Childhood and youth
Born in the era of the VIA and dissidents, Slava lived in the village of Meshcherino, Moscow region. As a child, the future singer had many hobbies. The boy's life combined football, playing wind instruments and drums, participating in theatrical productions, judo and photography. Due to the financial difficulties that Zherebkin’s mother experienced while raising her son and daughter alone, Vyacheslav was forced at one time to live and study in a boarding school.
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Vyacheslav Zherebkin in his youth
The boy taught himself to play the guitar, hoping that this would help girls like him. After school I studied at a vocational school. In 1989, Vyacheslav was drafted into the army, where he served as a gunner in a tank unit.
After demobilization, the young man managed to work at a factory, then as a taxi driver, but soon returned to musical activity. Among the first projects in which Slava participated was the group “Cinematograph”, then “Duet”.
Together with his friend Vladimir Asimov (also a future member of the Na-Na group), Zherebkin organized a musical group that performed at corporate events. Asimov invited Zherebkin to the casting for “Na-Na”.
Excerpt characterizing Zherebkin, Vyacheslav Panteleevich
- Please come to me! – Stella, suddenly saddened, whispered quietly, “you know that you can’t stay here yet... Grandma said that you won’t stay for a very, very long time... That you can’t die yet.” But you come... Everything around suddenly became dark and cold, as if black clouds had suddenly covered Stella’s colorful and bright world... - Oh, don’t think about such a terrible thing! – the girl was indignant, and, like an artist with a brush on a canvas, she quickly “painted over” everything again in a light and joyful color. - Well, is this really better? – she asked contentedly. “Was it really just my thoughts?..” I didn’t believe it again. - Surely! – Stella laughed. “You’re strong, so you create everything around you in your own way.” – How then to think?.. – I still couldn’t “enter” the incomprehensible. “Just shut up and show only what you want to show,” my amazing friend said, as a matter of course. “My grandmother taught me that.” I thought that apparently it was time for me, too, to “shock” my “secret” grandmother a little, who (I was almost sure of this!) probably knew something, but for some reason did not want to teach me anything yet... - So you want to see what happened to Harold's loved ones? – the little girl asked impatiently. To be honest, I didn’t have too much desire, since I wasn’t sure what to expect from this “show.” But in order not to offend the generous Stella, she agreed. – I won’t show you for a long time. I promise! But you should know about them, right?.. – the girl said in a happy voice. - Look, the son will be the first... To my greatest surprise, unlike what I had seen before, we found ourselves in a completely different time and place, which was similar to France, and in clothes reminiscent of the eighteenth century. A beautiful covered carriage was driving along a wide paved street, inside of which were sitting a young man and a woman in very expensive suits, and apparently in a very bad mood... The young man stubbornly proved something to the girl, and she, not listening to him at all, calmly hovered somewhere... then in her dreams, which really irritated the young man...
Music
The original plan, according to which the Na-Na group was to become only a step on the path to the musical Olympus, failed miserably. Zherebkin was basking in the rays of glory and no longer thought of looking for anything else. Noticing that Vyacheslav was unusually easy to communicate with the audience at concerts, “turning him on,” Bari Alibasov invited him to become a soloist.
The first song “White Ship”, performed by Zherebkin, became a hit, followed by such masterpieces as “Curly-haired forelock”, “Timid”, “Barbara”, “Be with me” and others. Candid clips and photographs excited the minds of all women in the post-Soviet space. Believing in himself and his singing talent, Vyacheslav took pride of place on the pedestal of the Russian stage in the 90s.
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Group “Na-Na” (Vyacheslav Zherebkin on the right)
Attractive appearance and good nature allow him to be a star even in ordinary life. The frivolity that a casual person can detect hides not only fanatical devotion to the stage, but also endless hard work. On average, the number of concerts per year reached 800. Sometimes musicians had to go on stage three times a day, but even daytime performances attracted full houses.
In 2001, Vyacheslav received the title of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, the title of count and an award plot of land.
“Na-Na”, enjoying enormous popularity not only in Russia but also abroad, toured a lot. The guys traveled all over Europe, America, and visited Turkey and Israel. At one time the group lived and worked in California. Thanks to the constant charm of Slava Zherebkin, all concerts without exception were doomed to success.
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The popularity of the Na-Na group has not subsided over the years. In 2014, the musical group celebrated its 25th anniversary with two concerts, which were held at the State Film Actor Theater. The team took to the stage as a “golden lineup”, together with Vladimir Levkin, who left the group back in the late 90s.
Provocative stage costumes and Slava’s love for outrageous lingerie (he admits that he likes to wear tight underwear) do their job. Slava Shirinkin, a sweet and accurate nickname given to the artist by one of the foreign journalists, stuck for a long time.
Many events happened in the history of the group. Over time, the composition began to change, and only two performers remained from the first quartet - Zherebkin and Vladimir Politov. For many years they have remained friends on stage and in life. Today they are accompanied on stage by young participants Leonid Semidyanov and Mikhail Igonin. According to Zherebkin, he considers this composition of the Na-Na group to be the best during the existence of the group.
Personal life
In his youth, Slava was distinguished by his modest character and indecisiveness in communicating with girls. This behavior was largely influenced by the average height of the guy - 172 cm, of whom Zherebkin was shy. Later the situation changed.
Having married after the army, Zherebkin did not live long in marriage. In 1994, Ksenia, Vyacheslav’s first daughter, was born, and in 1997, Danila’s son. Vyacheslav’s wife, after several years of her husband’s cooperation with Na-Na, filed for divorce. The children remained with the ex-wife.
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Vyacheslav Zherebkin with his son
After breaking up with his first wife, Zherebkin was long considered a lonely and eligible bachelor. Bari Alibasov forbade artists to share details of their personal lives. One thing is certain - the young beautiful four guys never had to get bored.
Meeting Tatyana put an end to the artist’s touring madness and determined the development of his personal life for the following years. In October 2014, the wife gave the singer a daughter, Elizaveta, and in September 2016, a son, Denis. Not having the opportunity to take care of children from his first marriage in his youth, Vyacheslav enjoys spending time with his second family. The artist protects his family from prying eyes, so he only posts work photos and videos on Instagram.
Vyacheslav Zherebkin now
Now Vyacheslav Zherebkin continues to live the creative life of the Na-Na team. Musicians give concerts in different cities of Russia and abroad and release new songs. The team’s bright hit was the musical composition “Zinaida,” which was presented to the artists by poets Mikhail Gutseriev and Victoria Kokhana. While on tour in other countries, the singers give the public pleasant surprises. Having chosen the brightest hit, they try to learn one or more verses in the local language, which delights the audience.
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Vyacheslav Zherebkin in 2020
In 2020, Vyacheslav Zherebkin as part of the group “Na-Na” took part in concerts of the music festival “Heat”, and at the end of August the musicians performed at the disco of the Muz-TV channel “Party Zone”, which took place in the shopping and entertainment complex “ Vegas."
According to Vyacheslav, the Na-Na group is the only musical group in the world that has a friends club. Fans from Russia, Belarus, Latvia, Kazakhstan, Germany, England participate in promoting the group’s tracks on social networks and in music charts.
early years
Slava was born in Novosibirsk, graduated from a music school in piano, and also studied saxophone for about a year.
He started making music around 2020; his YouTube channel, where Slava uploads his work, was registered in 2016.
His first works were the music videos “Donat” and “King of Snapchat”. Slava released quite a lot of albums, but one of the first full-length albums can be called “The Day We Met.”
Immediately after graduating from school in 2020, he moves from Novosibirsk to St. Petersburg. Here he enters one of the universities at the Faculty of Screen Arts (specialty - Film and Television Producer).
He was one of the members of the boy group, together with Nikita Kadnikov (Nikita Masteroff) and Stephan Pie.
In the summer of 2020, under the pseudonym Manny, he released the album “Opening”
Although Slava was known in narrow circles as a talented beatmaker and sound producer, real popularity came in the fall of 2019, after the release of a video where Slava and Morgenstern make a cool track in just 5 minutes. Thus, the guys showed that creating music is not as difficult as it seems.
The same video. Source: channel “SLAVA MARLOW”
Slava also took part in the recording of Morgenstern’s new music album entitled “Legendary Dust”, released on January 17, 2020. This work is notable for the fact that the album was written in just a week and the recording process was shown in a stream on Morgenstern’s channel.
Then both rappers were invited to the “Evening Urgant” show, which was shown on Channel One. There Slava told how the work on the album happened. At the same time, the guy looked more modest and shy, and was noticeably nervous. Many in the comments under the video came to the conclusion that Slava’s talent is truly underestimated and noted that the release of this album was largely due to the efforts of Slava, and not Alisher Morgenstern.
Release of the show “Evening Urgant” with the participation of MORGENSHERN and Slava Marlow. Screenshots of comments under the video of the show “Evening Urgant”
