Extrovert
Biography
Extrovert was formed in 1993 in Irkutsk,
Russia. First it played Hard’n’Heavy
and had the name of BIG TROUBLE. After
several substitutions the stuff became
stable and was made up the following musicians:
ALEXANDER AIDAROV - VOCALS MAX POPOFF
- BASS GUITAR, VOCALS VALERY SHUKEVICH
- GUITARS YURI TOMISCH - DRUMS In May
1994 the band was awarded the prize for
professional skill at "Sarma-94"
Festival in Angarsk. Later on in November
it won Grand Prix among 25 groups at the
Festival in Bratsk. 1995. The band changes
the drummer for Dennis Popoff (Max’s
namesake) 1997. In August the premiere
of the rock-opera "Jesus Christ Superstar"
by A.L.Webber took place in Russian. The
performance is of a great success among
critics and spectators. 1998. In Spring
another rock-opera "The Star and
the Death of Hoakin Murrieta" was
staged. The band starts working at its
debut album. 1999. Irkutsk company "Music
Most" releases "Four Elements"—a
long awaited album in English. After having
been recorded the album was presented
on the stage of Irkutsk Musical Theater
in May, 12. Besides their own compositions
the musicians presented 4 compositions
by Antonio Vivaldi from the "Seasons"
series with the participation of the ballet
troupe of the theater. 2000. The premiere
of the rock-show "Stairway to Heaven"
took place on the stage of the theater.
2001. The band takes a permanent keyboardist
Dmitry Iskñhakov and starts to
work at new material. During the concerts
and rehearsals a misunderstanding between
Alexander Aidarov and the rest of the
band emerges... 2006. In February the
band finished recording of the English
demo and starts distributing the demo
package to different foreign labels together
with regular concerts at the clubs of
Irkutsk and other towns of the region.
In March the band started to write the
music for the children’s musical
''Thumbelina"...
Extroverts first Cd " Making The
Ocean Awake" will be released
August 18th. In the meantime check out the groups MySpace
page which is located at: http://www.myspace.com/extrovertband
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