Agon (band)


Agon is a Ukrainian-based pop boyband from Ukraine made up of Anton Savlepov, Konstantine Borovski and Nikita Goryuk. Assembled in Kiev in 2016 by former members of Quest Pistols Show, the group has released one album and several singles so far. In November 2017 the three most popular music video of «Agon» had a total of over 20 million views on YouTube.

Overview

The band was formed by three former members of Ukrainian pop-band Quest Pistols Show Anton Savlepov, Konstantine Borovski and Nikita Goryuk in January 2016 after they had collaborated from 2007 in the previous band whose music videos had tens of millions of views.

Music and Lyrics

The author of both music and lyrics of both «Agon» and its predecessor «Quest Pistols» is Sasha Chemerov whose own former Ukrainian band Dymna Sumish and present US band The Gitas performed grunge. Despite Sasha Chemerov always sang in Ukrainian and English, the language of songs of «Agon» is Russian.

Other facts

Name

The name of the band «Agon» is Russian word for fire written with help of Phonemic orthography - but in fact the Belarusian word for fire was got.

Stance regarding [Russian [military intervention in Ukraine (2014–present)|Russia-Ukraine war]]

Despite Ukrainian Parliament in January 2015 recognised Russia as aggressor state, «Agon» several times gave concerts in Russia mainly in Moscow

Lifestyle

All three members of "Agon" are vegetarians from no later than 2005 and they made this choice under influence of their songwriter Sasha Chemerov

Discography

Studio Albums

YearTitle
2016«Отпусти»
2016«Каждый за себя»
2016«Лето»
2016«Опа Опа»
2017«Супергерой»
2017«Беги»