009 new groups began to "grow like mushrooms", the Virus! this did not stop him from staying at the top of the musical Olympus.

Those tracks that the musical group released immediately took a leading position in the music charts.

Interestingly, "Virus!" is not the only project of the talented Olga Lucky. The soloist has been actively working on Th2011 Cats since 3.

The celebrity idolized her group, they believed that she managed to find the perfect vocalist, drummer, drummer and DJ. Olga Lakina talked about the fact that her guys are very promising.

Olga Lucky has a fairly busy schedule. Despite this, the girl has time for her personal life. Olga does not really like to talk about the personal, but sometimes she does not hesitate to share her innermost with journalists.

Beloved Olga Lucky Temmy Lee, a musician from her band Th3 Cats. Interestingly, no one knows the name of the musician. He prefers to use a creative pseudonym everywhere.

Music band ViRUS! Today

In 2018, about the group "Virus!" practically nothing was known. The life of Olga Kozina (Lucky) can be observed from her Instagram page. Almost every week new photos and videos appear on the page.

The latest high-profile events in the life of the Virus! occurred at the time of the death of Chester Bennington (leader of Linkin Park).

Olga Lucky shared her creative plans. She revealed that she plans to make a music video that will be related to Chester. In an interview, the girl said that Bennington was the idol of her youth.

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At the moment, the group gives concerts and performs at private events. In 2017, the musicians presented a video for the song "I would like to." Little is known about the fate of the members of the second squad. In 2019, the Virus! presented a new clip "In the style of disco".

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