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Vyacheslav Gennadievich Butusov (Russian: Вячесла́в Генна́дьевич Буту́сов; 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.

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Vyacheslav Butusov Вячеслав Бутусов
Vyacheslav Butusov in 2011
Born	Vyacheslav Gennadievich Butusov (1961-10-15) October 15, 1961 (age 60) 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
Instrument(s)	Vocals guitar bass guitar keyboard
Years active	1978-present
Labels	Nikitin
Website	butusov.ru
Musical artist

Early life

Vyacheslav Butusov was born in Krasnoyarsk.

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.

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.

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.

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

Title	Year	Role	Notes
Ranshe bylo drugoye vremya	1987	Himself	Cameo
Zekralo dlya geroya	1987	Himself	Cameo
Rock in Russia	1988	Himself	Cameo
Serp i gitara	1988	Non-specified
Nastya y Yegor	1989	Himself	Cameo
Spalniy Vagon	1989	Passenger SV
Brother	1997	Himself	Cameo
Aleksandr Bashlachev. Smertelniy polet	2005	Himself	Cameo
Den nefti	2008	Himself	Cameo

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)

На других языках

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- [en] Vyacheslav Butusov

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[ru] Бутусов, Вячеслав Геннадьевич

Вячесла́в Генна́дьевич Буту́сов (род. 15 октября 1961, Красноярск, СССР) — советский и российский рок-музыкант, певец, композитор, писатель, общественный деятель; заслуженный артист Российской Федерации (2019), лауреат премии Ленинского комсомола (1989). Лидер и вокалист рок-групп Nautilus Pompilius, «Ю-Питер» и «Орден Славы».

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