China Biography of the group
The name of the group is associated with the metro station "Kitay-Gorod", which housed the first rehearsal base of the group. The group gained wide fame in the year, after the release of the song "after the rain." He was replaced by Sergey Jus. Thus, already in the year, a single team was formed, which passed together to the very end. Their biography is not replete with frequent changes in the composition, the departure of soloists or musicians.
Perhaps the reason for this is that they did not exist for a very long time. The participants themselves believe that the China group was so stable, because like -minded people with similar tastes and concepts in music got into it. Plus, the leadership of an experienced producer, who did not allow disagreements and quarrels, was noted to appear. According to his stories about his life, we can safely conclude that this is a versatile in their hobbies and, like many creative people who completely do not tolerate control from people around.
Initially, Grisha was engaged in martial arts in which he was able to achieve not small successes. And only after 14 years, music entered his life. He entered a music school, choosing this activity for himself the main one. Having devoted a lot of time to creativity, he paid little attention to study and communication with others. According to him, because of this, he most likely had frequent conflicts within the school.
Gothic style and romance of darkness so fascinated the soloist that he literally completely sought to comply with all the canons of the trend. The rest of the group also talked about their life and the appearance in the team. This is his musical career, it was quite not successful. He tried himself in another group, but she broke up very quickly, not having much success. Sonya Fink Basatar is the only girl, besides, also a bass player.
In her own words from the interview, she was quite a home -made girl in childhood, fond of dancing, music and embroidery. Her life was changed by acquaintance with Grisha, after which their strong friendship began. They were always fascinated by the idea of creating their own group. But, of course, without a drummer, Sergey Jus, the composition of the group would be incomplete.
He appeared the very last after the departure of the old drummer. But he became a fixing link in the team. Epo -culture elements had a strong influence both on the sound and on the texts of the songs themselves. It was the coincidence of the style of the collective and the desires of youth at that time that caused the success that his music received. The China group performs songs not only in Russian, also in its repertoire there are English texts or individual elements in compositions.
Sometimes her work is equated to the Tokio Hotel group, calling a more simplified Russian version. However, the differences can still be found, and the images of the children are not completely copied. After repeated refusals from cooperation by recording companies and radio stations, the group showed its demo-records to the famous producer Maxim Fadeev, who, later, began to work with them.
And already on the set of the first clip, Grisha met Sergey Jus, who later became a member of the group. Thanks to Maxim Fadeev, who also acted as a director of the clips, the group received great advancement and glory. 4 clips were released that gained wide fame and love of the audience, as well as received various nominations. And at the beginning of the summer of the year, according to the Moscow Komsomolets, the group became the main musical shock of the season, that is, a group that literally after the appearance became instantly popular, and their video clips and songs fell into the rotation of the country's leading channels and radio stations.
Nevertheless, the main song will always be the composition “After the rain”. For which the guys received the Best Song of the Year Award and made them idols of informal youth. This song can be heard in the screensavers to some series. Also in the year, the group won two nominations “OE Video Music Awards”, arranged by the OE entertainment channel, broadcasting in the Baltic countries.