Agon (band)

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This article is about Ukrainian pop-band Agon. For the classical Greek word, see Agon. For other uses, see Agon (disambiguation).
Agon
OriginKiev, Ukraine
GenresPop, Electronic, Dance, House
Years active2016-present
LabelsWarner Music
Associated actsQuest Pistols Show, Dymna Sumish
Websiteagon.band

Agon (Ukrainian: Агонь, translation from Belarusian: Fire) is a Ukrainian-based pop boyband from Ukraine made up of Anton Savlepov, Konstantine Borovski and Nikita Goryuk. Assembled in Kiev in 2016 by former members of Quest Pistols Show, the group has released one album and several singles so far. In November 2017 the three most popular music video of «Agon» had a total of over 20 million views on YouTube.

Overview[]

The band was formed by three former members of Ukrainian pop-band Quest Pistols Show Anton Savlepov (born 1988), Konstantine Borovski (born 1981) and Nikita Goryuk (born 1985) in January 2016[1] after they had collaborated from 2007[2] in the previous band whose music videos had tens of millions of views.[3]

Music and Lyrics[]

The author of both music and lyrics of both «Agon» and its predecessor «Quest Pistols» is Sasha Chemerov[4][5] whose own former Ukrainian band Dymna Sumish (1998-2012) and present US band performed grunge. Despite Sasha Chemerov always sang in Ukrainian and English, the language of songs of «Agon» is Russian.

Other facts[]

Name[]

The name of the band «Agon» is Russian word for fire written with help of Phonemic orthography (written as it sounds) - but in fact the Belarusian word for fire (Агонь) was got.

Stance regarding Russia-Ukraine war[]

Despite Ukrainian Parliament in January 2015[6] recognised Russia as aggressor state, «Agon» several times gave concerts in Russia mainly in Moscow[7]

Lifestyle[]

All three members of "Agon" are vegetarians from no later than 2005 and they made this choice under influence of their songwriter Sasha Chemerov[8]

Discography[]

Studio albums[]

  • #Ябудулюбитьтебя (2016), Warner (translation from Russian: #Iwillloveyou)

Music videos[]

Year Title
2016 «Отпусти»
2016 «Каждый за себя»
2016 «Лето»
2016 «Опа Опа»
2017 «Супергерой»
2017 «Беги»

References[]

  1. ^ https://ukr.segodnya.ua/culture/stars/byvshie-uchastniki-quest-pistols-snova-obedinilis-683968.html (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  2. ^ https://lux.fm/gurtu-agon-10-rokiv-vse-shcho-vi-ne-znali-pro-hlopciv_n1448 (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  3. ^ Music videos of Quest Pistols Show on YouTube Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  4. ^ https://topmodel.novy.tv/ua/news/2017/11/17/agon-i-top-model-po-ukrayinski-vlashtuvali-nichniy-batl (in Ukrainian) Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  5. ^ Facebook of Sasha Chemerov Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  6. ^ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ukraine-crisis-parliament/ukraine-parliament-calls-russia-aggressor-state-seeks-more-aid-sanctions-idUSKBN0L016C20150127 Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  7. ^ Poster for a concert of Agon in Moscow Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  8. ^ Famous Ukrainian vegetarians about their life (in Ukrainian) Retrieved 24 November 2017.

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