Charley ATL

Charley ATL
Charley ATL
Origin	Baku, Azerbaijan SSR
Genres	Progressive rock; Art rock
Years active	1987-1995
Associated acts	Minaret
Past members	See below

Charley ATL was Azerbaijani progressive art rock band formed in 1987.

History[]

Charley ATL was founded in 1987, their one and only released album was "Dedicated to victims of Indian Cinema" in 1990. Their style were often compared to King Crimson, Dire Straits and Deep Purple^[1] by then in Azerbaijani rock magazine (samizdat) "Rokoko" which was founded itself by band member - (brother of Chingiz Mustafayev). Their major appearance on stage was during "Rokoko" rock music festival which took place in September, 1991 in Green Theatre. Their first and only music video "Körpə" (Baby) was released in 1993 and was circulated in ANS TV till 1998. Whilst most of bands then sang in Russian, Charley ATL was singing in Azerbaijani. They style derived from folk as well, tar was used as an instrument. Lyrics were heavily sarcastic. Band was eventually split up in 1995 and most of their members left to work in ANS TV.

Present[]

In May 2017, former band members Stas Kalashnikov, Pavel Bulak, Rafig Velimetov and other musicians including Teymur Nadir, Yashar Bakhish and Rafig Muzaffarli rearranged and shoot video clip for "Gözəl çöllər" (Beautiful Steppes) on occasion of 50th birthday of Gunduz 'Bakili' Suleymanov.^[2]

Members[]

Name	Instruments
Gunduz 'Bakili' Suleymanov	Vocals and rhythm guitars
Stanislav 'Stas' Kalashnikov	Bass guitar
Isgandar Alasgerov	Drums
Pavel Bulak	Programming and keyboard
Gennady Qasimov	Drums
Edward Ten	Guitars
Andron	Bass guitar
	Saxophone and lyrics
Rafig Velimetov	Guitars
Vadim 'Styopa' Kocherev	Saxophone

Aftermath[]

- moved to Moscow and began working on his own project .
- moved to Moscow and founded in 2005.
Isgandar Alasgerov - joined to band OZAN and Rast & HezzBand.^[3]

Discography[]

"Dedicated to victims of Indian Cinema" - LP - Stereo - 1990
#	Name	English	Length
1	Freyd dünyası	Freud world	04:05
2	Göyçaylı	Goychayli	04:54
3	Gözəl çöllər	Beautiful steppes	06:10
4	Şah İsmayıl	Shah Ismail	04:20
5	Anqola camaatı	People of Angola	06:40
6	Good Morning Children		03:31
7	Körpə	Baby	05:17
8	Vətənpərvər Əlisəfər	Patriot Alisafar	03:31
9	Dülgər ağa	Carpenter agha	06:14
10	Əlvida	Farewell	05:41
11	The Tree		04:26

Links[]

Music video for "Körpə"

References[]

^ "Вселенский Двухкассетник (рецензия на альбом ЧАРЛИ АТЛ - «Жертвам индийского кино посвящается» 1993) :: Статьи :: RockZone.az - Рок Музыка в Азербайджане". RockZone. Archived from the original on 2016-05-09. Retrieved 2016-04-20.
^ Elshan Bagirov (2017-05-12), Çarli ATL Gözəl Çöllər (2017), retrieved 2017-05-13
^ "Rashad Hashimov - RAST&HezzBand | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-04-20.

[1] "Вселенский Двухкассетник (рецензия на альбом ЧАРЛИ АТЛ - «Жертвам индийского кино посвящается» 1993) :: Статьи :: RockZone.az - Рок Музыка в Азербайджане". RockZone. Archived from the original on 2016-05-09. Retrieved 2016-04-20.

[2] Elshan Bagirov (2017-05-12), Çarli ATL Gözəl Çöllər (2017), retrieved 2017-05-13

[3] "Rashad Hashimov - RAST&HezzBand | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-04-20.

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