Alexander Khrabonov died

Today, September 1, the guitarist of the Zoo group Alexander Khrabonov died. September 30, he would be 62 years old.

The death of the musician was announced by journalist Alexei Pevchev.

Alexander Anatolyevich Khrabonov was born in 1959 in Petrozavodsk. Back at school, he began to play the guitar. Having entered the Institute of Pulp and World Industry in Leningrad, he created in 1977 the group “Farewell, Black Monday”.

In 1981, Mike Naumenko, the leader-guitarist of the group, remained in the first composition of the Zoo, all ten years of its existence-until 1991.

“The development of musical material in the group was mainly engaged in two people - Mike and guitarist Alexander Khrabonov,” wrote Alexander Kushnir. “Mike came up with melodic moves, and all the responsibility for the search for adequate arrangements and all kinds of sound nuances laid on Khrabonov’s shoulders <...> Brabunov, possessing tenacious technical thinking, was completely concentrated on arrangements, and the texts were extremely calm and often knew their content only at the level of approximate meaning.”

After the death of Mike Naumenko and the collapse of the Zoo, Alexander Khrabonov collaborated with different groups such as The Hoox, Kaktuzz, Krakatau Surfer , St. Petersburg, Zoo Park, the Trekhista Educational and Autonomous Team.