Vyacheslav Butusov

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Vyacheslav Butusov Вячеслав Бутусов
Vyacheslav Butusov in 2011
Born	Vyacheslav Gennadievich Butusov (1961-10-15) October 15, 1961 (age 59) Krasnoyarsk, Soviet Union
Occupation	Singer songwriter composer
Children	Anna Butusova Ksenia Butusova Sofya Butusova Daniil Butusov
Musical career
Genres	Alternative rock art rock new wave rock and roll electronic post-punk
Instruments	Vocals guitar bass guitar keyboard
Years active	1978-present
Labels	Nikitin
Associated acts	Nautilus Pompilius U-Piter
Website	butusov.ru
Musical artist

Vyacheslav Gennadievich Butusov (Russian: Вячеслав Геннадьевич Бутусов; born October 15, 1961), is a Russian singer and songwriter. He was the lead singer of Nautilus Pompilius and U-Piter. Since 2019, he has been playing in the group "Orden Slavy" created by him. He also has his own solo career as a singer and songwriter.

Early life[]

Vyacheslav Butusov was born in Krasnoyarsk. Because of his father's profession, he lived and studied in different places of Siberia during his early life. While Butusov was in the ninth grade, they moved to Sverdlovsk (today Yekaterinburg), where he later studied in the Sverdlovsk Architectural Institute. He participated in the design of the Sverdlovsk Metro.

Musical career[]

1982-1997: Nautilus Pompilius[]

While he was a first-year student at the Sverdlovsk Architectural Institute, he was acquainted with musician Dmitry Umetsky. The two young men were passionate about music and often gathered to play together. This resulted in the recording of Nautilus Pompilius's first album Pereyezd (Relocation) in 1982, which met with little success. In the same year, Butusov met the poet Ilya Kormiltsev. Together, they recorded the band's first mature album, Nevidimka (Invisible) in 1985. Next year their tandem released the record Razluka (Separation), which sparked the band's popularity. The band's last album, Yablokitai, was recorded by Butusov and Kormiltsev in 1996 in England with the participation of Boris Grebenshchikov and English musician Bill Nelson, who was the album's producer.

1997-present: Solo career[]

After Nautilus Pompilius disbanded, Butusov launched his solo career. In 1997, he recorded Nezakonnopozhdenniy AlKhimik doktor faust pernatiy zmey with Yuri Kasparyan, and in 1998, his first solo album, Ovaly. During this years he also had a brief cameo in Russian crime film Brother, directed by his friend Aleksei Balabanov, for which he also wrote and composed the soundtrack.

2001-2017: U-Piter[]

In 2001 Vyacheslav Butusov founded the band U-Piter with former Kino guitarist Yuri Kasparyan. They recorded 7 albums, the last being Gudgora in 2015. U-Piter was disbanded in 2017.

Writing[]

Besides his music career, in 2007 he launched a career as a writer, publishing a series of books.

Personal life[]

Butusov is married to Anzhelika Estoyeva (born 1970). He has four children: three daughters - Anna (born 1980; with his first wife Mariana Dobrovolskiy-Butusova), Ksenia (born 1991), Sofya (born 1999) and Daniil (born 2005).^[1]

Discography[]

Solo albums[]

• Ovaly (1998)
• Tikhe igry (2001)
• Model dlya sborki (2008)

Collaboration albums[]

• Most (1985) (with Yevgeniy Dimov as part of the project "Step")
• Nezakonnopozhdenniy AlKhimik doktor faust pernatiy zmey (1997) (with Yuri Kasparyan)
• Elizobarra-Torr (2000) (with Deadушки)
• Zvyodzdniy padl (2001) (with musicians of Kino)^[2]

Film soundtracks[]

• Brother (1997)
• Brother 2 (2000)
• War (2002)
• Dead Man's Bluff (2005)
• Igla remix (remake of The Needle (1988 film) (2010)

Filmography[]

Publications[]

• Virgostan (2007)
• Antidepressant (M., Eksmo, 2007) (Co-authored with Nikolay Yakimchuk)
• Arkhiya (2011)

Awards[]

• Lenin Komsomol Prize (1989) for his songs with Nautilus Pompilius»,^[3]
• Golden Gramophone Award (2004) for his song City Girl
• Tsarskoselskaya Khudozhestvennaya Price. (2007)
• Medal "15 years of Kemerovo and Novokuznetsk diocese" (March 26, 2009)^[4]
• Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" (October 13, 2011) Order IV. For his contribution in the development in music, art, and many years of creative activity.'^[5]

References[]

External links[]

• Official Website of Butusov & U-Piter Vyacheslav Butusov's current group (in Russian)
• Official Website of Nautilus group Vyacheslav Butusov's worldwide famous group (in Russian)
• Biography of Vyacheslav Butusov (in English)