Grigory Leps
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| Birth name | Григорий Викторович Лепсверидзе Grigory Victorovich Lepsveridze |
| Also known as | Григорий Лепс Grigory Leps |
| Born | 16 July 1962 Sochi, Russian SFSR |
| Genres | Pop rock, rock music, hard rock |
| Occupations | Singer-songwriter, musician |
| Instruments | Singing, guitar, piano, drums |
| Years active | 1995–Present |
| Labels | Мистерия Рекордс |
| Website | www.grigoryleps.ru |
Grigory Victorovich Lepsveridze (Russian: Григо́рий Ви́кторович Лепсверидзе), commonly known as Grigory Leps, is a Russian singer-songwriter created a unique style mixing between rock music, pop music, and in his early career shanson. Known for his low strength voice with long-range vocals[clarification needed].[1][dead link][2][3]
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[edit] Biography
Grigory Leps was born Grigory Lepsveridze in the city of Sochi, Russian SFSR in an ethnically Georgian family. He finished music school in the class of Percussion instrument. After the army he started to play and sing in a few rock bands, and worked as a singer in restaurants.[4]
He suffered from alcoholism and drug addiction, and to get far from that life he went to Moscow. There he started singing in restaurants, until he received a record deal, and in 1995 he released the album May God Keep You (Khrani vas bog). The song "Natali" became a huge hit, but he didn't know that because he was hospitalized for drugs and alcoholism. The doctors told him that one more drop of any of the drugs could kill him completely.[2][4][5]
In 1997 he released his second album, A Whole Life (Tselaya zhizn), which to had few hits including "Chizhik", "Gololed", "A whole life".[5]
In 2000 he released the album Thank You People, with the major hits "Shelest" and "Nu i chto". At that album was seen the change in Leps's style, with him completely leaving the Shanson and moving to rock music.[2] That year he met Anya, a dancer in the Laima Vaikule ballet who became his wife. At the same time he lost his voice, and went through an operation.
In 2002 he released the album On Strings of Rain (Na strunakh dozhdya), with a major hit "Rumka vodki na stole".[2][5]
In 2004 he released a cover album of songs written by Vladimir Vysotsky in rock versions, Parus. The song "Parus" had a video clip and the album took top places at the selling charts.[6] The second part of the album, Vtoroy was released in 2007 with its presentation concert being held in the Kremlin hall.[5][7]
In 2005 he released a compilation album called Izbranoye... 10 let.
In 2006 he released two albums, both reaching high success. Labirint, with the hits Labirint and Vyuga,[8] and the album V tsentre zemli, with the hit Zamerzayet Solntse. The premier concert for the V tsentre zemli album took place in the Luzhniki Stadium.[1]
In 2007 he released two compilations. I'm Alive (Ya zhivoy, vidioclips), and All My Life - a Road (Vsya moya zhizn - doroga, best songs).[2]
In 2009, about the presentation of the album, "Waterfall ". It includes brand new songs old hits.
In February 2011 took a trio of concerts devoted to the new album "Pince-nez" After a year Leps moved to a different style of music.
[edit] Musical style
Leps is known for his wide vocal range. He has a low growling voice. His style mixed rock music, pop music, and used to also has shanson in it.[3]
[edit] Family
He met his second wife Anna in 2000, she was a dancer at the Laima Vaikule balett, with who they had two daughters, Eva (b. 2002), Nicole (b. 2007) and a son Ivan (b. 2010). He also has a daughter from his previous marriage, Inga, who established an art advisory in London in 2010: www.lepsart.com.[9]
[edit] Trivia
- Leps, a Russian Orthodox, always chose an apartment so a church would be seen through the window, or at least a road, because it "always leads to a church".[9][10]
- He collects old books.[9]
- He collects Icons, and for one of them he once gave his car. Among his collection he has an icon that belonged to the Romanovs, as well as another icon from the 15th century.[3]
- He collects sunglasses.
[edit] Discography
- Albums[11]
- 1995 — Натали (Natalie)
- 1997 — Целая жизнь (Lifetime)[12]
- 2000 — Спасибо, люди... (Thank you, people ...)
- 2002 — На струнах дождя... (On the strings of rain ...)
- 2004 — Парус (Sail)
- 2006 — Лабиринт (Maze/Labyrinth)
- 2006 — В центре Земли (In the center of the Earth)
- 2007 — Второй (Second)
- 2009 — Водопад (Waterfall)
- 2011 — Пенсне (Pince-nez)
- 2011 — Берега чистого братства (Bank of pure brotherhood) together with singer Alexander Rosenbaum
- DVDs[11]
- 2005 — Парус Live (Sail Live) Concert at the State Kremlin Palace in Moscow March 13, 2004
- 2007 — В центре Земли Live (In the center of the Earth Live) Concert in SC "Olympic" November 16, 2006
- 2007 — Я — живой! (I - live) Collection of video clips
- 2010 — Что может человек (What can a man) Sat ornik videos
- 2010 — Водопад Live (Waterfall Live) Presentation album, "Waterfall", SC "Olympic" November 20, 2009, Full version concert
- 2011 — Научись летать Live (Learn to fly) Presentation album, "Pince-nez", Crocus City Hall, 7 mat, Full version concert
- Collections[11]
- 2005 — Избранное... 10 лет (Favorites... 10 years)
- 2007 — Вся жизнь моя — дорога... (All my life - the road ...)
- 2010 — Берега. Избранное (Shore. Favorites)
[edit] References
- ^ a b http://www.grigoryleps.ru/images/shanson.jpg
- ^ a b c d e http://russianshanson.info/?id=203&attr=1
- ^ a b c Lapteva, Elena (2008-05-23). "Григорий Лепс: "За одну икону я отдал машину"" (in Russian). Komsomolskaya Pravda. http://www.kp.ru/daily/24102/328904/. Retrieved 2009-04-01.
- ^ a b http://vip-bilet.ru/content/view/169/3/
- ^ a b c d "Leps, Grigory" (in Russian). Russkoye Radio. http://www.rusradio.ru/artists/all/274208/.
- ^ Alekseyev, Aleksandr. "Перепеть Высоцкого" (JPG). Rossiyskaya Gazeta. Archived from the original on 2007-12-19. http://web.archive.org/web/20071219082426/http://www.grigoryleps.ru/images/ross--gazette.jpg.
- ^ http://www.grigoryleps.ru/images/T23_big.jpg
- ^ Belova, Olesya (22–28 May 2006). ""Лабиринт" Григория Лепса" (in Russian) (JPG). Nasha Versia. Archived from the original on 2007-12-19. http://web.archive.org/web/20071219101811/http://www.grigoryleps.ru/images/versia_big.jpg.
- ^ a b c http://www.grigoryleps.ru/images/mk_bulvar.jpg
- ^ http://www.grigoryleps.ru/images/7d.jpg
- ^ a b c Discography
- ^ Not mentioned in the discography, but quoted here: 1997. ... We are releasing the album "Lifetime", where I experiment with different authors ...
[edit] External links
- Official website (Russian)
