Charley ATL was Azerbaijani progressive

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band formed in 1987.

History

Charley ATL was founded in 1987, their one and only released album was ''"Dedicated to victims of Indian Cinema"'' in 1990. Their style were often compared to

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and

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by then in Azerbaijani rock magazine (''

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'') "Rokoko" which was founded itself by band member -

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(brother of Chingiz Mustafayev). Their major appearance on stage was during "Rokoko" rock music festival which took place in September, 1991 in

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. Their first and only music video "Körpə" (''Baby'') was released in 1993 and was circulated in

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till 1998. Whilst most of bands then sang in

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, Charley ATL was singing in Azerbaijani. They style derived from folk as well,

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was used as an instrument. Lyrics were heavily sarcastic. Band was eventually split up in 1995 and most of their members left to work in

Present

In May 2017, former band members Stas Kalashnikov, Pavel Bulak, Rafig Velimetov and other musicians including Teymur Nadir, Yashar Bakhish and Rafig Muzaffarli rearranged and shoot video clip for "Gözəl çöllər" (Beautiful Steppes) on occasion of 50th birthday of Gunduz 'Bakili' Suleymanov.

Members

Aftermath

* Pavel Bulak - moved to

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and began working on his own project SadFat. * Stas Kalashnikov - moved to

and founded KalashnikovBand in 2005. * Isgandar Alasgerov - joined to band OZAN and Rast & HezzBand.

Discography

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, 06:40 , - , 6 , Good Morning Children , , 03:31 , - , 7 , Körpə , Baby , 05:17 , - , 8 , Vətənpərvər Əlisəfər , Patriot Alisafar , 03:31 , - , 9 , Dülgər ağa , Carpenter agha , 06:14 , - , 10 , Əlvida , Farewell , 05:41 , - , 11 , The Tree , , 04:26

Links

Music video for "Körpə"

References

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