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Alexander Balunov - biography and creativity
Today we will talk about who is Alexander Balunov. "The King and the Jester" is a punk band in which he was a bass player. This Russian rock musician was born in 1973, on March 19, in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg).
Biography
Originally Balunov acted as the guitarist of the band. From 1993 to 1995 Was the second vocalist. At this time, Andrei Knyazev served in the army. Alexandra was also drafted into the armed forces.
The band in 1996, June 23, performed at the festival entitled "Fill the sky with kindness." After this project, "King and Jester" left Grigory Kuzmin - bass player. As a result, Balunov played the guitar instrument until 2006. In 2003, along with Andrei Knyazev and Alexander Leontiev, Yakov Tsvirkunov and Mikhail Gorshenyov, participated in the project "Rock Band", in the work on the song "Pops". In 2006 he left the band. Two weeks later he returned. Held there only a few days, decided on the final break. Since that time he lives in the US, devoting himself to creative work.
In 2006, he appeared in the band as a bass player during her American tour. In 2008, he helped Mikhail Gorshenyov record a song called Do not crucify me together with the California band Red Elvises. In 2012, he created a tribute to the song of the 70s under the title "Do You Believe Me?" In 2013, in America, he organized a project called "Balu and Boatswain". In 2014, Balunov and Knyazev released an album of rarities and archives "The King and the Jester". It contains rare entries of the Heresy album, as well as a number of other previously unreleased project records. Over the restoration, Alexander himself worked, attracted to the work of the Californian recording studio. In 2015, our hero released a single called "As a Star." The work was created jointly with Red Elvises - a group from California.
Personal life
Guitars
The next was the silver-colored guitar Kramer Pariah Ebony. I played it from 1994 to 1995. In the club called TaM-tAm. With this instrument, the first album, "Be at Home, Traveler", is recorded.
White Danelectro Baritone allowed our hero to completely switch to bass. He played this instrument from 1995 to 1996, with him took part in the concerts "Fill the sky with kindness" and "Rusted wires".
Black Jolana D-Bass is the first bass guitar. It was played in 1993 in TaM-tAm. The first professional bass guitar was the black Aria Legend STB-JB-DX BK. It was played from 1996 to 1998. A concert was recorded with this instrument called "The Feast of the buffoons".
The most famous guitar was the blue Bass Rickenbacker 4003 FL. She played on it from 1999 to 2002. On this instrument the concerts "The Dead Anarchist" and "Eat the meat of the peasants" were recorded. Further from the States was brought the red Fender Precision. On it, the musician played in 2003. The next instrument is an exclusive model of the yellow Fender Zone. Her hero brought us from America. I played on this instrument from 2003 to 2006. Took him to America. On this bass guitar played a concert in the "Olympic". Balu left this tool in his homeland, he did not take it with him.
Memories
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