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The group “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” was incredibly popular 20 years ago. Then many girls tried to attract the attention of star kids: Sergei Amoralov, Vyacheslav Zinurov, Igor Bogomazov. Fans were on duty outside their houses around the clock and were ready for literally anything.

“There was a case: a girl on Instagram started writing “I love you” and all that, I deleted her. So she started writing nasty things to my wife, like “I’ll meet you at the entrance.” My wife was always calm on this topic, but here she really got scared. I say: “Man, what kind of nonsense is this? Well, I’m not 17 years old anymore.” We passed this a long time ago...” said the musician.

Sergey Amoralov // Photo: Instagram

In no time popular group"Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" scandal erupted. One of the team members, Andrei Repnikov, was in an accident in 2016 and then became seriously ill. The artist has recovered and is ready to return to the team, but they won’t take him back to the group, so he is forced to work as a loader. Andrey believes that his colleagues are shamelessly exploiting him musical heritage. Once upon a time, the group “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” was extremely popular: top lines of Russian charts, successful concerts. The team has released 7 albums and almost 30 video clips, has a number of music awards and dozens of hits.

The group's staff has changed over time, and now the Fraudsters have turned from a trio into a duet. However, this reduction in numbers was accompanied by a scandal. According to Komsomolskaya Pravda, Andrei Repnikov was expelled from the group. In 2016 he got into serious accident, fell into a coma and underwent rehabilitation for about a year. But now, when the musician has long been ready to start working again, they are not taking him back.

The leader of “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” Sergei Amoralov commented on this whole situation as follows:

- No, we're fine! I don't know what it is, I have no idea. I do not know. It's the first time I've heard it. Andrei is not in the group, he is undergoing treatment,” said Sergei.

Repnikov, having learned about the reaction former comrade, told the correspondent “ Komsomolskaya Pravda”, that after what happened he was forced to do hard work.

— Doctors gave the go-ahead for work a year ago. Now I work as a loader in a warehouse. I carry little things that weigh 800-900 kilograms. The working day lasts 12 hours. “I feel great,” said Andrey.

Repnikov believes that the group never expected his return.

Repnikov also noted that he is the author of most of the songs performed by the group.

— In general, I wrote four “Otpetym” albums. The vast majority of songs from their program are my stuff! They have nothing else to do. I watched one program about “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,” where Amoralov calls himself the author of “Love me, love me!”, the artist said.

Repnikov wants to continue his career as a performer, but no longer as part of Dirty Rotten.

— I will continue to compose and perform. And mediocre artists like “Dirty Rotten” also need to eat. Let them ride, open their mouths to the soundtrack and... live. Honestly? I don't want to talk about them at all. After that I want to go to the shower to wash myself. “I don’t want to say nasty things,” the artist concluded.

In St. Petersburg at the beginning of 1997, Sergey, Garik and Tom released their debut album, and then everyone learned about the dangers of smoking: with the song “Quit Smoking.” In December 1996, a video clip was shot for this song.

The group was noticed in Moscow, and further fate"scammers" was practically solved.

A year later, a video for the song “I’m learning to dance” appears, and after another six months, the “scammers” shoot their third video, “Everything and Everything,” which reached the top of all possible charts.

This hit leaves no doubt about the success of the group's second album of the same name, which was released in 1998.

In Kazakhstan, the group shoots a video for the song “Hali-Gali”, and in between tours writes a third album, which is released in the summer of 1999. Before the release of "Bullshit", the group manages to fly to Spain to film the fifth video clip - "If you're tired of it."

In the spring of 1999, the video work for the lyrical composition “Love Me, Love” breaks all records for the number of airplays and highest positions in the music charts!

In July 1999, the mysterious video “I Moved My Body” was filmed.

In the fall of 1999, "Dirty Rotten" will film "Mu-mu" - the story "that Shurik told you."

From 1999 to 2001, 4 video clips were shot: “I love”, “Don’t tell me anything”, the video was filmed in Spain in the Canary Islands. The materials used in the video clip were: creative activity"Dirty Rotten" filmed from 1996 to 2000, "Girls are different", filmed in France, dir. A. Igudin, “And by the River” is the last video clip for today, dir. - Mironov.

The group consists of three people:
Sergei Amoralov, aka Surovenko, is a soloist, author of many lyrics for the songs of “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels”. S. Amoralov has the first adult category in gymnastics and the category of candidate master of sports in sambo. Dreams of skydiving and never misses a single one football match, from time to time going out onto the field by myself to kick the ball with friends. He loves Formula 1 and constantly watches news broadcasts on TV to keep abreast of the internal political situation in the country and the world.

Tom-Chaos Jr., aka Sr., aka Vyacheslav Zinurov, is the main “inveterate” choreographer, the music and arrangements of almost all the songs of “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” are his doing. Tom-Chaos has vast experience in stage work. In 1996 he took first place among St. Petersburg roller skaters. For five years he worked in the teenage show "Neon Boy" (danced and played the trumpet). His DJ past also makes itself felt: Tom has retained a reverent attitude towards vinyl.

Garik, aka Igor Bogomazov, is the author of lyrics for the songs of "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels", reading nasal rap. I studied at the St. Petersburg football school of the Zenit team for 8 years, studied for 2 years pop vocals at the Academy of Culture. A year and a half ago, Igor got married, and soon a daughter was born, who was named Varvara.

Awards and prizes:
1998 - presentation of the Golden Gramophone award at the Kremlin Palace of Congresses
1999 - presentation of the "Stopudovy Hit" award
1999 - presentation of the second Golden Gramophone award
1999 - presentation of the "Stylish Things" award
2000 - presentation of the “Stopudovy Hit” award (2nd)
2000 - presentation of the third Golden Gramophone award
2000 - presentation of the Popov Prize
2000 - laying of a star on the Avenue of Stars on Arbat
1997 - 2000 - participation in Songs of the Year

Inveterate scammers- Russian pop group.

Story

“Our pride lies in the fact that we are not a production project. We were not selected based on the casting results. Initially, we had a different team, we read social rap almost with obscenities. Then we met Tom Chaos, a DJ, and started making dance music. Producers, Moscow - all this appeared much later. At first we performed at school discos and didn’t think that our project would be so famous.”

Sergey "Amoralov" Surovenko

Over the years of creativity of the group, 27 video clips were shot and 7 albums were recorded. The group’s hits include the songs “Quit Smoking”, “All sorts of things”, “Love” (a cover of the song “Blue (Da Ba Dee)” by Eiffel 65), “Love me, love” (created in collaboration with the poet- songwriter Dmitry Panfilov), “Girls are different”, “And by the river”, “Pay attention” and others.

In the song “Hali-Gali” the group borrowed the main lead from the composition “I’ll Meet You at Midnight” (album “Midnight Cafe” 1976) by the British group Smokie, and in the composition “I Moved My Body” a sample was used from the group’s song “ a-ha "Lie Down in Darkness"

Composition of the group

• Sergei "Sergei Amoralov" Surovenko (born January 11, 1979)
• Vyacheslav "Tom-Chaos Junior" Zinurov (born October 20, 1971)
• Andrey Repnikov Albinovich (born July 18, 1970) - in the group since 2011

• Igor "Garik" Bogomazov (born August 31, 1975) - in the group from 1996 to 2011

Discography

• - "From colored plasticine"
• - "All sorts of things"
• - "Bullshit"
• - "Sticky Hands-2"
• - "Provocation"
• - "All sorts of songs about different things"
• - "In spite of the records"

Video clips

1. - Quit smoking
2. - I'm learning to dance
3. - All sorts of things
4. - Hali-gali
5. - Love me Love
6. - Mu Mu
7. - Move your body
8. - I moved my body
9. - I love
10. - Girls are different
11. - Do not say anything to me
12. - And by the river
13. - Pumps
14. - “Muz-TV with you” (together with the stars of the Muz-TV channel)
15. - Note
16. - Border (feat. Leonid Agutin)
17. - My star (feat. VIA Slivki)
18. - Money-mani
19. - Summer is...
20. - Summer Winter
21. - Traffic cops
22. - Heart to Heart (feat. A "Studio)
23. - Hands off the oligarchs
24. - College (feat Dominic Joker)
25. - It is mine
26. - Russo Touristo
27. - Capital
28. - Get married

??? – She was 25, and I was only 18

Prizes and awards

• 1998-2000, 2003 - III-V, VIII “Golden Gramophone” for the songs “Everything and different”, “Love me, love”, “Girls are different”, “Border” (duet with Leonid Agutin)
• 1999-2008 - Laureates of the festival “Song of the Year”
• 1999-2000 - Winners of the “Stopudovy Hit” award
• 2000 - Popov Prize for the song “Love me, love”

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Notes

Literature

• Alekseev A. S., Burlaka A. P.“DIRTINANT SCAMMERS” // Encyclopedia of Russian pop and rock music / Ed. S. Rubis. - M.: Eksmo-Press, 2001. - P. 301. - 432 p. - 7000 copies.

- ISBN 5040066767.

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Sergei Amoralov, Tom Chaos, Andrei Repnikov have matured greatly, become seasoned and well-fed. However, the style of clothing ( stage costumes), and the manner of communication is still the same. “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” radiated energy and positivity, happily posed for the cameras and laughed a lot.

- How did the Rostov public greet you?

Sergey Amoralov: Very positive. It feels like we are at home. This is not our first time here. We liked everything, as always. We have many friends in Rostov. Everything's OK!

- Where did you vacation in Rostov, where have you been?

Sergey Amoralov: On the left coast! We love crayfish, we love beer, and we love Rostov!

- Why do you think the music of the 90s is becoming popular again?

Sergey Amoralov: Because it's high quality. At one time, when we wrote tracks, we didn’t fake anything, didn’t imitate anyone. And now it turns out like this: “Oh, this is a hit? Let's do exactly the same." You watch all these shows, instead of creativity - karaoke. It is not right. I would like to wish all people writing music: Make your own music, don't look at anyone.

- According to my feelings, the 2000s were a failure for Russia in terms of music...

Sergey Amoralov: It’s so strange, everyone refers us to the 90s, although most of our hits were recorded in the 2000s. Only “All sorts of things” in 1998 and “Love me, love” in 1999.

Tom Chaos: Our zeros! And we are classified as the 90s because the “Star Factory” is invited to the discos of the 2000s, and this is all artificial.

Sergey Amoralov: It's all karaoke!

Sergey Amoralov: When we go on stage, we understand that this music is ours. We're having a blast. Not only us, but also people like her.

Andrey Repnikov: Plus plastic surgery(laughs).

-What are you most nostalgic about from the 90s?

Sergey Amoralov: I remember the institute, the students I knew. I was kicked out of there because the tour began and I could no longer study. I liked studying there, and in other words, this was my first sex education.

- Did you live in a dormitory?

Sergey Amoralov: No. I visited the dorm, and sometimes lived there at night.

Feelings have changed, how did you feel on stage in the 90s and how do you feel now?

Sergey Amoralov: You know, the public has probably become a little more demanding. If previously our site was one of the first on the Internet, now people know how to download music, watch it, listen to it. We are doing well in this regard. We are always honest. Come, look at us - we are who we are.

Today's concert is dedicated to the birthday of Radio Record. I would like to know how you feel about your birthdays?

- Will you celebrate somehow?

Tom Chaos: Naturally, we will congratulate each other. But we won’t drink alcohol until we die.

Sergey Amoralov: I’ll sit down with my wife, grab some wine, put on my music, and we’ll sit and enjoy ourselves. By the way, we have a lot new music. By the way, we are currently installing new clip to the song “I don’t want to study, I want to get married.” We'll launch it sometime in the spring. Everyone will fall in love and get married.

- What would you wish to the Rostovites?

Sergey Amoralov: These are difficult times. Be patient! And all the best. And great real and sincere love!

- Does life get better over the years?

Sergey Amoralov: Over the years, the backpack on the back gets bigger.

The editors would like to thank the organizers of the “Radio Record in Rostov” event and personally Malvina Semynina for her assistance in conducting the interview.