A book about the famous rock musician was published in the ZhZL series

Three hundred and sixty pages about childhood, youth, formation and stellar period, perhaps, the main domestic rock musician - the biography is excerpts from interviews with relatives, friends, close or not quite close people. One of the intrigues of this work is the author himself - "a lawyer from Cheboksary", as he calls himself, and "just a fan of Tsoi" - Vitaly Kalgin, a man who, in fact, never had anything to do with the Kino group, but nevertheless compiled a full biography.

— Vitaly, a few words about the book itself. What structure does it have?
- Since the book was published as part of the ZhZL, it fully corresponds to the format of the series. The content is divided into three parts. The first is Tsoi's childhood and youth, from 1962 to 1977. The second part covers the period from 1977 to 1987. The third tells about the stellar period of Victor's life from 1987 to 1990.

- How does it differ, if different, from other biographical works about Viktor Tsoi?
— There is a lot of new material in this edition. I have collected previously unpublished interviews, memoirs, quotes, comments and testimonies of both the Kino musicians themselves and representatives of his inner circle. It was important for me to find as much truthful evidence as possible. In 1991, the book of the St. Petersburg writer Alexander Zhitinsky and Marianna Tsoi “Viktor Tsoi. Poetry. The documents. Memories", which for some time became a good help for fans (in addition, the book by Alexander Zhitinsky "Tsoi forever. A documentary story" is also known. - Note. ed.). As for other books, alas, these were continuous repetitions, timed to coincide with dates.

Who did you meet while working on the book?
— In the process of writing the book, I met the most different people, including with Tsoi's close circle. This was the hardest part. Over the years, so much nonsense has been written about Victor that many of his friends did not want to help, meet, or talk on the phone, a priori believing that I was just another fantasy journalist who would mix up and add everything. But as a result, I managed to talk even with those who at first categorically refused. As for specific names, then, of course, these were the musicians of Kino. And also - Inna Nikolaevna Golubeva, mother of Marianna Tsoi; tour director of the group Oleg Tolmachev; friends of Viktor Tsoi's youth - Anton Galin, Igor Petrovsky and many others.

- Have there been any responses from Victor's father, son, friends and like-minded people to the book?
— Of course. Without the approval of the musicians of Kino, Tsoi's relatives and friends, the book would not have seen the light of day. I sent the text to everyone so that they could correct inaccuracies or express their opinion on controversial issues. I think the most important thing is to give everyone the opportunity to speak. And who is right, who is to blame, or how everything really happened, let the reader decide.

Vitaly, tell us about yourself. What do you do?
“For the last two years I have been writing books. It all started as a hobby, but time began to take more and more. In the future, I will either return to the practice of law or continue my research.

"No politics, purely inner peace"

From the biography, a rather definite image of Viktor Tsoi appears. A person who has a "rare melodic gift" and "perfect hearing". Persistent and hardworking - if it concerns his favorite business. Simple in everyday life, restrained, concentrated. And at the same time fun and easy. And also, according to the closest, extremely vulnerable.

This is how his friend Maxim Pashkov characterized him, talking about crazy youthful parties in the company of the first St. Petersburg punks: “We must pay tribute to Victor. Although he participates in these events, against the background of others, he retains human face, sense of humor and does not stoop to vulgarity. Tsoi was much more conservative than the rest of the company, and in our "fun" he never went to the end. There was never any frivolity in him.”

About buying your first professional guitar funny story Andrey Panov, the leader of the AU group, shares: “My parents left for the south, left Tsoi ninety rubles at the rate of three per day. And Tsoi had a dream, like everyone else, a twelve-string guitar. He ran and immediately bought it. It cost 87 rubles. And for the change, because he was hungry, he bought sixteen kopeck whites from the Victory Park. And that means he screwed them up on an empty stomach. He remembered this for a very long time. He said he was lying green, alone in the apartment, dying. There was no way to get to the toilet. Lay for several days. Since then, I have not eaten belyashi.

“Then, like a tank rolled,” Boris Grebenshchikov recalls his first meeting with Tsoi. - I could not even think that the author of such a size grew up in Kupchyna and is still unknown to anyone. The next day, he began to call his sound engineer friends, persuading them to immediately record Tsoi's songs, while the guys still want to play. I am very happy that I was at the right moment and at the right time.”

There is a rather unexpected episode about one of Tsoi’s works, told by Inna Nikolaevna Golubeva: “He got a job as a worker in the park management department, where he carved a children’s wooden sculpture in the Quiet Rest park on Kamennoostrovsky Prospekt, 81.” Until now, in that park you can see some of Victor's works, for example, "The Sad Lion" ...

“Choi is not an actor - things are not going well for him with the gift of reincarnation,” Artemy Troitsky’s memoirs are cited in the book. - He "hooked" the audience with something else. Maybe it is precisely because there is not a drop of fuss or playfulness in it, but there is reliability, calmness and honesty. It is not surprising that in our hysterically prone times, many see in him, if not a savior, then at least a real hero.

And here is what Georgy Guryanov said about the so-called revolutionary nature of his songs: “Regarding the song“ Changes ”. It has no politics. Absolutely. An absolutely philosophical treatise, there is not a word about politics, a purely inner world ... "

1. Tsoi's first performance in Kyiv ended in deportation to Moscow. In the 84th, the not-so-famous Tsoi and the already famous Mike Naumenko played "kvartirnik" (in a house not far from the capital's prosecutor's office). The concert interrupted the visit of the district police officer. The owner of the apartment managed to hide the cassette with the recording - otherwise, Tsoi, for sure, would have soldered "illegal labor activity."

2. Viktor Tsoi could not stand the sight of blood. In 1983, he tried to get away from the army in the famous St. Petersburg psychiatric hospital on the Pryazhka River.

“There it was necessary to mow down under the TIR, manic-depressive psychosis. Cut veins and so on- recalls the ex-guitarist of "Kino" Yuri Kasparyan. — They took it with it. They somehow arranged with their acquaintances that they would take him, but the veins still had to be cut. And Choi could not stand blood. Finger prick—this was already a problem, especially since the man played the guitar. And here—to cut their veins! ... In general, they called an ambulance, the doctors arrived, and Tsoi was sitting so pink, there were some small scratches on his hands. Well, they took it anyway!».

By the way, "On the Buckle" Tsoi composed a song with the non-random name "Tranquilizer".

3. According to almost everyone who knew him personally, Tsoi was neither arrogant, noisy, nor, moreover, an aggressive person. Which did not stop him from becoming a fan of Bruce Lee, rewatching Enter the Dragon dozens of times, copying the movements, poses and even the facial expression of his idol.

4. Choi was very shy. “And in terms of women, and in general,- recalls close friend Victor and the first Kino guitarist Alexei Rybin in an interview with Moskovsky Komsomolets. — But this again comes from Soviet life: Vitya was humiliated because of his nationality. What kind of phrases have we not heard enough from pubs in his address! Of course, this made it closed. He was teased at school, then the gopniks molested us on the street. ”.

5. In 1986, despite the Chernobyl disaster, the Kino group came to Kyiv to star in the film The End of the Holidays - thesis young director Sergei Lysenko. It is generally accepted that this film launched Tsoi's film career, although "close sources" claim that he was pretty depressed that "the film turned out to be such shit."

6. Tsoi was fond of woodcarving. He was first shown on TV in the Monitor program as a gifted woodcarver. Choi was especially fond of making Japanese traditional figurines - netsuke - from wood. Then he gave away these miniature sculptures to friends and acquaintances.

7. Choi loved to draw. His friends say they were grotesque images that were close to fantasy and cartoons.

8. On the famous Kamchatka, Tsoi became a high-class stoker. But many friends say that he was not such a workaholic.

From the memoirs of the same Rybin: “Vitka was a terrible lazy person! Like all of us. Just writing songs wasn't hard for him. He did it in between. In general, Tsoi's favorite pastime was lying on the couch. I remember, I come, and he, with his legs up, with Belomor in his teeth, reads a book..

9. Viktor Tsoi was interested Russian stage. He knew by heart several songs of Mikhail Boyarsky and once went to the SKK for a concert by Valery Leontiev.

10. Anatoly Sokolkov, the head of that same Kamchatka, says:

"He said to himself:" I am mysterious oriental man". The song "Kamchatka" was written much earlier than Tsoi got here. He wrote a purely phonetic text, he liked the word. When he got a job, everything came together.”.

11. Song " good night» Tsoi wrote in Kyiv. From the tenth floor of the hotel "Slavutich" there was a beautiful view of the city - they say that this landscape and the mood that prevailed in Kyiv just inspired Tsoi to write“I have been waiting for this time, and now this time has come. / Those who were silent ceased to be silent. / Those who have nothing to look forward to, get into the saddle, / they can’t be overtaken, they can’t be overtaken anymore ”.

12. There is a version according to which the word "Assa" was made by such a pop-cultural symbol not by Solovyov and not by Grebenshchikov, but by Tsoi. One of the first sound producers in the USSR, Andrei Tropilo, recalls that “In his opinion, the main thesis Soviet culture in general and various youth actions in particular should be expressed by the word "ACCA!".

“When they recorded “Night” or “Head of Kamchatka”, communication was very difficult. Why? Constant feeling of insanity. You are doing something with one performer, while others, including Tsoi and Kasparyan, are constantly moving, jumping, demonstrating karate techniques to each other. They waved their hands all the time. And when they constantly wave their hands above your head, it's rather unpleasant. I had this word "assa" constantly behind my back. They continuously demonstrated this "ass" to each other. Kick in the jaw or something else".

13. Biographers like to emphasize that Tsoi's undeniably favorite color was black, but this is not entirely true. This color prevailed in stage costumes, but in life, Viktor Tsoi liked to dress brightly and adored yellow(in the East - a symbol of eternity). Tsoi's favorite flowers are yellow roses.

14. Viktor Tsoi and the Kino group managed to give four concerts in the West: in Denmark, Italy and twice in France.

15. The people who surrounded the Kino group on tour note their phenomenal return. Leaving backstage after the concert, Tsoi almost always fell down in exhaustion and lay motionless on the floor for ten minutes. He came to his senses, because on stage he always gave all the best.

alla cherednichenko

Tsoi's guitar secret

In the Museum of Viktor Tsoi in the boiler room "Kamchatka" there is a twelve-string guitar of the musician. For admirers, Tsoi is a sacred artifact, and for its famous owner, it was a quality instrument made in Leningrad.

PHOTO by Vladimir NIKITIN (from the newspaper's archive) " class="article-img">

Once upon a time, teenagers played not on American gadgets, but on Leningrad guitars.
PHOTO by Vladimir NIKITIN (from the newspaper archive)

As we were told in the museum, Victor bought this guitar in 1978 in Gostiny Dvor. At that time, it was one of the best guitars presented in the windows of the Leningrad music trades. Yes, and it cost almost the entire average salary of a Soviet citizen. In order to overpower the purchase, the future legend of Russian rock had to save up the money that his parents allocated him for food. I look at the shabby label on the guitar and see the inscription “Leningrad factory of plucked strings” almost erased. musical instruments them. A. V. Lunacharsky.

“Indeed, at that time the Leningrad guitars of Lunacharka were famous not only in the USSR, but also abroad,” both the musicians and musical masters. And the secret of the success of those guitars was, first of all, in a well-built technological chain production process, serious attitude to the selection of materials and the enthusiasm of specialists. These guitars were made primarily from spruce and birch plywood. Also used beech and maple. Wood from the Arkhangelsk and Vologda regions was especially valued.

“As for the guitar that Viktor Tsoi had, then it high quality depended, among other things, on natural technological features, - explains hereditary guitar master Andrey Babichev. - To speed up the varnishing process, the guitars were covered with a special varnish with only one layer. The peculiarity of the Soviet varnish (and there was no other) is that it dried to a flat surface only if the thickness of the coating was more than a millimeter.

As a result, almost all "Lunachar" guitars of that time were too heavily impregnated with this varnish, which naturally affected the quality of their sound. And only 12-string models were not afraid of the excessive mass of varnish due to the high tension that 12 metal strings rocking the deck.

According to the factory legend, the Spanish guitar served as a model for such instruments. famous musician Anders Segovia, who in 1927 paid a friendly visit to the Leningrad factory. He presented the masters with his tool (according to another version, they used the tool secretly while the owner was distracted). The craftsmen studied the overseas guitar up and down, copied patterns from it, carefully studied the measurements and location of the springs. It was those copied patterns that served as the basis for the best domestic instruments, many of which are still alive.

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Vladimir Vysotsky

There are few people not only in our country, but abroad, whoever is familiar with creativity Soviet bard and actor Vladimir Vysotsky. He went down in history thanks to the unique style of singing and lyrics with humorous street jargon under seven-string guitar. Vysotsky acquired the first famous instrument after the death of Alexei Diky (a Soviet actor) from his wife and, according to his stories, it was made 150 years ago by an Austrian master. Subsequently, Alexander Shulyakovsky made four or five guitars for him, the first with a headstock in the form of a lyre. In addition, Vladimir had a guitar with two necks, which he really liked for its unusual shape, although he did not use the second neck.

Viktor Tsoi

One more outstanding personality national culture of the 20th century is Viktor Tsoi. He is known to everyone as a songwriter and founder of the rock band "Kino". Victor received his first guitar from his mother as a gift - it was a twelve-string. It was on it that almost all the hits of the group were written and acoustic concerts were played. The next to appear was an electric guitar - a Stratocaster brought from America. But when he saw a white Yamaha at Kasparyan, he began to dream of the same and even tried to change with him. Soon, Tsoi managed to purchase a white Washburn EA20 semi-acoustic system, on which he played in last years life.

Jimi Hendrix

Jimi Hendrix can rightly be considered the greatest virtuoso guitarist of all time, since he was called a genius and a phenomenon during his lifetime. At one time, Hendrix's live performances were among the best in the world, and to this day, many guitarists try to emulate him. Now everyone knows that Jimi was left-handed, but bought right-handed instruments, because they were mostly sold only, and he could turn the guitar upside down and achieve a unique sound. Perhaps his most famous was the Fender Stratocaster, it was her who was set on fire at one of his concerts in 1967. From mid-1967 until January 1969, he used a Gibson Flying V, which he painted psychedelic patterns on immediately after purchase and played only a few songs on it. He also had an acoustic one - Martin D-45. My favorite electric guitar was the white Fender Strat.

Kurt Cobain

American guitarist and vocalist of the rock band Nirvana, Kurt Cobain (Kurt Donald Cobain) throughout the entire career of the group had a fair share of guitars, periodically breaking them, but only two models became favorites: Fender Jaguar and Mustang. And instead of choosing one, he made a collage of both, and from his sketch, the Fender company created the Jag-Stang, although he rarely used it. After Kurt's death, she passed to Peter Buck (R.E.M.).

Angus Young

The inimitable Angus McKinnon Young, famous for his energetic performance and uniform of a schoolboy in AC / DC, was faithful to only one Gibson SG model ("70 SG Standard - 1968). Later it was modified by order of Young by Jaydee company with the name Jaydee SG and was highlighted in red with a lightning bolt inlay on the fretboard.Thanks to close collaboration with Gibson, the signature electric guitar, Angus Young SG, was released, where the pickups were designed by Young himself.

Ritchie Blackmore

Hard rock star and founding member deep purple, Ritchie Blackmore (Richard Hugh Blackmore), remembered by many for his ability to mix guitar riffs with organ sounds, long time played a Gibson ES-335. But since 1968 he began to use the Fender Stratocaster, and when recording the Fender Telecaster Thinline. In the 70s, the main guitar was a white Fender Olympic Stratocaster with a rosewood and cleaved fingerboard, to the headstock of which Richie attached a straplock.

The Beatles

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