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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Born | Vyacheslav Gennadievich Butusov (1961-10-15) October 15, 1961 (age 60) Krasnoyarsk, Soviet Union |
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Children | Anna Butusova Ksenia Butusova Sofya Butusova Daniil Butusov |
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Years active | 1978-present |
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Website | butusov |
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Vyacheslav Butusov was born in Krasnoyarsk.
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.
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.
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.
Besides his music career, in 2007 he launched a career as a writer.
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]
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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 |
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