Vladimir Petrovich Holstinin (russian: Влади́мир Петро́вич Холстинин) is a Russian

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. He is one of the founding members of heavy metal band

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.(15 November 2010)
«Ария» готовится отметить 25-летие
Shoowbiz.ru (in Russian) (article about 25th anniversary of band)

Biography

Vladimir was born May 12, 1958, in

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. He graduated from

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, where he met

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. The two institute mates became friends and formed a band Volshebnie Sumerki (Magic Twilight). The band played mostly cover versions of foreign bands' songs, such as

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and

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was the band's vocalist, and Magic Twilight is often considered to be a prototype to Aria. After Twilight's disband, Holstinin, together with bassist Alik Granovsky, joined rock band Alpha. Their participation was short-lived, and in 1984 they went to

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Poyushchie Serdtsa (Singing Hearts) led by producer Victor Vekshtein. Joined by vocalist

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, they formed a heavy metal band Aria, officially registered as a "side project" to Singing Hearts. Aria soon developed to be much more popular than original Singing Hearts that played a common kind of Soviet pop-rock music. After the breakup of original lineup, Holstinin and Kipelov kept the side of Vekshtein, who owned the band's name. Vladimir invited his friend and former bandmate

to replace Granovsky on bass. Currently, Holstinin remains the only founding member in actual lineup of Aria. Along with Dubinin, he is one of main composers of the band. Recently he produced some young metal bands; his most notable collaboration was the best-selling

Elven Manuscript Elfiyskaya Rukopis' (Эльфийская Рукопись, Elven Manuscript, 2004) is a metal opera and concept album by Russian power metal band Epidemia. Vocalists from Aria, Arida Vortex, Master, Chorny Obelisk and Boney NEM participated in t ...

concept album by

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Equipment

* Several Fender Stratocaster and a couple Telecasters * Several Jackson, including some RRV. * Some Gibson Les Paul * Several Dean, including DIME Signature models. * Several Hamer guitars. * Hembry, Martin, Taylor, Jay Turser. * MARSHALL JVM 410 * MARSHALL TSL 100 * DIEZEL Herbert * MARSHALL 1960A cabinet 4х12 * MARSHALL 1936 cabinet 2х12 * BOSS MIDI Controller * MXR Phase 90 * MXR CAE Wah * OVERDRIVE Энвера Чомаева (Envera Chomaeva) * TORTUGA Martini Chorus * ISP Decimator Noise Reduction pedal * SEYMOUR DUNCAN Deja Vu Tap Delay * JIM DUNLOP Talkbox * KORG Pitch Black Tuner * T-REX FuelTank Classic * SHURE SM-57 Microphone * DEAN MARKLEY Strings * EVIDENCE AUDIO Cable

References

Literature

* Маргарита Пушкина, Дилан Трой, Виктор Троегубов. «Легенда о Динозавре» (1999)

External links

*
Worldelectricguitar.ru profile on Holstinin
(in Russian) 1958 births Living people People from Lyubertsy Russian rock guitarists Russian male guitarists Aria (band) members Russian record producers {{guitarist-stub