Charley ATL

Charley ATL was Azerbaijani progressive art rock band formed in 1987.

Charley ATL
OriginBaku, Azerbaijan SSR
GenresProgressive rock; Art rock
Years active1987-1995
Associated actsMinaret
Past membersSee below

History

Charley ATL was founded in 1987, their one and only released album was "Dedicated to victims of Indian Cinema" in 1990. Their style were often compared to King Crimson, Dire Straits and Deep Purple[1] by then in Azerbaijani rock magazine (samizdat) "Rokoko" which was founded itself by band member - Vahid Mustafayev (brother of Chingiz Mustafayev). Their major appearance on stage was during "Rokoko" rock music festival which took place in September, 1991 in Green Theatre. Their first and only music video "Körpə" (Baby) was released in 1993 and was circulated in ANS TV till 1998. Whilst most of bands then sang in Russian, Charley ATL was singing in Azerbaijani. They style derived from folk as well, tar was used as an instrument. Lyrics were heavily sarcastic. Band was eventually split up in 1995 and most of their members left to work in ANS TV.

Present

In May 2017, former band members Stas Kalashnikov, Pavel Bulak, Rafig Velimetov and other musicians including Teymur Nadir, Yashar Bakhish and Rafig Muzaffarli rearranged and shoot video clip for "Gözəl çöllər" (Beautiful Steppes) on occasion of 50th birthday of Gunduz 'Bakili' Suleymanov.[2]

Members
Name Instruments
Gunduz 'Bakili' Suleymanov Vocals and rhythm guitars
Stanislav 'Stas' Kalashnikov Bass guitar
Isgandar Alasgerov Drums
Pavel Bulak Programming and keyboard
Gennady Qasimov Drums
Edward Ten Guitars
Andron Bass guitar
Vahid 'Nakhish' Mustafayev Saxophone and lyrics
Rafig Velimetov Guitars
Vadim 'Styopa' Kocherev Saxophone

Aftermath
  • Pavel Bulak - moved to Moscow and began working on his own project SadFat.
  • Stas Kalashnikov - moved to Moscow and founded KalashnikovBand in 2005.
  • Isgandar Alasgerov - joined to band OZAN and Rast & HezzBand.[3]

Discography
"Dedicated to victims of Indian Cinema" - LP - Stereo - 1990
# Name English Length
1 Freyd dünyası Freud world 04:05
2 Göyçaylı Goychayli 04:54
3 Gözəl çöllər Beautiful steppes 06:10
4 Şah İsmayıl Shah Ismail 04:20
5 Anqola camaatı People of Angola 06:40
6 Good Morning Children 03:31
7 Körpə Baby 05:17
8 Vətənpərvər Əlisəfər Patriot Alisafar 03:31
9 Dülgər ağa Carpenter agha 06:14
10 Əlvida Farewell 05:41
11 The Tree 04:26

References
  1. "Вселенский Двухкассетник (рецензия на альбом ЧАРЛИ АТЛ - «Жертвам индийского кино посвящается» 1993) :: Статьи :: RockZone.az - Рок Музыка в Азербайджане". RockZone. Archived from the original on 2016-05-09. Retrieved 2016-04-20.
  2. Elshan Bagirov (2017-05-12), Çarli ATL Gözəl Çöllər (2017), retrieved 2017-05-13
  3. "Rashad Hashimov - RAST&HezzBand | Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2016-04-20.
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