Кипелов
Valery Kipelov was born on July 12, 1958 in the Kapotnya district of Moscow. During his school years he studied at a music school, from which he graduated from the accordion class. He made his first steps in music in the group "Peasant Children", which performed mainly at holidays and weddings.
In 1978-1980, he served in the ranks of the Soviet Army, first in the Yaroslavl Region in a training company, and then in the Urals near Sverdlovsk in the Strategic Missile Forces with the rank of sergeant in a communications company. There he also took part in amateur music performances, performing songs in front of officers and on holidays.
After the army in 1978-1980, Kipelov became a member of the Six Young Ensemble, which also included Nikolai Rastorguev, later the leader of the Lyube group, and Sergei Chernyakov, the future drummer of the Alpha group and the Black Coffee group. In September 1980, Kipelov and Rastorguev continued their careers in the VIA "Leisya, Pesnya", where the entire cast of "Six Young" joined. But in 1985, VIA did not pass the state program and the ensemble was closed. Kipelov goes to VIA "Singing Hearts", which was produced by Viktor Yakovlevich Vekstein. When Vladimir Kholstinin and Alik Granovsky, members of Singing Hearts, begin to create a heavy metal project, Valery joins them as a vocalist.
Kipelov in the group "Aria" wrote music mainly for lyrical ballads: "Dreams", "Without You" (co-authored with Bolshakov), "Sunset", "Take My Heart" (co-authored with Dubinin, Kholstinin and Mavrin) , "Everything that was", but there were also exceptions: "Dead Zone", "Follow Me", "Dirt" (co-authored with Terentyev), "The Way to Nowhere", "Chimera" (co-authored with Kholstinin) and "The Beast" (co-authored with Dubinin and Kholstinin). After the split of Aria in 1987, only Kipelov and Kholstinin remained under the leadership of Vekstein. Kholstinin brings his friend Vitaly Dubinin to the new composition. The group is also joined by Sergei Mavrin and Maxim Udalov.
In 1994, Kipelov had disagreements with Kholstinin. Due to the lack of touring activities and the financial problems that arose, Kipelov worked as a night watchman. To make money professionally, Valery Aleksandrovich performs with the Master group in the recently opened nightclubs. Kholstinin, who made his living by breeding and selling aquarium fish, perceives this act of Kipelov as leaving the group, which is why the recording of a new album begins with Alexei Bulgakov. Sergey Mavrin declares that he does not see any prospects for success without Kipelov and leaves the group. Kipelova "returns" the recording company Moroz Records, threatening the group with fines for breaking the contract.
In 1997 Kipelov and Mavrin recorded a solo album "Time of Troubles", it included 10 songs, including those not typical for the style of "Aria". Subsequently, the Mavrina group "Mavrin", founded the following year, performed songs from this album.
In 2001, after the release of the Chimera album, the tour, the Nashestvie festival, where the group was headlining, Kipelov refuses to participate further due to the differences existing in the group and announces his decision to start a solo career. He is supported by guitarist Sergei Terentyev, drummer Alexander Manyakin and band manager Rina Lee. According to Valery, the musicians agreed that no one would get the Aria brand, Kipelov and his team named their team by the name of the leader. The rest of the participants - Kholstinin and Dubinin - were going to name their collective, like the last joint album, "Chimera", but after a short time they decided to return to the name "Aria", since they retained the copyright to it. Kipelov's last concert with Aria (Judgment Day) took place on August 31, 2002.
