On September 18, the twentieth album of the Alisa group, entitled Excess, is released - the first work of the group, the funds for which were raised using the Planet.Ru crowdfunding portal. The campaign began in May this year, shortly after Konstantin Kinchev suffered a heart attack. On the this moment fans of "Alisa" collected more than 10 million rubles. Excess included a dozen songs, including those written in the wake of the Ukrainian events. On September 1, an Internet single was released to shareholders, including the songs "Give a drop of fire" and "Rock and Roll is cruel", as well as a cover version of the song " Honestly"Kalinov Most" group. On the eve of the release, Gazeta.Ru spoke with Kinchev.

- In the album "Excess" there is a song "Rock-n-Roll is cruel." You have this word in general often occurs, but always in a different context. How has the perception of this word changed over the years of your career?

- You know, in any song, it seems to me, everything is said. I have never deciphered my songs and now I will not. Such questions always stump - feeling as if I'm on foreign language sing. Listen, it's all there.

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- And why did you decide to re-record "Honest Word" of "Kalinov Bridge"?

“I've always liked her. And in general, Dima Revyakin and I are friends. Not even friends, but rather brothers. I just took the opportunity. “Kalinov Bridge” had some kind of anniversary, and Dima offered to perform some song, I chose “Honest Word”, because I had long wanted to sing it. Sang it with Kalinov bridge”, and then there was an offer to participate in a tribute, and we recorded this song ourselves, in our own way. Just like you heard it. I really like how it turned out. Dima also, by the way, liked it. I wanted to do it in such a dance vein, with a straight kick, and The Doors show a little brighter - this is a dedication to Jim Morrison, in fact.

- You won’t talk about this song either, why is it close to you?

- It's about the song and about the feelings about the path that we call the road of rock and roll. Dima tells how he "met" Morrison, and then about how he went his own way. It's all in tune with me, I understand this song and perceive it as my own.

- You sang another song "Kalinov Bridge" - "In the Early Morning" even earlier.

- Yes, I love her too, but so far my hands have not reached. We have now made the song "War" for the tribute to Tolya Krupnov. It seems to me that it is very relevant today. I don't know yet when the tribute will come out, but anyway I'm thinking of using "War" in our new album. It is only necessary to talk with Sasha Yurasov (director of the Black Obelisk. - Gazeta.Ru) on this topic.

- So the work on the next disc is already underway?

“Yes, we have already begun. It is too early to say specifically, but something like that looms.

- Tell us now about the "Excess". How was this record composed?

- The songs were written mainly last winter ... Or the winter before last ... I don’t remember. The record originated from my sense of time. I always say that I am just a relay of time - like all of us to one degree or another.

What does the word "excess" mean to you? Why did it appear in the title of the album?

- Well, you read in explanatory dictionary what it means.

- I already read it.

- So wonderful! So we understand what we are talking about! (Laughs.) An album about what is happening outside and inside of me - like all other albums. It's all pretty banal.

- You wrote the previous albums or, in any case, mixed them in Germany, and in the case of Excess, only mastering was done there. Why did you decide to do it yourself this time?

- Because they grew up and decided to try it themselves, went on such an experiment. It seems to me that Dima Parfyonov (keyboardist of Alisa. - Gazeta.Ru) did an excellent job with this task and grew a lot as a sound engineer. He was involved in both recording and mixing.

- The last song is called "Emelya". This character has already appeared in your poem recorded on the Sabbath album. One director and I once said that Emelya is the archetype of the Russian dream: you have to lie on the stove and be a good man and then everything will fall into place. What does this character mean to you?

“That’s exactly what it means, you’re all right.

- In the time that has passed since the release of the album "Circus", you have written and published two songs - "So it is necessary" and a composition whose name we cannot write according to the law on obscene language. The first one was posted on the site for free listening, but it was not included in the album, and the second one was decided to be recorded. What is the reason for this choice?

- It seems to me that “So it is necessary” is a more momentary thing. The second one is more relevant.

— It was written in hot pursuit of the Ukrainian events. How has your perception of her changed? Has it become more relevant to all of us?

- Well, yes, that's right. Time runs the emphasis is changing. I didn't sing "we [were deceived] again", but it was on my tongue, of course. I have sung like this at concerts several times. But on the album he left it as it was in the original text, although it is understood that this applies to all of us.

- You had almost no obscenities in your songs before. Why this particular word?

- It is the most capacious. Mat is good and needed when there is no other way to say it, and not in order to litter in speech. Mat in this sense is a very useful thing.

- And how do you feel about the law on obscene language?

- Yes, this is nonsense. They receive some impressive salaries there and are engaged in “lawmaking”, the result of which are such initiatives.

- Are you afraid of fines? We are not allowed to swear in public.

- Well, listen, we have a Channel One presenter. I think he feels great (laughs).

- It seems that Leningrad pays some small fines for each concert, this is the end of the matter.

- Here you go. And I don't swear from the stage. We have a respected audience happily picking up the chorus, saving me from having to throw out the words from the song (laughs).

- Now tell us about cooperation with Planeta.Ru. How did this idea come about?

- I liked the result that Grebenshchikov achieved a couple of years ago. I looked at Planet's experience in this area and decided to give it a try.

- Why didn't they close the account after the declared 4 million were collected?

“Because it’s not enough, really. Everyone just doesn't have a good idea of ​​how it works. Our ensemble writes the album at its own expense, we are trying to compensate for these funds, and this is two years of work for 12 people. Previously, the publisher did this, now we decided to do it directly. Subtract from this what the Planet itself takes, and the money that will go to print the discs.

- Now you have collected 10 million, is that enough?

- Yes, I would like to collect even more, what a sin to conceal. “Inspiration is not for sale, but you can sell a manuscript” – this is how the great ones used to say, and I adhere to this principle.

Did you end up enjoying this experience?

- Well, yes, and the guys there, on the Planet, are good. Now it remains to wait for them to cope with their duties. Now the collection will end, and they will have to deal with mailing, promptly provide the respected public with everything that it should receive. In addition, the printing of discs will only begin when we close the collection to print the names of all shareholders in the booklet. But I think we'll manage.

- Will you go on tour with Excess?

- Yes, you know, I'm now after a heart attack - we haven't played concerts since April. In November, for the first time, we will take the stage again, and for now I plan to limit myself to the Moscow and St. Petersburg presentations of Excess. Maybe I'll play again on my birthday in Moscow and St. Petersburg. In other words, we are not engaged in concert activity now, and it was the only source of income. So the collection on the "Planet" is also needed in order to provide oneself with a livelihood. I am not ready to travel around the country now, I need to see what will happen at the presentations in Moscow and St. Petersburg. I don’t know yet if I will suffocate on stage.

- God bless you.

- Thanks. I try, I do it slowly, I recover. But what the result will be is not up to me.

- Let's finally return to the "Excess". It's a rather harsh word, you say it reflects the times. Can you describe how you feel about it? Someone says that the 90s are returning, others - that the new 17th year is ahead ...

I'm quoting myself here. In the song "My Generation" I allowed myself such impudence, which I subscribe to today: "I can foresee, but I cannot predict." I don't know what will happen, but I have some predictions.

In Luzhniki "Alisa" will perform all the songs from the original disc of 1989, the concert will feature not only eight twenty-year-old songs, but the audience is waiting for a show that will last several hours. November 22 similar anniversary concert will be held in the St. Petersburg SKK.

In anticipation of the speeches, Konstantin Kinchev answered questions from readers of Lenta.Ru and spoke about the history of the creation of the Sixth Forester and the future plans of Alisa. Readers' questions have been abbreviated, Konstantin Kinchev's answers are given in full.

- You, Petr Samoilov, Mikhail Nefedov and Andrey Shatalin can be called the "golden composition". Why are there no last two in the group now?

I consider the current composition, which has been operating for the sixth year, to be optimal. I consider it "golden" on a par with the composition that was in the days of "Sabbat" and "For those who fell from the moon." The composition was: Nefedov, Samoilov, Chumichkin, Shatalin and Korolev. Current line-up I think even, perhaps, stronger than that. I am absolutely satisfied with this line-up, I am not going to change anything, we have been together for six years - God forbid, we will work the same and the same amount more.

The departure of Nefedov and Shatalin was like a bolt from the blue for me, because they informed the administration about their departure, and not me. They took it and left, absolutely not motivating, in principle, strongly substituting the group - our tour was planned.

We got out of the situation because the rehearsal period was long. Thank God that Igor Evgenievich Romanov and Andrei Vdovichenko, the drummer, came. So whatever is done is for the best.

- Why do the wonderful musicians of the AlisA group improvise so little? Is all improvisation limited to Andrey's drum solo and Igor's some touches on the guitar?

We didn't have any special improvisations in the previous period either. And given the fact that we work with a computer, that is, we are in a rigid rhythmic grid, there is still no opportunity to improvise, and no special desire. In the genre in which we work, improvisation is not implied. We don't play jazz.

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- Why did you move from punk to metal? Why did you change the style?

I don’t really understand what “style” means, moreover, I think that by declaring that you work in a certain style, you kind of put up some virtual walls, through which it is very difficult to break through later. Therefore, I believe that we play in a style that is unique to "Alice", nothing more and nothing less. That, in fact, is all. Therefore, this "style", as you put it, we once called "burn-and-play the beat", it remains to this day optimal for us, interesting and unpredictable, that is, it allows us to experiment in every possible way.

- How do you feel about art and progressive rock?

I don't quite understand what "progressive rock" is. In general, to be honest, I am poorly oriented in styles and directions.

- In recent albums, you performed songs with your daughter. Can we expect more songs with Vera's parts in the future?

If some song arises in which I need female vocals, naturally, I will turn first of all to my daughter, who sings well, so as not to look for anyone from outside.

- What is the message of the song "Snow fell"? Is it really worth "living for the pain" and why?

Why decipher what is written. All the messages in the songs themselves are concluded. If you listen to these songs thoughtfully, I hope that the answer will come by itself.

- Answers may be different for each listener?

Yes, of course, everyone is allowed to co-create. Not only that, it's just welcome.

- Do you have anything to do with the design of your discs?

Yes, in general, of course, we participate. Moreover, we form the idea itself. Another thing is that I am not very familiar with the Photoshop program, so the artists embody the idea.

- When can we expect a new album?

The new album in the demo version is ready, it remains to be recorded. I hope and think that it will appear next year - most likely in autumn, in September.

- What is your attitude to the construction of the "Gazprom tower" in St. Petersburg?

I stand in solidarity with the entire progressive community – there is no need to build this center. Another thing is that I am a realist and I perfectly understand that my "no" will not be heard. If they decide to build it, they will build it. Well, that's their responsibility, not mine.

- Whose performance of Ricochet's song on "Enter the Dragon" did you like the most? Whose least?

I myself formed the tribute, so all the performers were invited by me meaningfully, consciously. Therefore, I am grateful to everyone who participated in the project, and I am not going to single out anyone, because everyone is great.

- That is, musically, no one disappointed?

Musically, we did everything ourselves. That is, "Alisa" did all the music, and the performers were invited. The only track that stands apart, which is an exception, emphasizing the rule, is Lagutenko's track, which made the musical basis together with "Mumiy Troll", but it fit so subtly and clearly into the canvas of the sound that we formed that, in general, we did not change anything and left the musicians' version of "Mumiy Troll".

- Do you plan to release acoustic or live albums in the near future?

Neither is planned. Why? Because there is no desire. I don't like acoustics. It may be interesting to someone, but it is not interesting to me. That's why we don't play acoustic. As for the live album, this is also a definite waste of time when you can do more important, interesting things for us. More fun to write new album.

- Why such an honor - the jubilee tour - was awarded to the "Sixth Forester", and not to "Blockade" or "Energy", which came out earlier? Will there be a similar anniversary tour dedicated to the release of Sabbat?

It so happened that at some stage I was simply tired of inventing informational occasions for my concerts, which promoters constantly demand from me. I decided to go the easy way for me. Moreover, the group has been around for many years.

And this idea arose a little later than it was possible to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of Energia and the twentieth anniversary of the Blockade. If the thought had arisen a little earlier, there would have been a celebration of these albums. And next year we will go under the sign of "Sabbath". In the spring we will celebrate the twentieth anniversary of this album.

- Will there be a DVD release of The Sixth Forest Warden 20 years later?

Concert? No I do not want to. Although there were proposals, but this, again, is a lot of time and work. I want to do a new album.

- Why did you perform more at bike festivals this year?

Just bikers began to invite us. We are a concert band. Why not, if our riders are fulfilled and all conditions are met? Thanks to the bikers, but we can come to some other festivals.

- After the jubilee 25-35-50, the set list at concerts practically did not change (with the exception of 1-2 songs). Even their order hasn't changed!

Because we sing what we think is necessary, and, I think, this is our main achievement in front of the audience - we did what we want, and we continue to do the same. "Atheist" we sang in Moscow in June on concert venue "Green theater"in Gorky Park. In my opinion, this festival was called "Russian Lessons".

- We would very much like to go to the upcoming concert on November 14 at Luzhniki, but after learning that the ticket price is 2420 rubles. on the ground, with all our love for "Alice", they considered - too much. Although in the same St. Petersburg the ticket price is about 800 rubles (in the SKK)?

I also think it's overkill. On Thursday, my administration is meeting with the promoter and will urge them to lower ticket prices. I think that we will lose this battle - accordingly, we will tune in to the fact that we will play in an empty hall.

- Has something like this happened before?

Playing in an empty room? Not yet. Somehow, the room fills up. But I think the ticket prices are too high.

- Where did this combination of colors - "red on black" come from? Very similar to football paraphernalia, your fans are like them.

No, well, of course, I composed all the aesthetics, and then the variations went on. "Roses", for example, the fan movement introduced some other elements into use. And so - no, of course, all aesthetics are my brainchild, as well as the name itself - "Army".

Do you keep in constant contact with your fans? As far as I know, you had a dialogue with them on the official website.

I have already given up on this and do not answer questions. In some periods he answered questions, then I got tired of it, tired of answering. Here I use the services of Lenta.ru to answer questions from Alice fans.

- I was at recent concerts in Donetsk and Kharkov ... I was very surprised and pleased that instead of the police and security guards, alisomans were on duty.

There was one interesting experiment at a concert in Ukraine. The basis of the "exit" groups, that is, this is the basis of the most important Alice groups, which also have their own names (fortunately, they are not at enmity with each other), offered their services in terms of protecting events. In Kharkov, we had the usual incidental concert, when I swore at the guards, left the stage, and so on. After this concert, the foundation just offered to take responsibility for the concert. And in Donetsk, and in Kyiv, we held concerts in the following way- the hired security worked only in the foyer, and the police worked only outside the site. The concert itself was guarded by the Alisomans themselves. Many thanks to them for this, they coped with this with honor, this is really a very big responsibility.

I will now try to convince the promoters that the security inside the hall would be Alice.

- There is a question about the story of the conflict between the fans of "Alisa" and the bikers. Was there something like that?

It was, yes. That is, it seems like all our main groups met with the "Wolves" and the "Wolves" were put down. Thank God the conflict is over.

For me it was a surprise, because such incidents happened in the early 90s.

- Konstantin, now you also communicate closely with the Surgeon and other Night Wolves after the May clashes between your fans and them?

I communicate, of course, we understand each other. Another thing is that these are not the structures that can ensure order at events, because they have their own gangs, we have our own gangs. And why pit gangs when we can keep order at events with our gangs?

- Do you communicate with Sergei "Spider" Troitsky?

From time to time he comes to our concerts. We are not friends, we just know each other. In the same way as with the Surgeon - we are not friends, but we are friends. I speak positively about the surgeon. He does a great job, a creative person. Manages to promote such projects.

- How, for example, in Sevastopol?

Yes, as in Sevastopol, there was such a powerful action.

Of course yes. All brothers. And the Belarusians, and (the reader may be surprised) I also consider the Kazakhs to be brothers. Why not? And the Tatars are brothers.

- That is, living together for many years is stronger than recent political events?

So what do people have to do with it, it's politicians who swear, but what do people have to do with it?

- Tell us about your friendship with Alexander Bashlachev. Why do you think such an amazing person, such great songs are undeservedly forgotten?

As for Bashlachev, we were friends with him. His death left an unhealed wound. This is, perhaps, one of the first losses in my life, that is, I lost friends, and I lost a person close in arms for the first time. Therefore, in "The Sixth Forester" there is a song that I dedicated to him in order to somehow try to get him out of the depression he got into. The song is called "Sun for us". Failed. He decided as he decided, so for more than twenty years he has not been with us.

- There is someone whom you can rightly call successors creative ideas Alice group? Other than Pilot?

- "Pilot" does not continue the tradition, they are doing their job. Ilya Chert is just such a person that he always wants to be like someone, such a trait of character. I, too, am not deprived of this temptation, from time to time I cannot resist the temptation and someone musical forms I'm dragging myself. I do not assign, but so, I give the development of the topic that shook me, at least I would like to believe in it. Well, Ilyusha is probably the same. When he likes "Alice", he gets something similar to "Alice", when he likes DDT, he starts to look like DDT, when he likes "Kino" - to "Kino".

- How do you feel about the work of the group "Depeche Mode"?

Depeche Mode- good band always looking forward to their new album.

- Konstantin, how do you feel about the Kalinov Most group?

- "Kalinov Bridge" - my brothers, Dima Revyakin - brother, that says it all.

- Is it true that the first recordings of gr. Did Sektor Gaza leave Voronezh for the capitals through you? In general, what is your attitude to the work of Yuri Klinsky?

Collective-farm punk "Gas Sector" is not a genre close to me. Hoy has reached certain peaks, it is a pity that he died early.

Yes, the story of their first recordings is true. He brought me the notes and asked me to take them to Mike Naumenko. I took.

- You perfectly sang Mike's song "Old Wounds". Maybe you should sometimes perform it at concerts?

Thank you. We performed it for some time, it was in our repertoire, now it is gone. Perhaps it will happen again.

- The women's ensemble "Fedorino Gora" performs "Sky of the Slavs", the video is on youtube. Did you see how you liked it?

I saw them once on the Internet, I just didn’t know what it was called. I think it's pretty cute.

- Do you keep in touch with Shevchuk?

We have never been friends. We have an even relationship, as it used to be and remains so. When we meet, we bow and that's it.

- A question about Mikhail Borzykin - what are the relations between you, what do you think about him as a person, a musician, about his attitude to religion and citizenship.

Borzykin is a talented person. social form his protest is absolutely clear, understandable. It's another matter that I don't share his ideological positions, because I'm still for space, and not for chaos. Bad world, but peace. I am for such positions. And so, I think that he is a talented person.

- How can you comment on the events in the "Agatha Christie" group related to the announced termination of the group's existence?

- "Agatha Christie" - talented people, good musicians. They do what they think is right.

Apparently, they are tired of each other ... This is their inner kitchen, how do I know what's the matter. Maybe so. Maybe some kind of PR move. I don't know, they know better.

- You used to say that the song " Good Night"You will always perform Viktor Tsoi ... In connection with what sometimes she does not sound at concerts?

If it sometimes does not sound, it means that sometimes I am not responsible for my words. Let me consider this the main sin of my life, the main inconsistency with the dropped word. I would be happy if that were the case. Although we play it almost all the time.

- Do you agree with the phrase "Patriotism - last resort scoundrel"?

- Why did you redo the tattoo on your left arm? Was the theme of a Russian fairy tale with a hut on chicken legs filled with an oriental dragon?

Nothing of the kind, the Serpent Gorynych was added there - also a representative of the Russians folk tales. And with slanted eyes. Obviously drunk. The Serpent Gorynych is not an oriental character. He is three-headed. And very kind, because drunk, so, the smoke from his mouth comes out a little bit.

You look surprisingly young for your age! Even better than Kovalev from Pilgrim. What is your secret?

I feel like I look my age.

- With whom would you like to perform on the same stage from Western performers?

With no one. I don't want to share the stage with anyone, because it's always a headache to rebuild the apparatus. I love playing solo. If you have to play with someone, these are forced measures.

- What are your favorite writers?

From the last I read, not a single book had any impact. Truth, last years I actually read a little.

- No time?

Yes, and there is no desire to read fiction. And so, from the representatives of the genre fiction with a capital letter, I love to reread Dovlatov. It does not oblige you to anything and builds a very good state of mind.

- How accidental was the brilliant boom of Russian rock in the 80s? And why did everything disappear at once, giving way to commercial projects like "rockopops"?

There is a book by Hermann Hesse "Pilgrimage to the Land of the East". There, too, one character lamented very much that the pilgrimage had disappeared somewhere, not realizing that he himself had simply already left this movement. Nothing is going anywhere, you are just in another dimension.

- How important and powerful family values For you? How do they get along with the image of a rebel?

The image of a rebel is not for me. I am generally a non-image person. I just live my own life, where the family takes more place than the profession.

- It is known that you are a big fan of football (not as big as fishing, of course). Are you rooting for Zenit (like last year) or for CSKA?

I support CSKA and Zenit.

What do you think is the most important thing in raising a child?

Do no harm.

- That is, in fact, the child must decide for himself?

In choosing a vocation, it is worth prompting, but in choosing a profession - no, this is not so important. Because if a person has caught a vocation, then it is absolutely natural for him to associate a vocation with a profession. The main thing is to remain human. Didn't eat other people.

- I would like to know about your gastronomic preferences.

My gastronomic passions are as follows: to have food, so that you can support life.

- So you're not a gourmet?

I am content that my wife cooks for me, and she cooks well.

- Your parents... what do they think about your creative activity?

My dad died a long time ago, ten years ago. Mom is alive and well, God bless her years life. I am already at the age when parents are extremely proud of their children.

- What is faith and betrayal for you?

Faith is the most valuable thing in a person. Without faith, a person is like an animal.

As for betrayal, the person is simply crossed off the list of the living, and I move on.

- Could you forgive betrayal?

And this is willpower, strength of mind must be ... I don't know. Thank God, the Lord did not send me such tests.

- What is your attitude towards such personalities in history as generals Vlasov and Krasnov?

My attitude? First of all, thank God, I am neither one nor the other. Already good. God grant that I do not have the same choice that life has put before them. I don't know how I would behave in their place. But I hope that I would remain true to my land. As if my conscience prompted me, I would do so. I will not judge these historical characters, because I have no right, not knowing their life and inner motivation.

- What is your attitude to the collapse of the USSR?

I like my country within the boundaries in which it existed. I am content with the boundaries within which it exists, and I would like it to remain within these boundaries.

- Is the "popularity" of Orthodoxy a tribute to fashion, or do many people in Russia really come to faith?

Here for someone how, how do I know. I can't look into the soul of every person. Someone like. A greater degree of responsibility is needed to answer to the Creator and the Creator.

- Which of the holy places in Russia are especially close to you?

Where there is a temple, there it is good.

I don’t go to church for emotions, but to make my soul feel better. And the emotional component - this is important for those who enter the temple to light a candle - it rolled there, but not there. And it is actually everywhere even and good.

- Uncle Kostya, if a person does not go to church every Sunday, but once a month, for example. But at the same time, a person daily reads prayers and keeps fasts .. Is this very bad? I am ashamed to ask this question to the priest, I will be grateful if you answer.

You can try and ask a question and get an answer. And try to somehow build life on this answer. Then you look - and the embarrassment will pass. And so - well, what can I advise you? For me, do not eat another person - it means that you are already well done, already good.

- What boat do you currently use for fishing and what motor do you use (on the pictures of your fishing on the Onega in 2006, the 15th Yamaha was visible)? Do you carry with you in the boat, as it should be according to the rules, a hook, life jackets, or, where there is no water police, "give it up"?

Now I go to the "XT 540", the engine I have is "Suzuki" 115th. Will I change? Yes, in general, there are thoughts, there are simply no funds. If there is free money, I will change it for a more serious vessel. But as for the GIMS, everything that the GIMS requires is present on board my ship. Even the rocket launcher, which was not there, is now.

- How was the fishing this year?

It went well, I caught fifty pieces for fishing. The largest: salmon - six kilograms, pike perch - five kilograms.

- Where did you fish?

I will give you a reservoir! It's all in the north.

- How relevant is the cliche of "great victories fed by the ashes" for the modern Russian society? And in what ideology can one find a way out to shake off this ashes that prevent Russia from moving forward?

Shake off and forget.

Until we bury Lenin according to Orthodox canons, we will feed on this ashes. Let's bury Lukich - you look, and forget about the ashes of great victories.

- I would like to know your attitude to the media. Do you get the impression that they want to think for the people?

I absolutely agree with you. Any mass media is biased and not free. Therefore, if they are not controlled by one structure, then they will be controlled by many. That, in fact, is the whole difference between the nineties and the two thousandths.

- Do those in power put pressure on you?

Not for me, but for someone for sure. Who positions themselves.

- That is, in principle, the degree of personal freedom does not depend on whether you live in Russia or somewhere else?

It's all about how a person feels. If he feels free, he will be free even in prison. He feels like in a prison - so no matter how much you give him will, he will still be not free. Everything is inside the person.

- Recently, a monument to Lenin was demolished in our city - one of a good two dozen ... How do you feel about the revision Soviet history? Is it possible (and is it necessary) to eliminate the monuments to Lenin, Dzerzhinsky, etc.?

I don't like these monuments. If this is an artistic value, which is very controversial for me, then let them stand. If it is a symbol, then it is better to remove it.

- Concerts in China - were, are, will be?

No, it hasn't, and probably won't.

- This is not an ideological issue, but a purely organizational one?

Of course. I would love to go to China if they called me. Another thing is how the Chinese know about the existence of our group "Alisa"?

- Regarding the recent tour in Ukraine: tell me the cancellation of the concert in Dnepropetrovsk - is it the fault of the organizers or are there other motives?

There is one banal reason: as I understand it, the organizers were afraid of the sale that was on that day, and decided to cancel the concert. Their right.

I think the promoter is playing it safe. Considering how many people were in Kharkov, Donetsk and Kyiv, there would have been the same number in Dnepropetrovsk. But he considered that there would be no concert.

- Is it possible to hold solo concerts in St. Petersburg more often than twice a year?

I think twice is too much.

- In Ukraine, you are a frequent guest, and Belarus is rarely happy.

We rarely go to Belarus. All these questions are not for us. We are ready to go anywhere if the rider is observed and there is a 100% prepayment. Because otherwise we do not move.

- The last time each of your new program begins with a tour of Ukraine. Is this some kind of mystical coincidence or a good new tradition?

This is not a mystical coincidence and not a good tradition, it's just that the promoter with whom we work in Ukraine suggests, as soon as one tour ends: "When will we go next time?" - "When you say". Now we have agreed that we will go when the new album comes out. That is, in the autumn we will be with you again.

- What is your attitude to the Baltic countries - and is it realistic to wait for your concerts?

The Baltic States - it's like that ... It stands on the sea, there are pine trees, dunes, sand. And dairy products, they say, are not bad. And fish. That's all I know about the Baltic countries.

- So there are no plans to go there?

This summer we were in Narva for a bike festival.

- How many people of technical personnel travel with Alice around the cities?

There are twelve of us in total.

- Together with the musicians?

Yes. Of these, two guitar technicians, they are loaders.

- Do you have a place (city, country) where you have never performed, but would like to?

There must have been some cities left. Let's say we didn't play in Vorkuta.

- Bit I'd like?

Why not? Of course. We are ready to play anywhere. If only there was a platform and equipment.

- BUT Far East?

We travel to the Far East all the time. There was even a period two years ago, when they went twice a year. Didn't go this year. They will probably call again next year.

- After the US bombed Serbia, you said that you would not go to this country. Tell me, has your attitude towards touring in the USA changed and will your fans in America be able to get to your live concert?

After what they did in Serbia, I swore off going to the USA. After Obama decided not to deploy his missiles in the Czech Republic and Poland, I will look and, maybe, so be it, I will visit this country that I hate ...

- How do you feel about the idea of ​​pan-Slavism? Do you visit Serbia, or is everything limited to concerts?

Earlier, I said that I also consider Tatars and Kazakhs to be fraternal peoples. I somehow look at it more broadly, although it may seem that I am such a dense, stubborn nationalist. No, it's not. Enough mobile, but a nationalist.

It is not easy to interview Konstantin Kinchev: closed, direct. But with all this external complexity, interest in the personality of the leader of "Alisa" only increases over the years. And those who share his views, and those who are there - on the other side. About the way, when at the age of 14 he decided to become a rock star, until the 35th anniversary of the legendary "Alice" - in a rare interview.

"I wanted it to be so, it happened by the will of fate. I am very glad and grateful to the respected public that it finds something in us and, above all, in me, the wretched one. Thank you very much to everyone that is with us, without we are nobody to you. And so, life is good, of course," says Kinchev.

For several years, the leader of the Alisa group practically did not communicate with the press. Kinchev does not philosophize, does not orate, and does not pretend to be a thinker. The responsibility is big.

"I have the opportunity to stand. It is easier for me to talk about my life priorities, but they are obvious to me. I may not be worthy. But I am a warrior of Christ. I have hope and there are examples that someone comes to the bosom of the church. Thanks to the songs."

Their the best songs On the eve of the concerts in honor of the 35th anniversary of Alisa, Konstantin Kinchev asked to choose his fans. This is also the first time.

"On October 27 we play in St. Petersburg, and on November 2 we play in Moscow. I invite everyone, come, and we will meet at this unforgettable event, which consists of two concerts, and in addition to these, we will also travel around the country. And why are they significant , I don't know, we, as always, will sing our songs from the heart."

In the well-known to everyone "Red on Black" - death and rebirth, the colors of Kinchev himself. And, of course, the cleansing fire.

"Konstantin was definitely the most expressive performer and he became the song itself when he sang. I once filmed him singing 'Dr. sang in front of 300 or 3000 people. He is probably the best Russian rock singer I have ever met," says singer Joanna Stingray.

To visit live concerts of "Alisa" is to understand everything from the first appearance of Kinchev on stage, from the first word or not to understand anything. Each of Alisa's 20 albums is conceptual, each tells, reflects on something important.

Army "Alisa" together from the first album "Energy", which has already gone platinum, to "Excess", the money for which she collected in four days. And the leader Konstantin Kinchev is always on their side.

"Dear OMON, there is no need to fight with children. Dear children, there is no need to fight with OMON, these are also your brothers. We all live here, we have one Motherland - which must be defended from an external enemy."

The fact that a great group is rehearsing in a small St. Petersburg studio is only indicated by the inscription on the wall: "Alice is 35". And the inhabitants of this ordinary St. Petersburg courtyard were lucky with their rocker neighbors. Kinchev doesn't care.

"You have community service are you doing?" - "I have to. Dear, close the garbage can!"

A short appeal, and the next morning they began to dismantle the landfill. And here again about the value of words: in order to be heard and convey the essence, Kinchev does not need to say much. He is heard in small recreation centers, and in large halls, and in space, and on ice, and on the football field.

“I watched all the games with pleasure and I am glad that the Russian team performed so successfully. It’s a shame that because of one arrogant person who took a penalty in a foppish manner, we did not reach the semi-finals. And we performed so well, cheers,” says Kinchev .

For straightforwardness and the will to freedom in Soviet time the system hated him. The leader of "Alisa" was accused of incitement, opening a real criminal case, they saw ultra-right views in words, appeals in gestures, extremist texts in inscriptions.

“Regarding the inscription on this T-shirt, which was recognized as extremist. “Orthodoxy or death.” I recall the words of Theophan the Recluse: “I can’t be saved without Orthodoxy.” I can’t be saved without Orthodoxy,” Konstantin says frankly.

When they say: music that does not play in the background is about "Alice". Difficult, uncomfortable, unformatted, in which there are no passing words. And therefore, in congratulations to the group itself, there can also not be random phrases.

"To the Alisa group and personally to Kostya: Konstantin Evgenievich, brother, elder brother, do your job. Let it all go on as long as possible. Everything you do. Because all this is very necessary. Everything is very necessary, it seems to me. Therefore I was and remain your loyal fan," congratulates musician Sergei Galanin.

"First of all, reliable, with his own opinion, with his own vision in a given situation. Wise, plastic, soft, how to say - such a home. And a wonderful conversationalist," says musician Dmitry Revyakin.

"He magic man, magical, they don’t make these now," Diana Arbenina assures.

“The point is not only that the girl, who had had health problems for a long time, lost it there completely. It's about the forever crippled soul. No one will return a few months to a person locked up on an absurd charge.” Nun Evgenia (Senchukova) - about why she calls to pray for Anya Pavlikova.

How Christ was lost in the liturgical and production process, what are the advantages of "godless" Europe, how we solve our problems without God, and what to do if it is impossible to change the world and the country - says the rector of the house church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul in St. Petersburg, Archpriest Georgy Mitrofanov.

The famous Russian director Alexander Sokurov gave Sofiko Shevardnadze a long interview and spoke about his vision of history. Screenwriter who created the series cult films, answered questions about the attitude towards Joseph Stalin, perestroika, the Bolsheviks and the Soviet regime.

Russian President Vladimir Putin compared communism with Christianity, and Vladimir Lenin's mausoleum with the veneration of the relics of saints. The author of the book "On the Scales of Faith: From the Communist Religion to the New "Saints" of Post-Communist Russia", doctor of historical sciences, professor of St.

For the first time, the name of Archpriest Dionisy Pozdnyaev was heard in 1995. Then the priest, having learned about the Russian pilots who ended up in an Indian prison and that they face the death penalty, turned to the head of the DECR MP (then Metropolitan) Kirill (Gundyaev) and to human rights activists. Father Dionysius baptized the pilots right in prison, and in 2000, thanks to common efforts, they were released.

The Federation Council sent a school history textbook for grades 10-11 for examination, since when describing the events in Ukraine in 2014, the authors made formulations that did not suit the senators. History, that is, they continue to write and rewrite, based on momentary needs or what these needs are considered.

"Communist ideology is very much akin to Christianity," Vladimir Putin said in the film "Valaam," which aired on the Rossiya 1 TV channel last Sunday. The rector of the Moscow Church of the Trinity in Khokhly, Father Alexei Uminsky, at the request of MBKh Media, said what he thinks about this and other statements of the president.

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2017 was a year of challenging centennials. They remembered the two Russian revolutions, being afraid to say something superfluous: such a large part of our modern life determined by the events of those years, which is sometimes easier to remain silent.

For thirty years, the historian Anatoly Razumov has been looking for the names of the repressed and collecting bit by bit their biographies. He has been doing this for exactly as many years as they generally talk about repressions in recent history Russia - since 1987. His "Leningrad Martyrology" is a collection of 16 volumes, they contain 50 thousand names and biographies of only shot Leningraders. He is one of the creators of the Levashovskaya Pustosh memorial on the site of the former execution site of the NKVD.

Nikita Petrov, a specialist in the history of the Soviet secret services, reads an interview with the head of the FSB, Alexander Bortnikov, finds in it old myths, rigged figures, non-existent documents, and explains why he should not be taken seriously.

“The revolution that changed the world” - for a long time I saw in this sore Soviet phrase only a figure of propaganda. Now, in the year of the centenary of this revolution, I must admit that what happened in Russia in 1917-18 really changed the world - where more, where less, and here in Russia - completely, as they say - "to the foundation."

about why it is pointless to argue about the translation of prayers

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Publication date: 09. 2003
Sent by: Bochkareva Liza
Source A. Zhitinsky. Journey of a Rock Amateur (Leningrad, 1990)

Interview with Konstantin Kinchev (1989)

K. Kinchev (b. 1958) - leader, vocalist, author of texts and music of the popular group ALISA (Leningrad).
The ALISA band was born in April 1983, when bass player S. Zaderiy, who had previously played in the Leningrad hard rock band CRYSTAL BALL, gathered around him young musicians committed to rock and roll and the "new wave". The group made the program "Mirror", in which the motives of the famous book by Lewis Carroll echoed with modern realities public life. At that time, in addition to S. Zaderiya, ALISA included A. Shatalin (guitar), P. Kondratenko (keys), M. Nefedov (drums), B. Borisov (vocals, saxophone).
Real success came to ALICE in the spring of 1985 after a new singer and songwriter K. Kinchev appeared in the group, who moved to Leningrad from Moscow. A little later, he created songs that became, in essence, youth anthems: "We Are Together and "My Generation". ALISA became the laureate of the traditional Leningrad rock festivals three times (1985 - 1987), in early 1986 the tape album "Energy" was released (two years later it was reissued by the Melodiya company), in June 1987 - the album "Block of Hell" , in February 1989 the group finished work on the album "The Sixth Forester".
There have been a number of changes in the group during this period. In 1986, S. Zaderiy left the group, who created new group NATE! . He was replaced by bass player N. Samoilov. In 1988 Muscovites I. Chumichkin (guitar) and V. Osinsky (keys) were invited to take the place of A, Shatalin and P. Kondratenko. Occasionally, other musicians appeared in the group.
A conversation between a rock amateur and K. Kinchev took place in Moscow in February 1989.

Rock Dilettante. Kostya, we met four years ago, after the Third Rock Festival. Remember, in the amateur house, I took you aside to talk. And you seem to have mistook me for some big boss...
Konstantin Kinchev. Yes, it was...

RD. And then, when you found out that I was not from the district committee and not from the KGB, how did you feel about my studies in rock and roll?
Kinchev. Well, I knew that there was a certain writer that I once read as a child. Such funny sea stories - about how hemp is harvested in the field. And rock and roll is just a whim rich man who wants to help the boys.

RD. In my opinion, you are confusing me with Konetsky ... Well, okay. I know less about you than about the Leningrad rockers. I wonder how it all started in Moscow and specifically with you?
Kinchev. In Moscow it began even more violently than in Leningrad. There were so many bands and concerts here that every day we went somewhere from the party and penetrated - by hook or by crook. RUBY ATTACK, LIP SUMMER, SUCCESSFUL ACQUISITION, VOLUNTARY SOCIETY, something else... Well, and THE MACHINE, of course... I myself started going to the session since the seventy-three year, I was fourteen years old. There was a party with records, for me the main ones at that time were BLACK SABBATH. At the age of fourteen, he learned to pinch chords - they taught him in a pioneer camp. We had a hippie tent camp near the pioneer camp. Well, they are there with guitars, with tape recorders, with girls ... So they taught me to play, to clamp the first chords. And so it went ... Then the ensemble at school, then - dancing ...

RD. How did parents and school feel about it?
Kinchev. My parents thought I was a jerk all my life.

RD. And now?
Kinchev. Not now. Now they are proud. When they began to write in newspapers ... And at school, they also treated that way.

RD. They say you played at dances in Lyubertsy?
Kinchev. No, not in Lyubertsy - in Krasnogorsk. Also a city near Moscow, the same.

RD. On what team?
Kinchev. There were several teams: BROKEN AIR, GOLDEN MEAN, CIRCLE OF THE BLACK HALF... Some invited me, some were mine...

RD. Does the GOLDEN MEAN still seem to exist?
Kinchev. May be. It was a university team, I was invited there, but I hung out and left, because there I was forced to sing other people's texts.

RD. And by that time they already had their own?
Kinchev. They had mine as soon as they started. But they were a la BLACK SABBATH - solid ghouls, witches, devils - just the end of the world! My whole room was painted with portraits of Ozzy Osbourne, cobwebs, all sorts of spiders, skulls ... In general, sheer Satanism.

RD. Where did you study after school?
Kinchev. First he worked, then he entered the Institute of Technology. Then he left the institute. I mowed down the army, there was such an article - the residual effects of a traumatic brain injury.

RD. And the singing school Bolshoi Theater?
Kinchev. it funny story was. We once drank beer, there was such an institution at VDNKh, it was called "Parliament". Now it is closed, unfortunately ... They drank, sang, then one person came up to me: "Do you study somewhere?" I said "No. He gave me the address. The next day I went there and passed the first round. Then he went again and did. I sang then, as I remember now, "Burn, burn, my star ..." and "Oh, it's not evening, it's not evening ...". Under the piano

RD. Did the school prepare soloists?
Kinchev. No, it's for the choir. It took four years to study there. I stayed there for a semester with a ponytail ...

RD. How did you live?
Kinchev. He worked as a sitter at the Surikov School.

RD. Well, and then "Dr. Kinchev" appeared?
Kinchev. Yes. I have such a group - RECREATION AREA. Panker helped us to sign up in St. Petersburg.

RD. Is this what they call "Nervous Night"?
Kinchev. Yes. We recorded this at Panker's, overnight.

RD. Did you already know in Leningrad?
Kinchev. In very narrow circles. They brought me to Mike, I sang songs there. Mike said, "Well... that's interesting..."

RD. But now, finally, you have come to ALICE. It seems to me that before you, ALICE was something inexpressive. I judge by the festival of the eighty-fourth year.
Kinchev. And then I liked it. I even noted for myself that I would like to play in this team.

RD. But the vocalist, you must admit...
Kinchev. Borya Borisov? Yes, he did this with his hand and sang "The strong go forward" ...

RD. A year later, everything changed. For me, until now, the first appearance of ALICE at the festival of the eighty-fifth year with you has remained as something extremely cool and even shocking ...
Kinchev. Yes, the program was fun.

RD. Then you sang "I Begin the Way". Further, I more or less imagine the path of ALICE to myself. Of course, it could be assumed that your way of being on stage, ALICE's music will attract many. But no one expected such superpopularity. You know, I once went on the back of the stage at the Jubilee when you were singing to get a look at the party from above. The spectacle struck me: a swaying sea of ​​faces turned to you, delight, happiness and at the same time some kind of stupidity ... How do you feel about your fans?
Kinchev. Differently. Sometimes I hate them, sometimes I love them.

RD. But aren't you afraid?
Kinchev. I wasn't afraid before. Until one time I managed to jump off the stage into the crowd.

RD. Is this excitement everywhere or only in Leningrad and Moscow?
Kinchev. We have now traveled to Tashkent and Dnepropetrovsk. The reception was warm, but the audience... In Tashkent, the hall for four thousand, and tickets sold one and a half. In Dnepropetrovsk, at first, the hall is also incomplete, and then already full.

RD. How did the local authorities react?
Kinchev. In Tashkent, I was fined fifty rubles. For statements from the stage.

RD. What did he say?
Kinchev. What can I say? Said something.

RD. What is the relationship with the police in St. Petersburg?
Kinchev. Yes, they seem to be behind now. The last time there were concerts in the SKK, there were no clashes.

RD. Explain, please, the latest line-up changes.
Kinchev. I did not want to play in the Shatalin team. Well, he didn’t want to - no need, what to do with him? They tried to persuade him - he said "no" and left with Pasha.

RD. For creative reasons?
Kinchev. Explained creatively. He said he wanted to play other music. And Pasha supported him. On our part, we parted extremely peacefully, and then they suddenly got offended and felt that they had been kicked out. In fact, no one kicked them out, and if Shatalin now says that he wants to return, for God's sake, come back.

RD. And what kind of disassembly was with the name of the group?
Kinchev. They thought they were "older" than us. They played longer in the team, because it seems that the name ALICE belongs to them. As for me, Y)) Y I could remove this name, but everyone else said no. I also talked with Zaderiy, and at first he said that the name should be changed, and then I gave him the arguments of the guys, and he considered them reasonable.

RD. The question, of course, is a sensitive one, although everything is clear from common sense: in the minds of fans, the name ALICE is soldered to your name, although you did not create this team. Well, what do you think, who today has, so to speak, the copyright to the name of the group?
Kinchev. I believe that our artist Andrei Stolypin. He came up with the capital letter, the stage design, and the image. He invented these stars.

RD. Now let's touch on the material side of the existence of the group. Now the group is very popular, has tours, fees and more. But there are fears that the wave of widespread passion for rock, the wave of excitement, has subsided. The mass audience has already "ate" rock and turned to TENDERING MAYS. Actually, it should be so, because rock is not a mass culture, it is rather elitist. Are you worried about the decline in rock popularity?
Kinchev. To be honest, I don't care. They will not come to the stadiums - we will play at smaller venues. They will not come there - we will sit in the studio and write D * albums. N*Dapartments we will play again.

RD. And if there is less money, then to hell with them?
Kinchev. To hell with them. Absolutely all the same.

RD. Very well. Then back to creativity. Tell me what are you reading? What do you like in poetry, say?
Kinchev. Gumilyov, Brodsky... But most of all now I love Khlebnikov, especially his prose.

RD. Kostya, it's been a year since Sasha Bashlachev passed away. Tell about him. How did you meet?
Kinchev. He invited me to his birthday party. Well, I've come.

RD. Didn't they know each other before?
Kinchev. We talked on the phone. He knew me, and I also knew him from the records. I listened - I liked it.

RD. What do you like about his songs?
Kinchev. Probably the same as in it when we met. He taught me, first of all, to treat the word differently than I did. It seemed to me: the word and the word - to hell with it. You can break it off, shove it into a line. For him, the word was a piece of life.

RD. Did you see it in his poems or did you talk about it?
Kinchev. And they talked, of course. I saw how he works with the word, it even broke me from it. Because he wrote with a bit of mathematics, or something: he built lines like this, here he deduced words that should rhyme, then they rounded off with arrows ... This with this, then with that - the chain turned out to be huge! And I wrote like this: sat down - and you're done ...

RD. In a TV interview, you said that it was clear to you how he would end.
Kinchev. I was just sure of it. There could be no other end for him in everything - in his life, in the way he treated everything.

RD. Did he understand it himself?
Kinchev. Not that he understood - he knew it for sure. He's already made several attempts. And no one could stop it.

RD. Maybe it was connected with wine, with "grass"?
Kinchev. He didn't drink at all! Didn't drink or smoke. Nothing ... It's like Hermann Hesse - there are people from the category of suicides. He was in that category. Another thing is that they may never reach this end. Sasha was suicidal just from the beginning. It was like a backup. He probably gives some strength to overcome life's difficulties. You always know that there is a way out, the last one... Apparently, he has nothing left but this forbidden chance.

RD. Finally, what is your relationship with God?
Kinchev. My relationship with God is tense: I love him, but he does not love me.