Biography
Grigoriy Zarechnyy is one of the genre-defining artists in Russian chanson, combining intense lyrics dealing mainly with legal problems arising in the lives of common truckers and drivers with the language of thieves - fenya. His songs use widespread fenya words and tackle social issues such as police bribery, the toughness life in jail and lawlessness in modern Russia. As a person writing from own experience, G. Zarechny is an artist respected by incarcerated Russians for knowing what he is singing about. This is important for a chanson singer in modern Russia, where most such singers haven't been to jail for even one "khodka", which undermines their authority in jail-related matters greatly.
Grigoriy Zarechnyy was born in Baku on October 29, 1958. His childhood was similar to that of millions of Soviet children with dreams of becoming an astronaut and participation in various musical activities at school. At 18 Grigoriy came to a military registration office with his dog and asked to be enlisted together. Thus he served in a watchdog unit.
Zarechnyy came back from the army and soon lost both his parents. In a situation where he had to quickly establish himself he became a trolleybus driver and since then his life is closely connected to driving and music.
Unlike many other singers who state that they have lived their songs, Zarechnyy does not use such assertions as a mere advertisement and writes from personal experience.
The official page (in Russian) is located here: http://www.zarechny.com
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