Why did the Quest Pistols group break up? Quest Pistols soloist Mariam Turkmenbaeva

In 2007, three guys, professional dancers, decide to record a cover of the Shocking Blue group's song Long and lonesome road. The Russian version was called I'm Tired - Anton, Nikita and Kostya performed with it on April 1 on the live TV show “Chance”: audience voting helped the team receive more than 60 thousand votes. “April Fool’s Day” turned out to be a happy one: the video for “I’m tired” hits... Read all

Quest Pistols – I'm Tired03:02/* */In 2009, the Quest Pistols established themselves in the role of a cover band with a remake of Nikolai Voronov’s Internet hit about “The White Dragonfly of Love” - this time “quests” take over YouTube: the video receives more than 3 million views.

Quest Pistols - Dragonfly of Love02:51/* */Until 2014, the group periodically changes its lineup, recording videos in America under the supervision of director Yuri Bardash: videos for the tracks Different and Let's Forget Everything turn out to be just as successful online. 2014 becomes a turning point in the life of the group: the group evolves into a fundamentally new formation called Quest Pistols Show. Professional dancers join the team: Washington, a master of dance battles and competitions from Rio, jazz and hip-hop specialist Ivan, and Mariam Turkmenbaeva, a professional dancer and singer who has become the face of the group.

Quest Pistols – Let's Forget Everything 03:13/* */Quest Pistols Show positions itself not as a musical group: it is a full-fledged performance filled with sound, visual technologies and professional choreography. The ideological basis of the group is dance, but this did not stop them from blowing up the domestic charts with the pop hit “Santa Lucia” in the fall of 2014.

Quest Pistols – Santa Lucia03:30/* */In January 2020 the show goes on a world tour. Many compare the team with the Black Eyed Peas - after all, they take world music and dance experience, combining them with their own ideas in order to create a fundamentally new multicultural product. The beginning of March 2020 was a surprise for fans of electronic sound: the release of “Soundtrack” in house style turned out to be maximally focused on club venues.

Today, the songs and composition of the Quest Pistols Show group are known to every person even slightly interested in modern domestic show business.

But in 2007, no one could have thought that the April Fool’s prank performance of three young and outrageous dancers with the composition “I’m tired” would develop into a mega project - the Quest Pistols Show group regularly changes its concept, but does not lose popularity.

Group Quest Pistols Show 2020. New line-up, relevant for today.

About all the members of the Quest Pistols Show group

The history of the group began in 2004. It was then that choreographers Anton Savlepov, Konstantin Borovsky and Nikita Goryuk founded the dance group Quest Pistols. They defined their style as “aggressive-intelligent-pop”. The guys performed quite successfully in front of the Kyiv public, but there was no talk of real popularity yet. Then producer Yuri Bardash sent Anton and Nikita to vocal lessons, and Borovsky was assigned the role of rapper.

The breakthrough occurred on April 1, 2007, on the “Chance” project, broadcast by the Inter TV channel, when a cover of “Long and Lonesome Road” by the Dutch group “Shocking Blue” was performed. The performance instantly received 60 thousand messages of support, and the composition “I’m tired” occupied the first positions of the main domestic charts for a long time.

In September of the same year, in Belgium, the Pistols performed the “Dance Against Poison” program in support of a healthy lifestyle. Many people don’t believe it, but “quests” do not drink alcohol or nicotine, and actively promote vegetarianism. They also do not listen to club music and do not visit bars.

The success of the guys from Quest Pistols was stunning. They did not have time to give interviews, and their photos constantly flashed in Russian and Ukrainian glossy tabloids. In 2011, fans were alarmed by the unpleasant news that Anton Savlepov was leaving the team, but this information was soon refuted. Around the same time, Konstantin Borovsky announced a change of status and transition from soloists to curators, and another participant joined the guys - Daniel Joy (Daniil Matseychuk).

In 2013, Kostya Borovsky and Matseychuk left QP to create the boy band KBDM. Despite the fact that critics started talking about a creative crisis, “Fast Pistols” continued to tour together, and soon they were joined by an incognito participant in a mask.

Originally conceived as a trio, the group grew to five members in 2014. Washington Salles, as well as Ivan Krishtoforenko and Mariam Turkmenbaeva joined the team. Soon Daniil Matseychuk returned to the team. But the main laurels still belonged to the three founders: Goryuk, Savlepov and Borovsky, and the newcomers remained behind the scenes for some time. And only when the updated title appeared and the group received a new name Quest Pistols Show, information began to appear about a change in concept and sound.

Today the team prioritizes high-quality visual images, vivid images and choreography honed to perfection. The opposing images of the participants create the impression of a dance battle, but despite the unusual format, the new tracks turn out to be very harmonious and memorable.

New team format

During the year, when Nikita Goryuk and Anton Savlepov performed as a pair, the guys presented the public with a video for the song Baby boy. The work was radically different from the previous material and was completely unusual for the participants’ style of performance. Perhaps this was the tactical move of the group's producer, or the guys did not yet know in which direction they would move next. But information began to appear more and more often about a change in the format and sound of the group. And yet, the organizers of the Quest Pistols Show did not provide photos of the new participants for some time.

And only when the updated title of the famous group appeared, and since April 2014 it sounded like Quest Pistols Show, the group was replenished with three newcomers: they became famous dancers Miriam Turkmenbaeva, Washington Salles and Ivan Krishtoforenko.

In one of the numerous interviews, the shocking stars admitted that a new era had begun in the history of the group. The vocalists said that they decided to return to their roots and present fans with a completely new dance show. Now the main emphasis in the project’s creativity is on choreography, special effects, and old tracks have acquired a new, more modern sound.

And immediately, to confirm the words about the Quest Pistols Show, the participants presented their new video for the song “Santa Lucia” on all music channels in the country and neighboring countries.

Today the Quest Pistols have three full-length albums in their baggage.

In 2007 - “For You”;
In 2009 - “Superklass”,
In 2020 - “Favorite”.

The team is the winner of the Golden Gramophone and MTV Europe Music Awards.
QP have applied to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest several times: once from Russia and twice from Ukraine. In 2009, it was not possible to pass the selection due to the fact that the composition “White Dragonfly of Love”, in violation of the rules, was already being broadcast on radio and TV. In 2010, the group applied to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest in Oslo with the song “I am your drug”, but the guys failed to make it to the list of finalists. In 2011, another unsuccessful attempt was made. Composition of the group Quest Pistols show 2007-2011:
Nikita Goryuk; Anton Savlepov; Kostya Borovsky.

Nikita Goryuk (stage name - Bumper)

The young man was born in a small border town in the Far East on September 23, 1985. As a child, he was fond of figure skating and dreamed of winning the world title. Graduated from the Faculty of Economics. Having moved to Kyiv, he focused his attention on dancing, thanks to which he was able to meet the ideological inspirer and producer of the Quest Pistols, Yuri Bardash.

Outside the stage, friends describe Nikita as a talented, kind and sympathetic guy. He loves his mother very much. Loves to cook vegetarian dishes. There is a daughter, Marisa, who was born when the singer was only 15 years old.

Konstantin Borovsky (Crutch)

Konstantin was born in Chernigov on February 14, 1981. Before moving to Kyiv at the age of 16, he was engaged in ballroom and folk dancing, but in the capital he was captured by such a popular movement as break dancing. Actually, thanks to this hobby, his vocal career in the Quest Pistols began.

Konstantin has a degree in philology, knows several languages, but does not regret at all that he devoted his life to dancing. In addition to his passion for choreography, Kostya also discovered his talents as a designer and stylist. At Quest Pistols, it was he who designed the sets and costumes for the soloists and ballet, and choreographed the dances. The official website of the group is also his creation.

In the fall of 2011, Borovsky announced his decision to leave his career as a vocalist and completely focus on his work as a stage director. But after some time, the young man left the team, together with Daniil Matseychuk, launching a new project “KBDM”.

At the moment, Konstantin is promoting his brand BRVSKI, plans to act as an expert in the popular reality show “Super Model in Ukrainian” and performs together with the group “Agon”, which united the founders of “QP”.

Anton Savlepov

Anton was the youngest member of the first cast of the Quest Pistols Show. He was born in 1988 on June 14 in the small village of Kovsharovka near Kharkov. As a teenager, he loved Michael Jackson very much, and in order to be like his idol, he even grew his hair the same long.

At school, Anton was an excellent student, so his family predicted a serious academic career for him. But the young man became seriously interested in dancing and met Nikita Goryuk at a breakdancing festival. At the same time, he entered the National University of Culture and Art in Kiev at the choreography department, but due to the creative breakthrough of “Fast Pistols,” classes and sessions had to be put on hold.

In 2013, Savlepov, under the pseudonym Zorko, released a solo disc of the same name. He performed in the Quest Pistols Show group until the beginning of 2020. Then the leading soloists, one after another, began to leave the team, and newcomers began to take their place.

Anton was invited many times to various television shows, including the popular program “Big Difference.” In 2020, together with Konstantin Meladze, Andrey Danilko and Yulia Sanina, Savlepov took on the role of a member of the jury of the 7th season of the talent show “X-Factor”. He also managed to star in the humorous musical “Like the Cossacks” and the romantic comedy “Exchange Wedding.”

Like all members of the first QP lineup, Anton is interested in vegetarianism, tattoos and drawing. The guy also likes rare stories, yoga and Indian culture.

After leaving the Quest Pistols show, Savlepov, Borovsky and Goryuk teamed up again, founding the pop group “Agon” and recreating the beloved first line-up “QP”. The talented guys have already recorded several new compositions, including “Everyone for Himself” and “Let Go.”

Composition for 2011-2013:

Nikita Goryuk; Anton Savlepov; Daniil Matseychuk.

DANIEL MATSEICHUK

Daniil Matseychuk replaced Konstantin Borovsky, who left the group. The young man was born in Kyiv in 1988 on September 20. Before joining the team, he worked as a dancer and model.

Daniil had known the guys from Quest Pistols Show for a long time. They were friends, and for some time Artem Savlepov even lived with Matseychuk. Therefore, when the team needed a new injection, the trio, without hesitation, called a good old friend. Moreover, like all the participants, the young man was a supporter of vegetarianism and a healthy lifestyle.

Daniil stayed with the group for several years. In 2013, he, together with Konstantin Borovsky, created the creative association “KBDM”, which includes not only a music group, but also his own clothing brand, and the club project KBDM DJ's. Matseychuk does not like to talk about his personal life. For a long time he hid his beloved girl, but recently it became known that the couple was living together.

Segment for 2013-2015:

June 2013-April 2014 Quest Pistols, with only two soloists - Nikita Goryuk and Anton Savlepov. They were soon joined by a mysterious masked participant. And in the spring of 2014, three more new members joined the group, and its composition began to look like this:

Anton Savlepov;
Nikita Goryuk;
Washington Salles;
Ivan Krishtoforenko;
Mariam Turkmenbaeva.

IVAN KRISHTOFORENKO

Ivan was born on November 12, 1989 in Khimki (Moscow region). He started dancing at the age of 4, when his parents enrolled him in a folk dance club. But already at the age of eight he realized that his calling was hip-hop.

From 1999 to 2005, Ivan mastered dance skills in the Vanilla Ice group. Graduated from culinary college. Then he entered the University of Culture to major in choreography. At the age of 17, he began participating in various dance battles.

He is a 7-time Champion of Moscow and 3-time Champion of Russia in hip-hop, won the Union Street Dance and Russian Dancing Awards 2009. Finalist of the World Cup (in the hip-hop category) and winner of the dance show “Battle for Respect-2” on Muz-TV.

At the age of 21, he became the host of the “Dancing for Children” program and taught at the Moscow dance school Model-357. Now he has his own dance studio (Studio 26) and hosts a dance program on the “Live” channel.

Ivan’s career in Quest Pistols began as a backup dancer, but after changing the concept and renaming it Quest Pistols Show, he became a full-fledged member of the team.

MARIAM (MARY) TURKMENBAYEVA

The girl was born on April 12, 1990 in Sevastopol. Her parents were professional athletes. It was from them that she inherited endurance and flexibility. At the age of 10, Maria joined the Sevastopol dance group “We”. At the age of 16 she came to the Olympus club.

Later she moved to Kyiv and became a member of the Quest Pistols show ballet under the direction of Yuri Bardash. She took part in several seasons of the show “Everybody Dance”, where in 2008 she took 3rd place, and in 2012, together with Evgeniy Kot, she became a gold medalist. She studied dance art in the United States for 4 years.

As part of the group, she first took the position of chief choreographer (clips “Heat” and “Wet”), and a little later became a vocalist.

WASHINGTON SALLES

Washington Salles was born on August 11, 1987 in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil). She has been dancing since she was 14 years old. At the moment he is one of the top choreographers and dancers not only in Russia, but also in Europe. The main styles I chose were: House, Jerkin, Hip-Hop and break dance.

In 2005, he lived in France and worked on the play Zona Branca (White Zone) at the Chateauvallon Theater. With this production he traveled to many cities in the Netherlands, Brazil and Tunisia. In 2006, he was busy as a choreographer in the Brazilian play Geracao Hip-Hop.

Came to Russia in 2007. Participated in and became a finalist in the MTV project “Dance Floor Star 3”. Then he worked in the show ballet Street Jazz. He collaborated with many show business stars (Vlad Topalov, Yulia Nachalova, Yulia Beretta, Irakli, the Serebro group). He combined his activities as a dancer and choreographer with modeling, representing brands such as Zolla, Adidas, Vladofootwear Jerkin.

He has repeatedly taken part and won in famous dance battles and competitions, such as Freemotion, Version, M357 Battlezone, Street Energy, MIR, Juste Debout.
About the composition of the group 2016-2017:
Nikita Goryuk and Anton Savlepov were the constant leaders of “Quest Pistols”, and later with the “Show” prefix, for more than eight years, but in 2015-2016, with a difference of several months, they left the team. In September 2020, Daniil Matseychuk returned to the group. Now Quest Pistols Show performs with an updated line-up:

Daniil Matseychuk;
Ivan Krishtoforenko;
Mariam Turkmenbaeva;
Washington Salles.

The public liked the new look of versatile, virtuoso dancers, and the video “Santa Lucia” instantly took the top positions of popular domestic and foreign charts. Today, the team has entered the next round of popularity, and many critics believe that a complete change in composition has become the very necessary breath of air for the Quest Pistols. With their enchanting return, “KP” proved that they are a real phenomenon of the domestic pop industry. The quartet has grandiose plans. The guys have prepared a large-scale show for Russian cities, and then they plan to conquer venues in America and Asia.

The composition of the Quest Pistols show group for 2020 consists of:

Daniil Matseychuk
Ivan Krishtoforenko
Mariam Turkmenbaeva
Washington Salles

Biography of Nikita Goryuk

Nikita was born on September 23, 1985 and lived in the Far East, in a border town between the Russian Federation and China.

He is interested in figure skating, and throughout his childhood he dreamed of becoming a world champion.

It was only after moving to Kyiv that I turned my attention to dancing. After all, they not only helped him earn money by dancing on the Maidan, but also to become an independent person. Actually, thanks to them, he met the future founder and ideological inspirer of the Quest Pistols group, Yuri Bardash.

Biography of Konstantin Borovsky

Konstantin was born on February 14, 1981 in Chernigov, where he studied ballroom and folk dancing until he was sixteen years old. In addition to dancing, he loves homemade and vegetarian cuisine, and tattoos. And, it would seem, nothing new could happen in his life when his family got ready to move to the capital of Ukraine. There Kostya's interests changed radically. Now he is interested in breakdancing. In fact, he helps the guy start his vocal career in the pop group Quest Pistols.

Creative activities Quest Pistols

The guys’ first debut song is the song “I’m Tired,” which was performed on April 1, 2007

. Especially for her, the guys thought out simple dance moves so that the listener could not only sing along, but also dance. A rousing melody, easy-to-remember words, and a special manner of performance are the key to great success. As a result, the song gave many people joy, a good mood, and a smile. This is also evidenced by the fact that the hit became the absolute leader in the number of downloads and views (about 60,000 thousand viewer votes) in such a short period of time. In May of the same year, the first video “I’m tired” appeared. Five months later, namely in October 2007, the first album entitled “For You” was released. It included 15 tracks, including the debut hit “I’m Tired,” “Days of Glamor” and “I’m Tired (Remix).” The album not only managed to take an honorable place in the ranking, but also exceeded all levels in terms of the number of discs sold. As for the opinions of critics, they all left only positive reviews.

IN 2009

year, the second album is released, including ten compositions.

in winter 2011

The third album was released this year, and Anton also began to talk about leaving the group. However, a week later, the leader changed his mind and returned back. Reporters were told that this was some kind of hoax. In the same year, some amendments did take place in their composition. Danil Matseychuk joined them, and Konstantin Borovsky left.

Biography of Daniil Matseychuk

Daniil was born on September 20, 1988 in the very heart of Ukraine - the city of Kyiv. He, like the rest of the group, leads a healthy lifestyle. But to join the team, it took him some time to learn the movements and repertoire. And it is unknown how he would have coped if Anton had not helped him master all the subtleties of choreography. At one time, Daniil helped Anton by letting him live with him, but now it’s the other way around.

IN 2012

year, the fourth, last to date, album is released, including six songs.

IN 2013

year, Daniil left the group and joined Konstantin. Together they created their own musical group with a similar name, their own clothing brand, as well as a club project.

At the very end of the current year at the time of publication, 2014

, a new track from Quest Pistols is released - Santa Lucia, which, like many tracks of this group, is receiving wide recognition among young people.

Over all their years of existence, the guys have matured, changed, overcome many obstacles on their way and - most importantly - were able to reach the top.
Now they have many years of experience, an audience of millions who will always remember their compositions, dance moves and everything else. What will happen to the group next, only time will tell, but if other songs do appear, the audience will only be glad to hear them. views

Hits of the group Quest Pistols

The next hit after the sensational cover “I’m tired” was the composition “White Dragonfly of Love”, which collected a record number of views on the Youtube video hosting site. It’s interesting that at the very beginning of their creative career, the pop trio’s repertoire consisted of only 3-4 songs, and this was clearly not enough for full-fledged concerts. The guys found a simple way out: first, “Pistols” rocked the hall with their dance routines for about half an hour, and then performed the songs they had in stock.

By 2007, the repertoire expanded, and the debut album “For You” was released. Almost all the texts were written by the leader of the musical group “Dymna Sumish” Alexander Chemerov under the pseudonym of Izolda Chekhi. The only composition from the period 2007-2012 written by another author is “White Dragonfly of Love” by aspiring musician Nikolai Voronov. Works of later years were written by the group’s lead singer Nikita Goryuk.

The list of other famous hits of the Quest Pistols Show group includes the compositions “Days of Glamor”, “Cage”, “He’s Near”, “Revolution”, “I’m Your Drug” and “You’re So Beautiful”. Thanks to them, the album “For You” received gold status in Ukraine.

In 2011, the first line-up change took place and Borovsky was replaced by Daniil Matseychuk, who took part in the recording of such video works as “Different”, “Romeo”, Let’s Forget Everything” and “You’ve Lost Weight” (with Lolita Milyavskaya). Around the same moment, Anton Savlepov wanted to leave the team, but after the release of the video “You are so beautiful,” he changed his mind.

At the beginning of 2014, popular tabloids increasingly began to write that the team was in a creative crisis. At the same time, Nikita Goryuk released his solo track “White Bride”. Many predicted that the group would cease to exist. But Goryuk and Savlepov continued to tour together, presenting the public with the new single “Baby boy”. And a little later they appeared to the public in a completely new role and introduced new participants. The presentation of the new line-up was marked by the release of a cover of Igor Siliverstov’s 1992 composition “Santa Lucia”.

On November 15, 2014, the band went on a world tour with the premiere of the Quest Pistols Show. The concept of the show became the basis of the group’s new philosophy, which later led the Quest Pistols group to the format of a show project performing dance, club house music.

On November 13, the premiere of a video with Mariam Turkmenbayeva’s solo performance “Alien” took place, and on December 31, the returning Daniil Matseychuk (Daniel Joy) presented the video “We Know for sure.”

In April 2020, at the premiere of the “Dissimilar” video, fans saw the group in the format in which it performs to this day. On September 1, a new video “Coolest of all” was released, and in October the band performed at a large-scale solo “Different Concert” and presented their first album “Lyubimka” with the updated lineup.

The audience enthusiastically accepted the new compositions of the Quest Pistols show, which focus on the quality of choreography. And despite the fact that the vocal component does not yet reach the level of the “pistols” of the first line-up, the participants promise fans to maintain the same provocative and slightly vulgar style and make concert performances no less vibrant than before.

Initially, the Quest Pistols group included three soloists: Anton Savlepov, Nikita Goryuk and Konstantin Borovsky. The guys themselves defined their style as “aggressive-intelligent-pop”. The author of the music and lyrics, except for the song “White Dragonfly of Love” (written by the young eccentric composer Nikolai Voronov), is Polish woman Isolda Chetha. Also at the group’s show a costume ballet performs in the person of only Dima Shishkin. The guys from the group “Quest Pistols” started out as a dance show-ballet “Quest”, which, after existing for three years, made a lot of noise in Ukraine. They amazed with the originality and crazy shockingness of their performances, but dancing alone was not enough for them. And they began to sing. The founder of the ballet and producer Yuri Bardash sent Nikita and Anton to vocal lessons, and Konstantin was assigned the role of a rapper. Their vocal debut took place on April 1, 2007 on the popular Ukrainian TV show “CHANCE”. This April Fool's prank was enjoyed by television viewers, who gave six thousand votes to the new idols.

In September 2007, in Belgium, Quest Pistols supported a healthy lifestyle with the “Dance Against Poison” program. It’s hard to believe, but “quests” do not smoke, do not drink alcohol, eat only healthy food and promote vegetarianism. They also do not visit nightclubs at all and do not listen to club music.

The debut video of the group “Quest Pistols” - “I’m tired” was released in June 2007 and immediately ended up in rotation on the MTV channel, subsequently becoming a real hit. Other famous compositions of the group are “Days of Glamor”, “White Dragonfly of Love”, “He’s Near”, “Cage”, “I’m Your Drug”, “Revolution” and “You’re So Beautiful”. The debut album “For You” was released in November 2007 in Ukraine and received gold status. In Russia, the disc went on sale in late spring 2008. Several punk rock compositions were added to the Russian release as a bonus.

In October 2008, at the MTV Ukrainian Music Awards ceremony in Donetsk, Quest Pistols won the Debut of the Year category. The group also has awards from the Golden Gramophone music awards (2008, 2009, 2011 - Ukraine), MTV Europe Music Awards 2008, MTV Russia Music Awards 2008, Soundtrack (2010) and others.

And in January 2011, the guys successfully performed in the USA (New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles). At the beginning of 2011, Anton Savlepov announced his decision to leave the Quest Pistols group; later he explained his decision, this was due to a mental crisis. But after starring in the video “You are so beautiful,” he changed his mind. In August 2011, a new member, Daniil Matseychuk, joined the group, and in September 2011, Konstantin Borovsky left the post of performer and retrained as artistic director.

The experiment of the incendiary participants of the ballet “Quest” turned into a real sensation. Today, the songs of the group “Quest Pistols Show” become hits in a matter of days, but before their first performance, no one could have thought that the April Fool’s performance of three young and outrageous dancers would develop into a major project with its own philosophy.

Video clips[edit | edit code]

Year	Clip	Compound	Director	Album
2007	"I'm tired"	Anton Savlepov, Nikita Goryuk, Konstantin Borovsky	Evgeniy Opanasyuk	"For you"
	"Days of Glamor"		Philip Lee
2008	"For you"
	"Cell"		Vladimir Yakimenko	—
2009	"White Dragonfly of love"		Yuri Bardash	"Superclass"
	"He's nearby"
2010	"I'm your drug"			—
	“Revolution” (feat. Artur Pirozhkov)
2011	"You are so Beautiful"
	“You've lost weight” (feat. Lolita)	Anton Savlepov, Nikita Goryuk, Daniil Matseychuk
2012	"Different"		Philip Lee
2013	"Let's forget everything"		Yuri Bardash
	"Romeo"
	"Babyboy"	Anton Savlepov, Nikita Goryuk
2014	"Heat"
	"Beat" (feat. Secret Q)
	"Santa Lucia"	Anton Savlepov, Nikita Goryuk, Ivan Krishtoforenko, Washington Salles, Mariam Turkmenbaeva
2015	"Wet" (feat. Monatik)
	"Alien"	Anton Savlepov, Nikita Goryuk, Daniil Matseychuk, Ivan Krishtoforenko, Washington Salles, Mariam Turkmenbaeva		"Favorite"
2016	"Dissimilar"	Daniil Matseychuk, Ivan Krishtoforenko, Washington Salles, Mariam Turkmenbaeva
	“Coolest of all” (feat. Open Kids)		Denis Stulnikov
2017	"Favorite"		Yuri Bardash
	"Oh man!" (feat. Medzhikul)			—

History of creation and composition

The group's biography began in 2007 with the dance ballet "Quest". The band members decided to do something extravagant and act as pop stars, recording a cover called “I'm tired” of the song “Long and lonely road” by Shocking Blue.

The Ukrainian team made its debut in the “Chance” project on the Inter TV channel. The first performance of the newly formed group took place on April 1, 2007, it was well received by the public: more than 60 thousand people voted for the song.

Initially, the group consisted of three young guys. One of them, Konstantin Borovsky, has been interested in dancing since adolescence. He moved to the capital of Ukraine and took up a popular trend at that time - breakdancing. In Kyiv, his vocal career began in the group “Quest Pistols”.

Nikita Gordyuk

Another participant was Nikita Gordyuk: a dancer and singer who was born in a border town between the Russian Federation and China. From early childhood, the boy attended figure skating classes and dreamed of achieving the title of world champion. The young man became a father at the age of 14.

And the conclusion of the trio is, whose parents hoped for the academic future of their son. But, as a teenager, the young man became interested in the art of dance, considering him his idol. Despite the disagreement of his parents, the young man still did what he was attracted to.

The group existed in this composition until mid-2011, after which Borovsky left the team, and Daniil Matseychuk took his place. He was a member of the Quest ballet when he invited the young man to join the group. The young man stayed with Quest Pistols for almost two years, after which he left.

In April 2014, the team was rebranded: the lineup was replenished with three new members. The first of the “new kids” was Washington Salles, who began dancing at the age of 14. In Russia, Salles collaborated with many domestic celebrities.

The next one was Ivan Krishtoforenko, who became interested in dancing from an early age - at the age of 4. Paying special attention to hip-hop, he has repeatedly won competitions in this area.

And the third member of the updated team was Mariam Turkmenbaeva, who had previously been a member of the “Quest” ballet. The girl worked in the group before the rebranding as a backup dancer and choreographer.

In September 2020, Matseychuk returned to the updated lineup and became a permanent member. Very soon after his return, Nikita Gordyuk left the group, followed by Anton Savlepov. With their departure, the history of the Quest Pistols group ended and the era of the Quest Pistols Show began.

Music

Soon after the band’s debut on the television project “Chance,” a video for the song “I’m Tired” was released, which immediately went into rotation on music channels. The band presented their debut album, “For You,” which received platinum certification based on sales numbers, at the end of November 2007.

Song "I'm Tired" by Quest Pistols Show

The next loud statement from the Quest Pistols was a cover of the song “White Dragonfly of Love”. The video for this track was released in the spring of 2009 and became a hit on YouTube. Moreover, the song was played on almost every radio station, and the video was shown on many music TV channels.

The performers continued to develop and already in the fall of 2009 they presented their second studio album entitled “Superklass”. With the release of new “catchy” tracks, the band’s popularity gained momentum.

Song "White Dragonfly of Love" by Quest Pistols Show

An interesting fact from the biography of the group: young people more than once applied for participation in the international Eurovision Song Contest, but never made it to the qualifying round of the competition.

From the beginning of the summer of 2013 until April of the following year, the group toured with two soloists: Savlepov and Gordyuk. There was also a mysterious masked member in their company. In October 2014, the premiere of a video for a song that blew up all the charts at one time took place: “Santa Lucia” - a cover of Igor Seliverstov’s track.

Song "I'm Your Drug" by Quest Pistols Show

The debut of the new format of the dance show took place on November 15, 2014, with which the participants went on a world tour. This show was based on the dance philosophy of the performers, which in the future led to the format of the show project and the name being changed to “Quest Pistols Show”.

The first mini-album of the renewed band released tracks that defined its new genre: club and fiery house music.

Song "You're so beautiful" by Quest Pistols Show

A little later, the group had a big solo performance, “Different Concert,” where they presented their debut studio album, “Lyubimka,” the first in the discography of the renewed group.

In 2020, “Quests” recorded a track with the group “Open Kids” called “Coolest of All,” which later became the soundtrack of the TV show of the same name.

Discography

Studio albums

Name	Information
For you	Release: November 29, 2007 Label: Bomba Music Format: , digital distribution
Superclass	Release: November 26, 2009 Label: First Music Publishing House Format: , digital distribution
Favorite	Release: November 4, 2016 Label: Kruzheva Music Format: digital distribution

Mini Albums (EP)

Name	Information
Soundtrack	Release: March 8, 2015 Label: Kruzheva Music Format: digital distribution

Quest Pistols Show now

Now the updated group “Quest Pistols Show” is actively performing and regularly delights fans with new songs and videos. Moreover, the team often appears at entertainment events as guests: for example, at the Comedy Club.

In the summer of 2020, a new video for the song “Drink Water” was released, and at the beginning of September 2018, the band performed at the “New Wave” event.

The group has a verified account on the social network Instagram, where members regularly publish photos of events from the life of the group.

As for the first line-up of the Quest Pistols, they formed a trio called . But in 2020, Nikita Gordyuk left the group, taking up his own project “ZVEROBOY”.