Gorky Park (band)

Gorky Park / Парк Горького
1988
Background information
Origin Soviet Union
 Russia
GenresHard rock, glam metal[1]
Years active1987–1998, 2022–present (reunions: 1999, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2019)
LabelsMercury Records
PolyGram
SNC Records
MembersAleksandr Marshal
Alexey Belov
Yan Yanenkov
Alexander Lvov
Past membersNikolai Noskov
Aleksandr Marshal
Alexey Belov
Yan Yanenkov
Alexander Lvov
Websitegorkypark-band.com gorkypark-band.ru gorkypark.group

Gorky Park (international title), aka GP, or Парк Горького (Russian title) is a Soviet and Russian hard rock band formed in 1987 by musician, composer and producer Stas Namin at his producing centre SNC in Moscow.[2][3] It is the only Soviet and Russian band to have some success on the MTV and Billboard charts and become world famous.[2][4]

The main springboard to the heights of popularity in the USSR, United States and other countries was the band's participation in the Moscow International Peace Festival, organised by Stas Namin and Doc McGhee. It took place on August 12–13, 1989 at the Luzhniki Stadium under the motto "Rock Against Drugs" and was broadcast on MTV in 59 countries. Gorky Park participated in the festival alongside Bon Jovi, Ozzy Osbourne, Mötley Crüe, Scorpions, Cinderella and Skid Row.[2][3][4][5] After the festival, in August 1989, US PolyGram released GP's first and only studio album of the same name, Gorky Park, recorded entirely in English by the original band, which entered the 1989 US Billboard 200[4] chart and brought the band worldwide fame.[2][6]

In the original line-up, with lead vocalist Nikolay Noskov and general producer Stas Namin, the group lasted only three and a half years.[2][3] In 1990, when Namin sent Gorky Park to its first US tour, there was a conflict in the group, and Noskov left the group. They continued with Alexander "Big Sasha" Minkov as singer.[2][6]

After 30 years, Stas Namin revived his project, and on August 28, 2022[7][8][9] the first concert performance of the band in the new line-up took place at the Russian rock festival "SNC. 35 Years" in Moscow Gorky Park.[10][11] The special guest at this performance was the leader-vocalist of the original Gorky Park, Nikolay Noskov. He passed the baton to the new musicians,[9][11][10] The new line-up of GP are musicians from Russia and the US, singing about Love, Peace and Freedom.[12][8][10]

History

History of the Band's Formation (1986–1988)

In 1986, during his first tour of the United States with the band The Flowers, Stas Namin came up with the idea of creating a band targeted at Western audiences. While touring the US and Canada with The Flowers, Stas decided to form a new band specifically for the Western market. He came up with the name for the future band based on the book Gorky Park, which Yoko Ono had gifted to him in New York. It was both the Moscow address for the new band — the studio of The Flowers in Moscow, in the Green Theatre of Gorky Park — and a world-famous brand[13].Returning to Moscow after touring the United States with The Flowers in October 1986, Namin and art designer Pavel Shegeryan created a logo for the future band — a hammer and sickle in the form of the Latin letters GP[14].

In early 1987, Namin began gathering musicians for his producer project [15] for a new anglophone hard-n-heavy band called Gorky Park[16]. The band members included Nikolai Noskov, a unique lead vocalist and songwriter for that time, and four musicians whom Namin invited from his band The Flowers [17]. Belov, Yanenkov, and Lvov had already been working for several years with employment records in The Flowers [18], and Minkov had worked in The Flowers for three years prior to that [19].

During the first two years of its existence, the Gorky Park band rehearsed and recorded at The Flowers’ base in Stas Namin's studio, located in the Green Theatre of the Gorky Park [20]. The repertoire was created entirely in English. The first song by Gorky Park, which defined the style and genre of the band, was ‘Girl from New York’, which Stas Namin and poet Andrey Voznesensky wrote back in 1986 during the US tour with The Flowers. In early 1987, Namin began gathering musicians for his producer project [21] for a new anglophone hard-n-heavy band called Park Gorkogo (Gorky Park). [22]. The band members included Nikolai Noskov, a unique lead vocalist and songwriter for that time, and four musicians whom Namin invited from his band The Flowers. Belov, Yanenkov, and Lvov had already been working for several years with employment records in Stas Namin's band Tsveti [23], and Minkov had worked in Tsveti for three years prior to that [24].

During the first two years of its existence, the band Park Gorkogo rehearsed and recorded at the Tsveti band's base in Stas Namin's studio, located in the Green Theatre of the M. Gorky Park of Culture and Recreation [25]. The repertoire was created exclusively in English. The first song by Park Gorkogo, which defined the style and genre of the band, was ‘The Girl from New York,’ which Stas Namin and Andrei Voznesensky wrote back in 1986 during a tour of the United States with The Flowers. [26]

In early 1987, Namin began gathering musicians for his producer project [27] for a new anglophone hard-n-heavy band called Park Gorkogo (Gorky Park). [28]. The band members included Nikolai Noskov, a unique lead vocalist and songwriter for that time, and four musicians whom Namin invited from his band The Flowers [29]. Belov, Yanenkov, and Lvov had already been working for several years with employment records in Stas Namin's band Tsveti[30], and Minkov had worked in Tsveti for three years prior to that[31].

During the first two years of its existence, the band Park Gorkogo rehearsed and recorded at the Tsveti band's base in Stas Namin's studio, located in the Green Theatre of the M. Gorky Park of Culture and Recreation [32]. The repertoire was created exclusively in English. The first song by Park Gorkogo, which defined the style and genre of the band, was ‘The Girl from New York,’ which Stas Namin and Andrei Voznesensky wrote back in 1986 during a tour of the United States with The Flowers[33].

In 1987, guitarist Alexey Belov, vocalist Nikolay Noskov (both from Moskva band), bassist Alexander "Big Sasha" Minkov, guitarist Yan Yanenkov, and drummer Alexander Lvov (formerly from Aria) came together to form Gorky Park.[34] Stas Namin, a famous 1970s Soviet musician, became the band's manager. Because Mikhail Gorbachev lifted the censorship, many underground rock bands, including Gorky Park, became able to gain wider popularity. Later that year the band left Russia for the United States in search of a record deal.[4][35]

In the U.S. the band soon made some connections in the record business. One of the first people to take notice was musician Frank Zappa.[4] Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora also helped them to secure a deal with Mercury Records.[35]

In the autumn of 1987, Namin invited American promoter Don King to Moscow, and they shot a film about the Stas Namin Centre and the first music video for the Gorky Park's song ‘Fortress,’ which was shown on the Don King Show in the United States[36].

In the summer of 1988, Namin arranged for Gorky Park to warm up for Scorpions during their tour in Leningrad [37]. It was their concert debut[38]. But the band's real career began in the fall of 1988, when the president of the Kramer Guitar company, Stas's friend Dennis Berardi, became the American manager of Gorky Park [39] and he and Stas Namin negotiated with Jon Bon Jovi to help GP's career in the United States 46 [40].

QUOTE: “When Namin was in New Jersey last April, he asked Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora to help Gorky Park write songs for them in English. John and Richie, the creative force behind Bon Jovi, are always ready to give a hand — they have produced Cher, written songs for Ted Newgent, Aerosmith and Loverboy, and introduced Cinderella to PolyGram executives. They agreed to help Gorky Park” - Rob Tannenbaum, Rolling Stone magazine, 09.02.1989 [41].

QUOTE: “Stas wanted to get Gorky Park a contract with an American record company, and the reason he turned to Dennis was trust”. - Jon Bon Jovi. SPIN magazine, November 1989 [42].

In December 1988, Namin invited Bon Jovi and their manager Doc McGee, as well as PolyGram Records president Dick Asher, to Moscow. At the Stas Namin Centre, a direct GP contract was signed with PolyGram for the release of an album in the United States.[43]

QUOTE: “Thanks to Kramer, Stas Namin, and our manager Doc McGee, the Gorky Park band got a contract with the American record company PolyGram. Richie and I agreed to write and produce a few songs for them — we did that”, - Jon Bon Jovi, SPIN magazine, November 1989 [44]

It was then that Stas Namin and Doc McGee decided to hold an international rock festival in Luzhniki and dedicate it to the fight against drug addiction[45].

The band released a self-titled debut album in 1989,[34] featuring initials "GP" stylized as a hammer and sickle on the cover. With the fall of the Iron Curtain and a growing interest in Soviets to western countries, Gorky Park soon became widely known.[34] The band seemed to be a kind of symbol of American-Russian friendship.[4] The band's first video, "Bang", received MTV rotation.[4] Their next two singles – "Try to Find Me" and a collaboration with Bon Jovi "Peace in Our Time" – received rotation on mainstream radio stations.

In 1989, after signing a contract with PolyGram Records, Stas sent the band to the United States to work with its manager Dennis Berardi and record at his brother Michael's studio in New Jersey [46].

In the summer of 1989, Namin brought the band back to Moscow to participate in the Moscow Music Peace Festival. This festival was organised by Stas Namin together with his friend, American music producer Doc McGee, and took place on August 12 and 13 at the Luzhniki Stadium[47]. Namin included Gorky Park and his Centre's bands Brigade S and Nuance in the concert alongside world stars Mötley Crüe, Bon Jovi, Scorpions, Ozzy Osbourne and others[48]. Namin put only Gorky Park band on the MTV broadcast to 59 countries around the world, along with global superstars[49]. It was this broadcast that became the main springboard for Gorky Park's international career [50].

QUOTE: "If Russian rock impresario Stas Namin personally selected the members of Gorky Park in the USSR, then we can say with confidence that the Soviet rock scene was much more modern than we might think. And given the incredible success expected from the Make A Difference Foundation's satellite broadcast in August, this could well be the key to global domination for these guys, as it is expected to reach around 300 million people worldwide." The HARD REPORT [51]

The Success (1989)

As a result, when Gorky Park's debut album of the same name was released in August 1989, the band was already well known in the United States thanks to the broadcast of the festival. Music videos for the songs ‘Bang’ and ‘My Generation’ were filmed in New York, for which Namin chose director Victor Ginzburg, who had Russian roots and with whom he later made the film Restless Garden.[52] Thanks to the growing interest of the West in the Soviet Union after the fall of the Iron Curtain, Gorky Park soon gained widespread fame in the United States. The single ‘Bang’ made it into the Top 15 on American MTV and stayed there for two months, reaching number 3, making Gorky Park the first Russian band to enter the national American chart.[53]

This turned out to be the first and last album recorded and released in the United States on Polygram Records [54] and in the USSR on SNC Records[55] by the original lineup gathered by Namin[56]. The album itself reached number 80 on the Billboard 200 [57], selling over 300,000 copies in the first three weeks.

The next single after ‘Bang’ was ‘Peace in Our Time’, which, at Namin's request, was written by Jon Bon Jovi especially for Gorky Park and recorded together with Jon Bon Jovi and Richard Sambora.[58]

Gorky Park participated in that year's Moscow Music Peace Festival alongside Bon Jovi, Mötley Crüe, Skid Row, Cinderella, Ozzy Osbourne and Scorpions.[34] Gorky Park joined the other acts from the Moscow Music Peace Festival in the compilation album Stairway to Heaven/Highway to Hell. This album included each band performing one song from an artist who died from, or a band who lost a member to, drug problems. Gorky Park's contribution was a cover of The Who's "My Generation". Namin's producing centre is referred to in the lyrics of the Scorpions hit Wind of Change.[59] In 1989, guitar manufacturer Kramer introduced a balalaika-shaped Gorky Park signature model, similar to Belov's custom-made instruments.[60]

Breakup of the first lineup (1990)

After the festival and the release of the album on Polygram Records in 1990, Namin and Berardi organised a tour of the United States for the band[61], during which some of the musicians decided not to return to Russia, but to stay in the US [62]. However, the lead singer, songwriter and frontman of the band, Nikolai Noskov, did not agree with the musicians' decision and returned to Moscow. [63]

The four musicians who remained in the United States, without Nikolai Noskov and Stas Namin, tried to continue their activities for some time, using the popular name that did not belong to them [64], but their promising career in the United States effectively failed, Polygram did not renew their contract, and without their lead singer and general producer, they were unable to gain support from other major American record labels 4 7 8. They disappeared from radio airplay and MTV, and their career in the US did not take off 5 14 20. Upon returning to Russia, they attempted to use the name ‘Gorky Park’, but the courts prohibited them from doing so.[65]

Thus, the band Gorky Park, created and promoted by Namin, quickly gained worldwide fame but fell apart three years after its creation.[66]

The band continued into 1990 touring with Bon Jovi and performing at the Goodwill Games opening ceremony.[4] Gorky Park live shows often featured the band dressed in traditional Russian style, waving Soviet and American flags. In 1991, the band received Scandinavian Grammis award as the best new international act.

As Perestroika era came to its end, the group's fame in America subsided rather quickly.[34] Nikolai Noskov left the band in 1990, but Gorky Park remained active and kept releasing albums in the 1990s,[4] with Minkov taking over as lead vocalist. 1992's Moscow Calling, produced by Fee Waybill, sold 500,000 copies outside the US.[4] Their next album, Stare, was released in 1996, but only in Russia, followed up by promotional tour of the former USSR states.[4] In 1998, the band released Protivofazza.[4] In 1999, Nikolay Noskov joined for the first time in nine years to sing "Bang", also Alexander Minkov left the band and started his solo career under the stage name Alexander Marshall. Gorky Park was never officially claimed to disband, but have been inactive since 2001. Belov and Yanenkov continued to perform Gorky Park songs in their bands "Park Belova" (Belov Park) and "Muzykanty gruppy Gorky Park" (Musicians of the Gorky Park band). Line-up of that period: Alexey Belov (vocals, guitars), Yan Yanenkov (guitars), Alexander Bagnov (bass), Alexander Makin (drums).

Since then, Gorky Park made several brief reunions in festivals. In 2008, Gorky Park received Muz-TV award for contribution to Rock music and performed "Moscow Calling" with Alexander Minkov.[67]

On November 18, 2012, the band played a special show in Crocus City Hall in Moscow to celebrate their 25th anniversary. Nikolay Noskov joined the band on stage for the first time since 1999 to sing "Bang".[67]

Revival of the Gorky Park band

In the spring of 2022, after a thirty-year pause, Stas Namin decided to revive the brand he had created in the late 1980s and assembled a new line-up for the Gorky Park band.[68]

Gorky Park's first performance with the new line-up took place in August 2022 in Moscow at the Russian rock festival in the Green Theatre of Gorky Park, timed to coincide with the 35th anniversary of the Stas Namin Centre - SNC. [69]The special guest at this performance was the lead singer of the first line-up, Nikolai Noskov. He sang several songs with the band, including his famous ‘Bang’, passing the baton to the new musicians of the band, and now often performs with them.[70]

As a result, the new super team of Gorky Park includes Oleg Izotov, a guitarist, arranger, and vocalist well-known in Russia and abroad; Marco Mendoza, a world-famous American bass guitarist and lead vocalist[71]; Sergey Arutyunov, lead vocalist, guitarist and vocalist Tim Grigorovich, and drummer Oleg Khovrin, with legendary Kenny Aronov (USA) occasionally participating in foreign tours.[72]

During its first two years, the band played several large concerts, including a solo concert at Crocus City Hall in 2024.[73]

In 2023–2024, Gorky Park released two new digital albums, concert CD and DVD with new songs, music videos, and several singles. In April 2025, the band released a music video for the song ‘One World Freedom.[74]Their song ‘Their World / Our World’ was among the top 10 songs in the 30th Annual USA Songwriting Competition 2025.[75]

Members

Current lineup
  • Oleg Izotov — lead guitar, lead vocals (2022—present)
  • Tim Grigorovich — lead guitar, vocals (2023—present)
  • Alexey Baev — rhythm and lead guitars (2022—present)
  • Marco Mendoza — bass guitar, backing vocals (2022—present)
  • Kenny Aronoff — drums (2022—present)
Past members
  • Nikolai Noskov — lead vocals (1987—1990, 1999, 2012, 2022)
  • Aleksandr Marshal – bass guitar (1987–1998; 1999, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2019), backing vocals (1987-1990; 1999, 2012), lead vocals (1990-1998, 1999, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2019)
  • Alexey Belov – lead guitar, backing vocals (1987—1998; 1999, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2019), keyboards (1989—1994), rhythm guitar (2019)
  • Yan Yanenkov — rhythm guitar, occasional backing vocals (1987—1998; 1999, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015)
  • Alexander "Little Sasha" Lvov — drums, backing vocals (studio) (1987–1998, 1999, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2019)
  • Nikolai Kuzminykh – keyboards, backing vocals (1994—1998, 1999: died 2011)

Timeline

Discography

Studio albums

Year Title Label US Release
1989 Gorky Park Mercury Records 80[76] Europe
USA
Russia
1992 Moscow Calling BMG International, N.V.
1996 Stare Nox Music
1998 Protivofazza Nox Russia

"—" – Album did not chart or was not released in country

Singles

Year Title Chart peaked Album
US
1989 "Bang" Gorky Park
"Try to Find Me" 81[77]
"Peace in Our Time"
1992 "Moscow Calling" Moscow Calling
1996 "Stare" Stare
2001 "Сделано в России" (Made in Russia)
2019 "Hello my Friend"
  • A snippet of "Bang" was used in HBO's Barry season-one finale. The song was played in the scene where the Chechens were readying their weapons.

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