Alexander Bashlachev
Alexander Baschlatschow (Russian Александр Николаевич Башлачёв; born May 27, 1960 in Cherepovets, † February 17, 1988 in Leningrad) was a Russian poet, song writer and singer. He applies despite his early death as one of the most influential representatives of the Russian-speaking rock music.
Life
From 1977 to 1978 worked as an artist in Baschlatschow Tscherepowezer Metallurgical Combine. From 1978 to 1983 he studied at the State University of the Ural region in Sverdlovsk at the Journalism Faculty. After graduating, he returned to Cherepovets, where he works at the newspaper communist. In September 1983, he learned about the journalist Leonid Parfyonov the music critic Troitsky Artemi know on whose invitation he carried out a series of " home " concerts in Moscow and Leningrad. In the fall of 1984 left Baschlatschow Tscherepowez first he traveled to Moscow, then to Leningrad.
In March 1985, Baschlatschows first public appearance took place in Leningrad, where he performed together with Yuri Shevchuk, head of the band DDT, in the Auditorium number 6 of the Leningrad Veterinary Institute. This concert was held immediately following the third Festival of the Leningrad rock club instead ( these festivals were the most important rock musical events in the Soviet Union in the mid- 1980s ); therefore it was called the "fourth day of the festival ." A recording of the concert was later released under the title Kotschegarka.
At the same time Baschlatschow recorded his first album. The recording was organized by the head of the Sound Archive of the Leningrad rock club Sergei Firsov in the home studio of the song writers, singer and Tonregisseurs Alexei Wischnja. Later the title Tretya this recording received Stolitsa (Third Capital ). From this point, Firsov saw as Baschlatschows Manager.
The following year Baschlatschow settled finally on to Leningrad, where he became a member of the Leningrad rock club. With the help of Firsov he received in March 1986, a job at a heating plant, which was popularly known as "Kamchatka " (representatives of unofficial Soviet rock music needed at least a formal appointment, to avoid being persecuted by the authorities as " anti-social "; in "Kamchatka " worked at this time among others Viktor Tsoi of Kino ).
In the spring of 1987 turned Alexei Uchitel his film Rock, which also Baschlatschow should occur. During the filming, however Baschlatschow said from his participation. However Uchitel built later material from the funeral Baschlatschows that he had filmed a version of his film in a skirt.
In June 1987, Baschlatschow occurred at the 5th Leningrad rock festival in the Leningrad Youth Palace on, got there the price Hope ( as " hope for the future " ), as well as the rock festival in Chernogolovka near Moscow. In September 1987 he took part in the filming of the movie Bardy pokidajut Dwory ( The Bard leave the farms ) participated in Kiev, but then said turn from his participation. On 29 January 1988, the last attested by a recording obtained Baschlatschows concert was held at the home of journalist Marina Timaschowa.
Baschlatschow died on 17 February 1988., He fell from the window of the eighth floor of the Kuznetsov - 23 Prospectus in Leningrad. Maybe he committed suicide, the cause of death was never determined exactly. He is buried in Saint Petersburg on the Kowaljowoer cemetery. Only after the death of his son Yegor Baschlatschows came to the world.
Museums
On November 1, 2009, Alexander Baschlatschow Museum opened in Cherepovets. It is located in the building of the municipal notes and Music Library No. 11