Konstantin Stupin: early years, career and best songs

Punk rock in Russia has always been unusual The music of the other rock genres was often treated with caution, and more often with contempt. Their music could hardly be called melodic and technical, but the lyrics of many of their songs were very profound. are not inferior to power ballads or philosophical songs of Russian rock.

This article will talk about a musician who not only played punk rock, but also lived as a real anarchist. Konstantin Stupin.

Early influences

City Eagle became famous to fans of punk music as the birthplace of Konstantin Stupin, who moved there from Volgograd with his parents. Creation in the boy's family was never agitated: the Stupins worked in the most down-to-earth jobs imaginable.

From his very childhood, Konstantin showed signs of rebellious vein - Growing up in the criminal neighborhood of Micron, the young man resisted any traditional way of life. Stupin spent his entire high school life rehearsing in the school band, as singing and music were the boy's all his life.

The music teacher at the school did not rely on talent Bones, because after a while the collective, called euphemistically "The Night Cane," became an integral part of not only Informal The band was a big part of Oryol, but also of the city as a whole. However, none of the band members wanted star status, so the guys were content with local gigs and hadn't planned to conquer the big stage.

"Night Cane, Prison and Solo Career

The band's name comes from the sloppy Translation Konstantin heard the phrase "night cane" just from such a translation. The fame of the group did not take long: Stupin and company became popular in Orel very quickly, and their performances delighted all visitors to local discos.

Musical style "Night Cane" looked like weighted punk rock, although originally the guys were planning to play something similar to Accept or Motörhead. Now the last Russian punk include to the talented Yegor Lethov and even Kurt Cobain, but fans rightly note that Stupin was much large than the leaders of Grazhdanskaya Oborona and Nirvana.

Konstantin and his comrades showed their punk chic at a concert in Moscow in 1990, hitting the "Festival of Hopes.". The judges were stunned by the absolutely drunken young men who came on stage and wanted to stop the performance, but at that moment Konstantin began to sing. Stupin and company returned to their native Oryol by legends.

Only to double the success of the musicians failed: First the bassist left Night Cane, and later the guitarist left as well, ending up in prison. Stupin's hope for a better future was suddenly lost. That's when the musician's descent to the very bottomThe musician would end up behind bars more than once, as he lived a life of debauchery in his rare moments of freedom. The musician would end up behind bars more than once, as his wild life in his rare moments of freedom again forced Stupin to cross the line. The Russian punk spent almost nine years of his life in custody.

In his sobering moments, Constantine tried to revive "The musician found support in the person of Denis Grekov and Pavel Kalinin, who lived in Mikron, known to everyone as Mikron. After a while the musician found support in the persons of Denis Grekov and Pavel Kalinin, who, like Stupa, lived in the well-known Mikron and who equated the Oryol punk with Tsoi. In the 2010s they help musician to break into the creative life again thanks to YouTube videos in which Stupin performs his best songs.

It all started with a song "A fuzzy fox tail.". In the video, an older, wrinkled-looking man sings deep lines in a hoarse voice, and Konstantin Stupin, the former vocalist of Night Cane, can be seen in this image of a man disconnected from society. His videos, at first glance unassuming and simple, appreciated at the merit of thousands of people.

When Stupin began to make music again, he came alive and found a second wind, but briefly: Stupa could only record songs when he was sober, which since the mid-1990s he had very little. His "producers" managed to record new material, but after that the musician went down again. Gradually Stupin stopped appear not only on social networks, but also on Micron.

He is remembered as the last true Russian punk... 

Rare days of enlightenment fell during the filming of the film "Homunculus."In 2015 the film premiered, and at the same time Stupa was back on the scene: during his absence, the musician was away. In 2015 the film premiered, and at the same time Stupa made himself known again: during his absence the musician was in psychiatric clinic. Stupa recorded a video message to his fans on YouTube.

Two years later, listeners are shocked by the news of death musician. It was announced that Konstantin died of cardiac arrest at his home in Orel, although the musician had given a concert a couple of days before and was feeling well. However, illness and bad habits exacerbated the shaky health of Russian punk.

Stupa and his work influenced many teenagers who lived in the same neighborhood as the legendary punk. One such was the musician NielsStupin, who currently participates in various rock festivals with his band. For the then young musician Stupin was legendThe film was a great hit with the image of a hard-boiled rock 'n' roll man. Niels was also involved in the realization of Konstantin's solo career.

Maxim Stonov, who later became initiator The Stupa's social media promotion, also knew the legend from his youth and looked up to him. He even bought a red bass guitar like Lemmy from Motörhead, and started his own band called Euphoria.

The dream of practicing his special musical craft came true for Stupa before his death: only then was the musician truly happy. Even after the musician's departure, critics left Stupin with the title the last Russian punk rockerand in this they were absolutely right.

Most Popular Songs

There are just over two hundred songs in Konstantin Stupin's legacy. Some of them are still have not been fulfilled But the musician still managed to record his best hits.

My Lord

One of key of compositions in Stupin's entire oeuvre. In the rough sound of the guitar one hears the experience of that same "my lord," whose youth and friskiness, past at waronly disturbing dreams and medals remained. With such tragedy and friskiness about the sad fate of a man drowning in old memories could only be sung by Stupin, whose fate turned out to be not better.

When I died

Complicated composition with a large number of references, the meanings of which are based mainly on mythology. Stupin acts here as the voice of the god of spring BaldraThe text therefore mentions dracar, cats, and owls, which, after Baldr's death and, consequently, the Sun, will have no need of light and will begin to rule the world. At the end, the author acts as if against Christianity, speaking of baptism against the will. Stupin once again Surprised listeners with stark acoustics with multi-faceted and strong lyrics.

We broke up.

An unpretentious motif with sad lyrics On the loss of love. The poems, placed on simple acoustic guitar chords, first take the reader for a ride through bright flashes of feelings the author, and by the end bring a wistful resolution to the languishing war in the soul: no matter how much time has passed since the last meeting, the heart won't forget of past love.

Hans

The war with memory, which on occasion immediately starts shooting - this is the song about "Hans.". With a sloppy move, the hero woke up in myself old memories, at first doubting their naturalness, but then plunging fully into them. What terrifies Stupin is precisely memory - The one that only brings pain.

A fuzzy fox tail

The same song that returned punk rocker to Internet fame. A true rock 'n' roll lifer, Stupa returned with a composition that echoes the echoes of last life musician. Already a classic, "The Fox's Fluffy Tail" seems to tell listeners how the poet lived before the revival, and that fervor helped Stupa return to real rock and roll.

Ice and Wind

Again Stupa turns to the subject loneliness. His hoarse voice is as if telling how he, a wanderer, was everywhere, how he addressed the gods, but was not heard. Ice and wind remained for him in this world, and nothing but cold Stupin did not feel at the end of his life. Perhaps that's the point: from the depths of the ages the ice and the cold winds look down on us, and into the same depths each of us will someday will go. The Oryol legend and the last punk Konstantin Stupin also went there.