Group "Degrees": composition, repertoire, peak of popularity

Gradusy is a popular band of musicians from Stavropol who created their band in 2008. The main genres of their work are pop music, reggae and funk. They released two album tracks and shot 8 clips.

Group members

The group "Gradusy" includes 5 people. All members of Gradus are friends who share common interests and music. For the years of its existence, bass player Dmitry Bakhtinov and drummer Victor Golovanov left.

Dmitry Bakhtinov is a bass player of the band, an ideological creator known as Fidel. Previously, I spoke in the creative team of the Locust. I left Gradus on the last day of 2013.

Victor Golovanov - drummer of the group, acted in a creative duet with Bakhtinov. He left the group in February 2013. Former member of the groups "Locusts" and "City 312".

Roman Pashkov - the soloist of the group "Degrees", was fond of playing the guitar, conducted a musical program in Stavropol, the author of songs and music.

Ruslan Tagiyev is a vocalist, has the nickname Dj Baks. For a while he worked as a DJ, playing RnB & Mush Up.

Anton Grebenkin - a drummer, took part in jazz festivals, collaborated with Stas Piekha. Replaced Golovanov in 2013.

Arsen Beglyarov before the appearance in the group taught the game on guitar, had joint projects with music bands and performers.

Kirill Jalalov appeared in the "Degrees" on the first day of 2014. Before that I worked with "Nepar" and Vera Brezhneva, was a member of the project "Friend of the DJ".

How did the "Degrees" band come about?

All the members of the collective "Gradusy" come from Stavropol. For the years of their life they crossed each other, they were familiar. When Ruslan and Roman came to conquer the capital, they met in the city and united. Pashkov first was in the group "Ten legs". After her collapse, he worked as a courier, as a drywall plasterer and as a seller in a network of mobile shops. Tagiev, before appearing in the group, was a cook.

After ten years of separation the guys met, Ruslan began to teach Roma DJing. Together they composed poems and melodies, presented to friends for trial. Thanks to the joint collaboration of the guys, 18 compositions appeared. They showed them to friends, including Dmitry Bakhtinov. He liked the songs so much that he decided to leave his project and establish his own band with the guys.

The musicians created 16 compositions. With them, they performed in clubs and eateries. In some cases, the guys had to pay to be allowed to perform. They showed their songs to the producers, but they rejected them until they met with Oleg Nekrasov, who was interested in their work. The guys knew him and somehow invited the producer to the concert. And then they were waiting for success. Soon was recorded their first song, which was rotated on the radio.

Development of the group

2008 is the year of the group's appearance. She owes her foundation to bass player Dmitry Bakhtinov, who suggested R.Pashkov and R.Tagiyev create a creative team. Friends have written several songs, including "Director", "Rogue" and other songs. The guys actively rehearsed for 1.5 months, and it's time for their first real concert. It was held on May 29, 2008, the musicians named it "Gradus 100".

Their first song "Director" appeared when the musicians had a difficult period of their life, they had nowhere to live. She was written on an empty stomach when friends in a cramped living four together in the kitchen.

On the air of popular Russian radio stations, their hit "Director" hit the autumn of 2009. He quickly gained popularity. He was on popular radio stations of the country. He quickly climbed the stairs of the charts, took first place in the charts. It was the sixth most popular single, which was downloaded by all of Russia in 2009. The hit was in the first place in the Russian radio chart.

Soon the musicians shot a clip for the song "Director". He appeared on MUZ-TV and MTV, was a participant in the program "Russian Ten".

The group is gaining popularity

After the release of the first signal immediately appeared the second under the title "Who are you". The first place he did not occupy, but 11 position - also a good result after the debut on the second line. After this track there was a song "I'm never again".

In March 2011 the group "Gradusy" releases the first album "Naked." There were 11 songs, including three singles who loved the Russians. The composition "Naked", which served as the album's title, appeared in one breath. The girl of Roman Pashkov inspired the lover to write it.

The real success was awaited by the band at a solo concert at the Olimpiisky Sports Complex, which was held on October 30, 2012. One by one there were singles "Sweeps", "Oil", "I always remember the main thing", "Radio Rain" and "Dirty glasses".

In the creative arsenal "Gradusov" 8 clips, directed by Georgiy Toidze, Vladilen Razgulin, Grigory Ivanets, Igor Shmelev and Valentin Grosu. Their hits take not only high strings in the charts, but also become soundtracks for the youth serials. The "Gradusy" group was awarded the Golden Gramophone Award. Also, she was repeatedly nominated for MUZ-TV awards.

The Gradus group ceases to exist

The solo project of Roman Pashkov appeared in April 2015. Pa-Shock has nothing to do with the Degrees group. The vocalist had several musical compositions. Roman conducted experiments with Gennady Lagutin and Andrei Timonin from the IFEYOPA project. Their joint video clip the Russians saw on April 15. And at the end of the month the band broke up, as the participants started a solo career. The music of the group "Gradusy" got a lot of love. Until now, their compositions can be heard on the air. Fans would not mind if the guys came together again.