“Star” flight.

“Star” flight

Zemfira and dangerous drugs, Rasputin and ass, rock and Rastorguev, who received a tambourine

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© “EG”, 07/30/2015, A blow to the star’s reputation, Photo: uf.ru, via “EG”, agniphoto.com

Denis Popov

How drunk Zemfira didn’t let the Germans sleep

Ask how any artist is feeling, and he will confirm: it is almost impossible to visit the musical Olympus without contracting star fever. It just happens differently for everyone. For some it is in the form of a mild “cold”, while for others it is as a severe chronic illness. Journalists have long classified the main symptoms of this dangerous disease. And the most striking of them is the boorish attitude towards the “plebeians” surrounding the star.

Zemfira Ramazanova

Remember, for example, how the acute phase of “star fever” proceeded for the most interesting performer of the late 90s Zemfira Ramazanova. Now she is white and fluffy, the quiet Turgenev young lady, the beloved girlfriend of the sophisticated Renata Litvinova. And at the beginning of her bright career, Zema deservedly received the nickname “Scandal Girl.” Some fans associate this with the use of dangerous drugs that destroy the psyche. Many believe: after the first stunning success, Zemfira was overcome by the most ordinary delusions of grandeur.

From left to right: Anastasia Kalmanovich (ex-producer of Zemfira), Zemfira Ramazanova, Lena Perova and actor Artyom Tkachenko (far right)

* In Orenburg, a rising rock star hit local TV cameraman Vladimir Rostov on the nose. Because he wanted to take it off near the dressing room. This became the apotheosis of those tours. The artist started causing trouble at the plane’s exit when she saw a black Padzherik instead of the promised 500th “gelding”. Then, at the most inopportune moments, she demanded expensive cognac, sandwiches with doctor’s sausage, and ice cream cake, threatening that otherwise the concert would not take place. And once in the hotel room, she went out onto the balcony with a bottle and yelled at everyone in Ivanovo: “Everyone is a bugger, I’m not afraid of anyone!”

* A similar story happened in Perm. Zema punched the concert organizer in the face because he refused to compensate for the allegedly stolen equipment.

— I heard about cases similar to mine from colleagues from Stavropol, Volgograd, Rostov. And anyway, this Zemfira did such a thing here! – complained a victim named Vladimir in 1999. — The start of the concert was delayed by an hour – the musicians were celebrating someone’s birthday in the dressing room. And the hotel staff complained to me that Zemfira ran around the floors screaming wildly until late at night in a completely insane state. That night some important Germans were staying at the hotel and were very unhappy with the noise in the corridor. The administrator, naturally, asked the artist: “Why are you shouting?” To which I received the answer: “I really want it!” In the morning the musicians calmed down and went to bed in their clothes, without taking off their shoes. Not to mention that all the towels disappeared without a trace. The artists later came up with an excuse for me: they say the fans stole it for souvenirs. But I somehow doubt that the fans in our country are so stupid… It seems to me that Zemfira is simply developing delusions of grandeur with terrible force…

* After a concert in Krasnodar, the singer was barely saved from the local gang. Being in a bad mood, Zemfira Talgatovna went to the tavern, gave in hard and began to bully the boys who recognized her, like: “What are you looking at, sheep, blah!”

* The law enforcement officers also got it from the quarrelsome woman. So, in Kyiv, the artist tore off the cap of a guard. And in Moscow, during a collection at the Olimpiysky, she called the policeman a creature.

* The famous secular photographer Dmitry Mikheev also suffered from the eccentric girl. According to him, fits of rage began to seize the rocker after she became close to the ex-soloist of the Lyceum group Lena Perova. “As soon as they tried to photograph them together, the violence began!” – Dima recalls. Once in the Hermitage restaurant Mikheev was filming guests. And then Zemfira, passing by, suddenly attacked him, grabbing his face with her nails. Thank God they were cut short, otherwise they would have been torn to the point of bleeding.

Irma Ignatova and Lika Star (right)

* MTV presenter Irma Ignatova, in response to a polite request for an interview, heard a choice obscenity from Zema and received a tasty slap in the face. Following this, the singer grabbed some guy with a camera by the spot. The photojournalist’s face turned green with pain, he had to put away the camera and hastily retreat.

Zema in numbers

* The singer will turn 39 on August 26.
* Zemfira was 13 years old when she became captain of the Russian women’s junior basketball team.
* 172 cm – the height of the artist.
* The rocker released 6 numbered albums over a 16-year musical career.
* 2 (at least) tattoos on Ramazanova’s body: a black square on the shoulder and an airplane on the neck.

Dangerous tours

* At the dawn of her career, being Dima Malikov’s roommate, Natalya Vetlitskaya argued with him all the time. The young people constantly argued about which of them was cooler. Once, while on tour in Sochi, it got to the point of assault. During the next showdown, the singer hit Dima on the head with her shoe as hard as she could. Malikov ended up in the hospital.

* Once on tour in Sochi, the Strelki group in full force went to the Eighth Heaven restaurant. At the height of the feast, the wife of the new Russian performed a song from their repertoire at karaoke. Drunk girls began to take the microphone away from her. The waiter intervened and a fight ensued. The local police department did not figure out who was right and who was wrong. The entire group of gops were put in the “monkey barn” for the night. By a strange coincidence, a few days later the head of the Sochi Central Internal Affairs Directorate, General Alexey Belozerov, was dismissed.

* Young Sergei Chumakov, at a banquet in the restaurant of the St. Petersburg Pribaltiyskaya Hotel, pumped up with alcohol, hit a stranger. The heavily drunk lady could not resist and left the establishment hugging a handsome boy. When the flushed couple returned, a bully in a bright green jacket was waiting for them at the door, as it later turned out – the husband. The beauty paddled first. Chumakov got it next. As a result, the singer was taken to the hospital with fractures and bruises of varying severity; he had to have stitches on his face. 15 upcoming concerts turned out to be cancelled.

* Drunk Vladimir Volenko, the leader of “Ladybug,” during a tour to Saratov, had an argument on the train with Max Pokrovsky from the group “Nogu Svolo” and was beaten by him.

Vladimir Volenko with his first wife Inna Anzorova

“We quarreled over the producer of “Legs…” Vadim Khaveson (he had previously worked on “Ladybug” – Ed.), – Volenko explained. “I tried to explain to Max that Haveson only thinks about his own wallet. “What are you humming? Answer! – I called on Pokrovsky, who refused to enter into dialogue. “Imagine that I’m a journalist and I’m telling you that “The Leg Cramped” is shit!” Max got into the fight. We punched each other in the face a couple of times.

Vladimir Volenko with his second wife Natalya Polishchuk

A few days later, Volenko ended up in the police station for a fight with a neighbor next door. According to the investigation, Vladimir and his friends hit Mr. Savelyev I. at the entrance at 5.40 am. The singer later admitted that he was able to hush up the criminal case under Article 213 Part 1 “Hooliganism” only with the help of a large bribe.

How Shevchuk gave Rastorguev a tambourine

Anatoly Chubais and Yuri Shevchuk (right)

In 1990, at a banquet on the occasion of the presentation of the “Black Album” by the Kino group at MDM, Nikolai Rastorguev raised a toast:
– Let’s drink to Vitya Tsoi and rock music!
– What do you have to do with it? I won’t drink with you at all! — Yuri Shevchuk suddenly got excited. And he slammed his glass on the floor.

The men grappled and were barely pulled apart. Then Kinchev recalled this incident as an example of his attitude towards pop music:
– Yura did the right thing – he gave this “lover” a tambourine!
And Shevchuk later repented:
– Yes, I did something weird then! I drank too much…

How Rotaru called Rasputin an “ass”

According to eyewitnesses, behind the scenes of the “Song of the Year-96” concert Sofia Rotaru threw a remark at Masha Rasputina: “Ass!” – hinting at her defiant appearance in tight short shorts of a poisonous color. She remarked in response: “I don’t have an ass, but a butt!” Sofia Mikhailovna shoved the arrogant rude woman in the side with the words: “Go ahead!” Rasputina caught on the microphone wire and almost fell. Then she jumped up to Rotaru: “Speak, but don’t give free rein to your hands. I can answer!” With these words, she shook the singer by the shoulder. And she then showed everyone her bruises and complained that she had been beaten.

Sofia Rotaru and Masha Rasputina (right)