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Разные Люди

A Ukrainian and Russian rock group. The group's lead vocalist and author of most songs is Alexander Chernetsky. The group formed in Kharkiv in the 1980s as "GPD" (an abbreviation deciphered either as "Extended Day Group" or "City Psychiatric Dispensary"; according to Chernetsky, there were other explanations such as "Rotten State of Affairs," "God Help the Morons," and a Tallinn newspaper invented a completely absurd one before the 1988 festival—"Glasnost. Perestroika. Democracy"), and in 1989 it was renamed "Raznye Lyudi." In 1999, Alexander Chernetsky moved to St. Petersburg, where the band was recreated with a new lineup. In its St. Petersburg incarnation, "Raznye Lyudi" is a kind of "supergroup." The current lineup includes: Pavel Borisov (ex-DDT, Elektricheskie Partizany), Mikhail Nefedov (ex-Alisa, Elektricheskie Partizany), Dmitry Kovalev (ex-Elektricheskie Partizany), Igor Oystrach (ex-Umka i Bronevik). Sergey Chigrakov ("Chizh") was a member of the band from 1989 to 1994 and constantly collaborates with the band during album recordings. Previous lineups included Boris Shaveynikov (Auktyon), Nail Kadyrov (ex-Zoopark, ex-Trilistnik), Yuri Nikolaev (ex-Trilistnik, ex-Akvarium), Alexander Gordeev (ex-Korol i Shut), Andrei Vasiliev (ex-DDT), Maxim Zorin (ex-Elektricheskie Partizany), and Vadim Kurylev (ex-DDT).