The Quest Pistols' first performance took place in 2007. This is a Ukrainian group that performs pop music. They weren’t promoted by producers, they didn’t dress themselves in newfangled outfits, they just went on stage and rocked it. They based their music on humor, laughter, and positivity.
According to the official website of the Quest Pistols, it included members of the Quest dance ballet - Antoi, Kostya and Nikita. On April 1, they appeared on television on the Chance program with a cover version of the song Long and lonesome road, performed by Shocking Blue. This performance simply became an explosion on television and about 60 thousand viewers voted for the newly formed group. The video for the song “I'm tired” was in rotation in the early summer of 2007, and in November the group released its debut album of the same name. The disc immediately received high praise and quickly sold out. He received the title of “golden” disc. The first Quest Pistols disc came to Russia only in 2008. Almost all of the group's songs were written by Alexander Chemerov, a member of the group Dymna Sumish. But in 2013, one of the lead singers of the Quest Pistols, Nikita Goryuk, began to write lyrics.
In 2008, the group took part in the MTV awards and they became winners in the Debut of the Year category and the Quest Pistols had the honor of representing Ukraine in Liverpool at the MTV awards in Europe.
In 2011, a fourth member, Daniil Matseychuk, joined the group. But the Quest Pistols did not stay in this lineup for long and Konstantin Borovsky left them, who decided to engage in art projects. You can see the group in this composition by inviting Quest Pistols to an event, a celebration. Now the group has already released five albums and fourteen videos. Last clip with the name NEW appeared quite recently, in 2013. And the group so far consists of only two performers - Anton and Nikita.
Quest Pistols- a Ukrainian pop group formed from the dance ballet “Quest”, whose members were Anton Savlepov, Nikita Goryuk and Konstantin Borovsky. Their first performance was on April 1, 2007.
History of the group
April 1, 2007 is the birthday of Quest Pistols. It was on this day that Anton, Nikita and Kostya decided to try their hand at performing in the Ukrainian television program “Chance” in a new role. A cover of the song “Long and lonesome road” by the group “Shocking Blue” blew up the TV air under the title “I’m tired.” TV viewers cast 60,000 votes for their performance, making the Quest Pistols famous.
The debut video “I'm Tired” was released in June 2007, and was immediately included in the rotation of some music TV channels. The Quest Pistols presented their debut album “For You” in Ukraine at the end of November 2007. The disc became “gold” in terms of sales and received only positive reviews. The album was presented in Russia in May 2008.
The lyrics are written by Isolda Chetha (pseudonym of Alexander Chemerov, participant Ukrainian group“Dymna Sumish”, used by him as part of his collaboration with the group Quest Pistols), with the exception of the song “White Dragonfly of Love”, authored by young musician Nikolai Voronov. The material released in 2013 was written by one of the soloists - Nikita Goryuk.
On February 10, 2011, a message was received that Anton Savlepov decided to leave the group. But a week later Anton’s statement appeared in the press that he had changed his mind and decided to return. As the participants themselves later admitted in an interview, it was a joke.
In August 2011, the group added a 4th member. It became Daniil Matseychuk, and in September Konstantin Borovsky left Quest Pistols, who is currently engaged in artistic photography and various art projects.
On June 10, Anton Savlepov posted a video BYE BYE DANYA on his blog, dedicated to the departure of Daniil. According to the group members, Danya will continue to make music.
Discography
Video clips were shot for songs marked with an asterisk ★.
| Album | Songs | Year |
|---|---|---|
| For you | I'm tired ★ (dir. Evgeniy Opanasyuk), Singing live (Intro), For you ★ (dir. Philip Lee), Tomato juice, Starlet (intro), Mom, After the Rain, Loser (intro), Days of Glamour★ (dir. Philip Lee), Be with me, Magic colors, I'm tired (remix), Tomato juice, Quest Pistols Party, First, My girl | 2007 |
| Superclass | White Dragonfly of Love ★ (dir. Konstantin Borovsky), Everything Smells of You, Internet and Laptop, Cage ★ (dir. Vladimir Yakimenko), Until we meet again, Rock and Roll and Lace, Superklass, To the East, He's Near ★ (dir. .Yuri Bardash), Electrical wires | 2008 |
| Fire and tricks | I am your drug ★ (dir. Yuri Bardash), Revolution (feat. Artur Pirozhkov) ★ (dir. Yuri Bardash), You are so beautiful ★ (dir. Yuri Bardash) | 2010 |
| T.B.A. | Hot dancing, You've lost weight (feat. Lolita Milyavskaya) ★ (dir. Yuri Bardash), Different ★ (dir. Philip Lee), Bear (feat. |
In September of the same year, the artists went to Belgium for a festival dedicated to a healthy lifestyle. There the guys presented their program “Dance Against Poison”. It may be hard to believe, but the musicians do not drink, do not smoke and adhere to the principles of a healthy diet.
Soon a video for the song “Days of Glamor” appeared. The video was shot in Kyiv by Asian director and producer Philip Lee. According to the scenario, the “pistols” used chainsaws to destroy branded items of world brands and thereby made it clear that “the days of glamor are numbered.”
Soon the guys presented their third video for the song “For You” (directed by Philip Lee). The plot was simple, but very funny and amusing. The video shows...the filming of the video “For You”! But instead of a real film crew there are cute kids. In the video you can also see rare video cameras and hangers with second-hand clothes.
At the beginning of September, the Quest Pistols pleased fans with another video. The video for the composition “Cage” was directed by Vladimir Yakimenko. In it, the anti-glamorous trio tried to express the meaning of the song through dance. Immediately after filming, the aggressive pop idols of our time went on a large tour of the cities of Ukraine.
In October 2008, Quest Pistols took part in the MTV Ukranian Music Awards ceremony, which was held in Donetsk, and became the best in the “Debut of the Year” category. Moreover, the musicians will represent Ukraine at the main European music ceremony MTV Europe Music Awards, which will take place on November 6 in Liverpool.
Kyiv artists will also take part in international competition dance songs of Europe and the Mediterranean - “Eurodance 2008”. They will present their hit “I’m tired” in a remix from 2 Special & FDR to the audience. The trio views the competition as "a kind of rehearsal." The guys plan to shock everyone with their performance at Eurovision 2009. According to the guys, Russia and others
The countries participating in the competition will be absolutely shocked by what they see.
At the beginning creative path the scandalous trinity - Kostya, Anton and Nikita - performed in Kyiv as the show ballet Quest. For three years, the group captivated the Ukrainian public with its original productions for pop stars, causing a lot of noise, but this was only the beginning.
April 1, 2007 became a significant date for the group, as on this day the guys performed in the Ukrainian television program “Chance” in a new role. Cover version of the hit
Shokin’ Blue “Long and lonesome Road” performed by Quest literally blew up the television airwaves. The public very quickly gave the song the name “I’m tired.” This stunt brought the group 60,000 votes from viewers and made the Quest Pistols famous. The song immediately became the leader in the number of downloads on the Internet and plays.
The debut video of Quest Pistols “I’m tired”, directed by Evgeniy Opanasyuk, was released in June 2007. The video immediately went into rotation on MTV.
In September 2007, the artists performed in Belgium at a festival dedicated to a healthy lifestyle with their program “Dance Against Poison.” Incredibly, the guys don’t smoke, don’t drink, and eat healthy food.
The Quest Pistols presented their debut album “For You” in Ukraine at the end of November 2007. The disc became “gold” in terms of sales and received only positive reviews. The album was presented in Russia in May 2008.
Shortly after, a video was made for the song "Days of Glamor". The video was filmed in Kyiv under the direction of Asian director and producer Philip Lee. One of the brightest episodes of the video can be called the destruction of branded items from world brands with “pistols” using a chainsaw, by which the artists hinted that “the glamorous days are numbered.”
After some time, the musicians presented the third video for the song “For You” (directed by director Philip Lee). Despite the simplicity, the plot turned out to be quite funny and funny. The video is based on… the filming of the video “For You”! However, instead of a real film crew, cute kids performed. The video uses rare video cameras, as well as second-hand clothes.
Another video of the Quest Pistols appeared in early September. The video for the song “Cage” was filmed by director Vladimir Yakimenko. Here the anti-glamorous trio tried to express the content of the song through dance. At the end of filming, the aggressive pop idols of our time went on tour to the cities of Ukraine.
In October 2008, the MTV Ukranian Music Awards ceremony took place in Donetsk. Quest Pistols won the “Debut of the Year” category. In Liverpool on November 6, at the main European music ceremony MTV Europe Music Awards, musicians had the opportunity to represent their native Ukraine.
About the group members
Anton. Team leader. The youngest of Quest participants Pistols. Anton was born in the Kharkov region in the village of Kovsharovka. Even as a child, he was distinguished by his originality: he was a fan of Michael Jackson and wore long hair. At school, Anton had excellent academic performance, but still his passion for dancing took its toll. At the age of 16, he went to the capital to enter the university to become a choreographer. However, he did not study there for long and took away the documents. In addition to singing and dancing, “pistol” is interested in rare retro motorcycles and tattoos.
Kostya. A multifaceted person: dancer, stylist and designer. In the group, Kostya is the generator of ideas. His life until the age of 16 was connected with Chernigov, ballroom and folk dances. After moving with his family to Kyiv, Kostya received a diploma in philology and learned to breakdance. He always knows exactly how to stand out from the crowd. Kostya believes that even if you dress in a second-hand store for 100 rubles, you can look stylish and be cooler than everyone else. He enjoys drawing and fashion design. At night he reads books on Eastern philosophy, and during the day he rides around the city on his motorcycle.
I would ask my parents for money, but I would earn it myself by dancing on the Maidan. The guy's body is so plastic that it seems as if it can take on absolutely any shape. Nikita not only participates in the Quest Pistols, but also plays in her own punk band. Although his lifestyle is far from the life of a “classic” punk.
The Quest Pistols group was created in Ukraine in 2007. The history of the group's creation is very unusual - Quest Pistols grew out of the dance ballet Quest. Even at that time, the guys sang for fun television show, and their performance created a sensation. The song “I'm tired” became a super hit, first receiving about 100,000 votes from television viewers, and then - the universal love of Ukraine and Russia. “We believe that this is a great success, to which we made every effort,” the “quests” themselves say about the success of their first composition. − We made lungs especially for this song dance moves, so that our listeners can pick them up and dance with us. This composition was aimed at success, and its main components were professionalism and strength of intention.” Success was not long in coming. Over the course of four years, the team released two albums, which included about a dozen super hits, including “I’m tired”, “I am your drug”, “You are so beautiful”, “White dragonfly of love” and “You’ve lost weight”, and also shot ten video clips , including sensational duets with Lolita Milyavskaya and Arthur Pirozhkov. Now “quests” have dozens of fan clubs in Russia and abroad. Songs and videos of “Quest Pistols” not only occupy the first lines in the charts of music TV channels and radio stations, they are listened to and viewed daily by thousands of Internet users on major video hosting sites (Youtube, Rutube) and on social networks.
The team consists of three musicians - Anton Savlepov, Nikita Goryuk and Daniil Matseychuk. In appearance they are unceremonious, but in reality they are all vegetarians, do not drink, do not smoke, and oppose drugs and obscene language on stage and in life. Appearance the guys from Quest Pistols make them stand out from the monotonous crowd of Ukrainian and Russian show business, forcing even the most indifferent person to pay attention to them.
Anton Savlepov has been a professional dancer since childhood and was an excellent student. Those around him predicted his future as a scientist, but the choreography prevailed. Does not tolerate frameworks that limit freedom in life, creativity and feelings. IN free time loves to draw. He considers his motor scooter to be the most convenient means of transportation.
Nikita Goryuk - as a child he danced on ice and dreamed of becoming a famous figure skater. But Kyiv disrupted the plans, since ice is rare here. An alternative to ice was the parquet stage; as it turned out later, the replacement turned out to be successful. According to the diploma higher education- economist. She considers dancing and music to be her most serious hobbies.
Daniil Matseychuk has been performing with the Quest Pistols team since 2010. In his free time he enjoys drawing, acrobatics and his own music project− InvisibleiLand. Among other advantages, he is also an athlete. For some, tricking, capoeira and taekwon-do are simply unclear words, and for Daniil these sports are his favorite hobby.
Initially, the Quest Pistols group included three soloists: Anton Savlepov, Nikita Goryuk and Konstantin Borovsky. The guys themselves defined their style as “aggressive-intelligent-pop”. The author of the music and lyrics, except for the song “White Dragonfly of Love” (written by the young eccentric composer Nikolai Voronov), is Polish woman Isolda Chetha. Also at the group’s show there is a costumed ballet performed by only Dima Shishkin. The guys from the group “Quest Pistols” started as a dance show-ballet “Quest”, which, after existing for three years, made a lot of noise in Ukraine. They amazed with the originality and crazy shockingness of their performances, but dancing alone was not enough for them. And they began to sing. The founder of the ballet and producer Yuri Bardash sent Nikita and Anton to vocal lessons, and Konstantin was assigned the role of a rapper. Their vocal debut took place on April 1, 2007 on the air of the popular Ukrainian TV show"CHANCE". This April Fool's prank was enjoyed by television viewers, who gave six thousand votes to the new idols.
In September 2007 in Belgium, Quest Pistols supported healthy image life with the “Dance Against Poison” program. It’s hard to believe, but “quests” do not smoke, do not drink alcohol, eat only healthy food and promote vegetarianism. They also do not visit nightclubs at all and do not listen to club music.
The debut video of the group “Quest Pistols” - “I’m tired” was released in June 2007 and immediately ended up in rotation on the MTV channel, subsequently becoming a real hit. Other famous compositions groups - “Days of Glamor”, “White Dragonfly of Love”, “He’s Near”, “Cage”, “I’m Your Drug”, “Revolution” and “You’re So Beautiful”. The debut album “For You” was released in November 2007 in Ukraine and received gold status. In Russia, the disc went on sale in the late spring of 2008. Several punk rock compositions were added to the Russian release as a bonus.
In October 2008, at the MTV Ukrainian Music Awards ceremony in Donetsk, Quest Pistols won the Debut of the Year category. The group also has awards in its collection music awards“Golden Gramophone” (2008, 2009, 2011 - Ukraine), “MTV Europe Music Awards 2008”, “MTV Russia Music Awards 2008”, “Sound Track” (2010) and others.
And in January 2011, the guys successfully performed in the USA (New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles). At the beginning of 2011, Anton Savlepov announced his decision to leave the Quest Pistols group; later he explained his decision, this was due to a mental crisis. But after starring in the video “You are so beautiful,” he changed his mind. In August 2011, the group included new member- Daniil Matseychuk, and in September 2011, Konstantin Borovsky left the post of performer and retrained as artistic director.