Smash (Russian band)

Smash!! (in Russian: СМЭШ!!) was a Russian pop duo formed in 2000 which consisted of members Sergey Lazarev and Vlad Topalov. They sang mainly in English, and released their music in Eastern Europe and Southeast Asia. They were most popular among teenagers in Russia and Southeast Asia. The band split up in 2006.

Smash!!
Smash!! in 2002
Background information
Also known asСМЭШ!!
OriginMoscow, Russia
GenresPop
Years active2000–2006
LabelsUniversal Music
Associated actsNeposedi
Past membersSergey Lazarev
Vlad Topalov

Biography

Beginnings

Sergey and Vlad were signed in 2000 with the music label Universal Music Russia, under the name 'Smash!!'. In January 2002, the duo shot a music video for their first single "Should Have Loved You More". In August of the same year, they won the New Wave contest in Jūrmala, Latvia. They'd originally worked together as part of the children's group Neposedi, alongside Lena Katina and Yulia Volkova, the two girls that would eventually become t.A.T.u..

Discography
Album Information
Freeway
  • Released: 2003
  • Singles: "Should Have Loved You More", "Belle", "Talk to Me", "Freeway"
2Nite
  • Released: December 1, 2004
  • Singles: "Obsession", "Faith"
Evolution
  • Released: 2005

Singles
Year Song Album
January 2002 "Should Have Loved You More" Freeway
October 2002 "Belle" Freeway
March 2003 "Talk to Me" Freeway
September 2003 "Freeway" Freeway
May 2004
(September 2004 in India)		 "Obsession" 2Nite
2004 "Faith" 2Nite
2004 "Мечта" 2Nite
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gollark: I'm not sure what you mean by "apartheid profiting", but generally that seems pretty stupid.
gollark: Unless they have a warrant, you can apparently just tell them to go away and they can't do anything except try and get one based on seeing TV through your windows or something.
gollark: But the enforcement of it is even weirder than that:- there are "TV detector vans". The BBC refuses to explain how they actually work in much detail. With modern TVs I don't think this is actually possible, and they probably can't detect iPlayer use, unless you're stupid enough to sign up with your postcode (they started requiring accounts some years ago).- enforcement is apparently done by some organization with almost no actual legal power (they can visit you and complain, but not *do* anything without a search warrant, which is hard to get)- so they make up for it by sending threatening and misleading letters to try and get people to pay money
gollark: - it funds the BBC, but you have to pay it if you watch *any* live TV, or watch BBC content online- it's per property, not per person, so if you have a license, and go somewhere without a license, and watch TV on some of your stuff, you are breaking the law (unless your thing is running entirely on battery power and not mains-connected?)- it costs about twice as much as online subscription service things- there are still black and white licenses which cost a third of the price

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