The first lineup of CRAZY MEN was looked like this:
Alexey Blokhin — вокал, piano (synth)
Victor "Chuck" Kostrov — (GREASE DREAM) — drums
Sergey "Byaka" Tolstikov — guitar, vocals
Alexey "Brother" Vikhrev — double bass, back vocals
Soon Chuck had left, and Michael "Suitcase" Kazimiroff joined on drums. With this lineup CRAZY MEN recorded 2 unreleased albums "The Wild South" and "Rockabilly Street" in 1992. Both albums are titled by their hits. In 1992 a British piano player and singer Dave Taylor known here by the compilation "The Best Of British Rockabilly" played 2 dates in the city Vladimir. To back him went Vikhrev (bass), Tolstikov (guitar), the Hedgehog (drums) and Blokhin (some songs). After that CRAZY MEN did a real tour around Finland, having playing some shows in clubs of major cities except Helsinki. 
In 1993 "Wild Kind Of Music" was recorded. But the musicians were not happy with the drummer's performance, and Eugene Lomakin appeares, fresh from high school. He starts singing. These are the classic CRAZY MEN CRAZY. The band goes to Petersburg for some shows and shares the stage with the American trio HIGH NOON. In 1994 CRAZY MEN play in Moscow with the Dutch rockabillies STACY CATS and record "Crazy Country" their 4th album. Alexey Blokhin appears to be a prolific composer and both the string players — Tolstikov and Vikhrev try their hands at writing some stuff. 
The recording quality and artistic side of these albums are questionable. Among the punters these recordings were hot — few rockabilly musicians could afford to spend so much on studio. CRAZY MEN CRAZY did play a lot of dates in the Moscow music clubs which had just begun to open. And, of course the punters were happy about new recording — even copied from tape to tape. You should bear in mind only MISTER TWISTER had put out two vinyl LPs then. CRAZY MEN enjoyed none of massive popularity the TWISTER did, and the uninitiated public would not dream of buying an obscure band's records.
At the time the private record companies just started their businesses and ventured to release only profitable albums with Russian synth pop or rock. Besides the recording media had started to change. Vynil was dying out in Russia in 1992-93, the tapes had not been common, and the CD players cost a lot. By and large, the record companies were not crazy about signing CRAZY MEN CRAZY. They were right: the band just couldn't play. Only after hundreds of shows in major clubs such as "Pilot" and "Tabula Rasa", and large open areas ("Bike Show-95") the band had learned their lesson and general public discovered them. 
Then in 1995 came a break. The tape "Something Old ", their compilation in Russian, and a CD "CRAZY MEN CRAZY", compilation in English (taken from "Rockabilly Street", "Wild Kind Of Music" and "Crazy Country". Oleg 'Mr Twister' Ousmanov organizes the press-conference and the presentation party at the Europe-Asia Club for the band and congratulates the younger friends. Though it's still hard to talk of success: the bulk of the CD pressing manufactured abroad was delayed at customs for a long time didn't reach the fans.
Moved by desire to try other music, Alexey Blokhin leaves. Besides he is disgusted by the band overall drinking habits. He tries to start playing jive with Petersburg musicians, but not long and starts short-living jiving SPIKE with Chuck on drums. 
Meanwhile CRAZY MEN CRAZY appear at a big show, the dance marathon "Rock an roll Derby-96" along with such outfits as MISTER TWISTER, OFFBEAT, SPIKE, JAILBREAKERS, STAINLESS BLUES BAND. Blokhin still contemplates his chances at jive, having invited Chuck on drums, George Yashogashvily (Julia&FRIENDS) on a guitar and a young sax player, and names the band RUBY STARS (after stars on the Kremlin towers). The band plays sort jumping originals and jazz standards like "Lazy River","Sheik of Araby","Music Goes Round and Round","Sleepy Time Down South","Mack the Knife", "I'm Just a Gigolo". He again is torn without a bass player, and again he is helped out by Oleg 'Mr Twister' Ousmanov, who had learnt a complex set at hmee, and played some dates including an important show at club Ne bey Kopytom Club. He suggests that Blokhin should record jive stuff at his home studio. The parts for an album of 11 tracks the bulk of the RUBIES concert set had been recorded. Alexey Blokhin recalled the names of some songs: "Anyway you will be mine", "Lonely", "Yard", "Changes of weather" (later recorded by the PIJONY), "We wanna jive", "Fool's Song", "Wealthy Girl" and the Russian jazz standard "I Go Walking Around Moscow " (from the film sondtrack). Having begun recording on Ne bey Kopytom Club stage during daytime Blokhin with Ousmanov suddenly learn, that the horn players' musicianship is not quite terrific. As a producer Ousmanov flatly informs Blokhin about it. The seasoned professionals want to be paid well. The project "hangs". With the help of the sponsors Blokhin tries to rerecord this stuff in "R-club studio", and he and tries to lay down nearly 30 songs in a hurry. Blokhin invites serious musicians: Ousmanov lays down bass for free, a professional drummer is hired (HARD DAY, Alexey Glyzin Group). But the sponsors suddenly "evaporate", the money flow drains, and without finishing the recording Blokhin leaves for USA. 
And Byaka, Brother and Gene record an album "I'm A Man". Some songs wrote and sang Gene Lomakin, who had learned to play the guitar, though without learning the chord names. It does not prevent him from coming out with beautiful melodies in a western and neorockabilly vein. Occasionally Denis Pozen (who had left TWISTER) joins them on stage. Some times they are also joined by Pavel Styopin. At first Styopin was their roadie, and later on began to help them out on a guitar and harp. Eventually Tolstikov justifies his nickname "Byaka" (bad boyie), and is kicked for "other disciplinary infringements". However, the "knowing" punters doubt, that it's a matter of key band members' drinking: too much had been started by the leader of a quartet and too much had not been completed. And there is little grace to always be the second: in 1991-96 years MISTER TWISTER eclipsed all other rockabilly bands with better tunes, voices, musicianships… And records that sold. And even such a distinctly gifted and exciting piano band as CRAZY MEN CRAZY (let alone cliched rockabilly trio), was unable to beat TWISTER. That's clearly the STRAY CATS syndrome Russian style. 

At the end of band's career Styopin stays firmly on cementing a trio:
Pavel Styopin — vocals, guitar, slide guitar
Evgeny Lomakin — vocals, drums
Alexey Vikhrev — double bass, backing vocals
Concerts become infrequent, they are basically limited to the theater Mayak Club, converted from a buffet of Mayakovsky theatre. In the autumn of 1997 Oleg Ousmanov invites Styopin to join MISTER TWISTER after Oleg Butenko had left the music business. After short meditations he agrees, seeing that the trio had no booking altogether. Pavel seems to be always late, getting into bands, whose best days are far behind (CМC-96, МТ-98). Lomakin has gigs a go-go, and becomes the most requested rockabilly drummer and wanted now in SKYROCKETS, now with OFFBEAT. CRAZY MEN CRAZY breaks up completely, playing just once or twice a year at elite club (like The Poor People) to celebrate band's anniversary. These shows pass draw the crowd of 100-200, consisting from nostalgizing fans, many of whom, like Styopin, rose from a rock'n'roll dancer to have formed rockabilly bands of their own. 

Discography

Wild South (recorded 1992)
Rockabilly Street (recorded 1992)
Wild Kind Of Music (recorded 1993)
Crazy Country (recorded 1994)
I'm A Man (recorded 1996)
Something old (1995)
Another Side Of CRAZY MEN CRAZY (Videoservice 1996)
CRAZY MEN CRAZY (1996 JSP)

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2. Rockabilly street
3. Please don't stop me now
4. Don't talk to me
5. Marie Marie
6. That's the way
7. You can't avoid me
8. I'll be back again
9. Poor dreams
10. Highschool confidential
11. Runaway
12. Before I say hello
13. You're losing your love
14. Three cool cats
15. I'm lonely in the evening
16. Darling