Armen Grigoryan biography

Born on November 24 in Moscow, in the family of a diplomat. It was supposed to be born in Cairo, where his parents were on a business trip. But because of an unknown epidemic that flared up in Egypt, his mother leaves “from sin away” to Moscow, where he gives rise to a future rock star. As a child, he was fond of football, three times was the champion of the Leningrad district of Moscow for the leather ball.

Back at school, in the year, Armen Grigoryan founded the Black Spots group, and in the year, entering the Moscow Aviation Institute at the Faculty of Radio Electronics, together with Eugene John Khomyakov and Alexander Sevastyanov organized the group “Atmospheric pressure”. In the year, it organizes the Rock band “Krematoria”, which initially performs in apartments and soon quickly gaining popularity in the rock circles of the capital, and then at the All-Union level after the release of the illusory world in the year.

Then the Grontary group at the Moscow Rock Laboratory festival received Grand Prix. In the year, the most famous album of the group is recorded and comes out. The Aurora magazine called "whom" one of the best albums of the year. The clip shown on television was shot for the song “Glass Wind”, and the rest of the songs from this plate were “resuscitation machine”, “Helled Elsa”, “Claustrophobia”, “Habibulin”, “Kondraty”, “Pir of the White Mumiy”, “Posy Posy Pos” and “Hare Rama” became hits [1].

After that, in the year the Krematoria began its touring activities. In the year, the film “Tatsu” with the participation of Nastya and “Crematorium”, which turned out to be quite weak and did not receive it, was shot, which did not prevent it from using it as the basis of a number of video clips of the group. In the 10ths, the “Krematorium” leads an active creative life, releasing new albums and touring concerts in Israel, Germany, the USA in the former union and Russian abroad.

The group enjoys the attention of critics and remains the beloved numerous fans. Grigoryan is considered one of the “fathers” of Russian rock, and the “crematorium” stands by contribution to the development of rock music in Russia on a par with other “pre-perestroika” teams. The lyrics of Grigoryan are multifaceted, the real and other worlds intersect in the songs.

Armen pays particular attention to the topic of life after death, various religions. The texts of songs, in years, often deliberately rude, “household”, today have become quite elitist.

Various musical movements from a waltz to heavy rock have always influenced the music of the “crematorium”. In arrangements, at the same level with solo guitar, attention is paid to the violin, which gives a “crematorium” a special flavor. The most famous hits of the group “Crematorium” include such songs as “Glass Wind”, “Ugly Elsa”, “Little Girl”, “Sexy Cat”, “Crematorium”, “Leprosorius”, “Tanya”, “Strawberry with Ice”, “Outsider”, “Habibulin”, “Kondraty”, “Last Chance”, “Three Sources”, “Three Sources”, “Three Sources”, “Three Sources”, “Three Sources”, “Three Sources”, “Three Sources”, “Three Sources” and “ other in the year the album of the “third angel” “Chinese tank” is released.

The Krematorium group, led by Armen, continues to act in parallel. Grigoryan is also self -realized as an artist, in the years opening a number of personal exhibitions and releasing the catalog of his own work. The Kremitoria group today is of great interest for fans of rock music, and remains one of the most outstanding rock groups of Russia. Mother-Aida Mikhailovna originally from the Armenian city of Goris-was a microbiologist.

It has three children: Grigor, Elizabeth, Anna. Show Likes.