Masha i medvedi


Masha and the Bears are a Russian rock band formed in 1997 by.

History

The starting point for the band's history was the moment in 1996, when Maria Makarova handed over her demo to Oleg Nesterov of the band Megapolis which was on tour in her native Krasnodar. 13 January 1997, when Makarova signed a contract with Nesterov to become her producer, is considered to be the official date of the band's formation. Later that year the line-up was completed. Supported by the management company Snegiri Music, they moved to Moscow and signed to Extraphone Records which released their debut album Solntseklesh in 1998. The videos for the songs "Lyubochka" and "B. T. " were shot in India and directed by Mikhail Khleborodov. All the lyrics for the album were written by the singer herself, with the exception of "Lyubochka", a humorous take on the children's poem by Agniya Barto.
Both the album and the band received the Discovery of 1998 award at the Maxidrom festival, organized by Radio Maximum and held at the Moscow's Olympiysky. The band's numerous accolades for that year included Band of the Year, Debut of the Year, Singer of the Year, Song of the Year. "Lyubochka" spent 16 weeks in the Moskovsky Komsomolets Charts and reached its top spot four times. The band's second single, "Reykjavik", were also lauded by Russian media. The band headlined several major events in Russia and abroad.
The band's second album Where? was released on March 8, 2000 by Extraphone. Two video clips were shot for the song "Zemlya", which in 2000 appeared in the soundtrack for the film Brother 2.
The group disbanded in 2000, due to a conflict between Masha Makarova and the rest of the group. They reformed in 2004 to record Bez yazyka, their third studio album, released by Style Records in 2006, then resumed touring, performing mostly in Russian clubs. Their next major release, conceived as a puzzle and thematically linked to the expected 'end of the world' came out in four parts and was finally released as the two EPs, Konets and Gusenitsy. On February 23, 2017, the new single "Mira Voyna" was released.

Line-up

Studio albums