The Flowers | |
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 Stas Namin & The Flowers (2009) | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Genres | rock, progressive rock, blues, ethno rock, rhythm-n-blues, pop-rock |
| Years active | 1969–present |
| Members | Oleg Predtechensky Valery Diorditsa Alexander Gretsinin Yury Vilnin Alan Aslamazov Andrey Shatunovsky Stas Namin |
| Past members | Alexander Losev (1949-2004) |
| Website | flowersrock.ru |
Tsvety (Russian: Цветы, lit. 'The Flowers') is a Soviet and Russian rock band that, according to Itogi magazine, "started all Russian alternative culture". It was one of the first bands to introduce rock music to the Soviet show business.
Established in 1969 by the frontman Stas Namin, releasing flexi discs throughout 1973 with the label Melodiya and sold over seven million copies. Their song "Happiness" was a hit in the USSR for 3 years in the 1980s.
After their successful tour in the USSR in 1974, the band dissolved in 1975 with a conflict with the Philharmonic Society, and with the banning of the band by the government. As a result, they changed their names to The Stas Namin Group in 1976, before changing back to its original name at the Perestroika period.