Young Georgian Lolitaz

Nika Korcharov is so charming that his gigs in Tbilisi filled with young girls describing themselves to him as Georgian Lolitas… He named his band in their honour. Not surprisingly it became Georgia’s No 1 pop group from 2004 onwards. Too multi-talented for his own good, he creates not only the music, but also the band’s videos. Obviously needing to expand horizons, but stuck down the remote Caucasus in a country famous for declaring war on Russia, they put their songs up on MP3unsigned.com. Again, not surprisingly they found their song ‘Star’ voted ‘Track of the Year,’ and themselves ‘tipped for stardom’ as well as nominated for ‘Best Band of the Year.’ Now Nika is launching his album in the UK - as the first ever band from Georgia to debut here. It can be no coincidence that Nika’s father’s band ‘The Blitz’ toured England in 1989-94 and was voted in Liverpool as best Beatles tribute band of 1989. It Russia, its most famous rock critic (and former editor of Russian Playboy), Artyom Troitsky was once asked what he thought of Franz Ferdinand. ‘Yes,’ he replied, ‘they are good, but there much better bands in the former USSR, such as Young Georgian Lolitaz.’ ......................By Peter Nasmyth.