Turkish Memories

“Xəzərin sahilində” song became a kind of ‘visa’ for the Yuxu music band. Before long, a french woman, Paskal, saw the video clip of this song and invited them to France. At that time, there was no opportunity to travel to France from the Soviet Union, so they decided to travel there via Turkey. However, for unknown reasons, they were not able to travel to France and stayed in Turkey, continuing their activity there.

Since the group started their activity in Turkey, they soon began to gain popularity. Three of their albums were published and spread across Turkey - "On the coast of Caspian Sea" (1988), "Sumqayit" (1994), "No solutions for death" (1998). " We have just arrived to Istanbul. We were going to perform in one of the clubs in Istanbul, but because our clothes did not fit the style of the club, they did not let us enter. We were dressed in usual clothes, not like rockers, so they didn’t take us seriously. Only after connecting with one of the organisers, they let us inside. In the beginning, each of us drank a bottle of vodka, and they were very surprised, because no one in Turkey had vodka like this. Then, when we had our turn, we performed on the stage. Everyone was surprised, because no one expected such a performance from Azerbaijan. How that could have happened from such a closed Soviet country like Azerbaijan, and how such a music band could have appeared out of nowhere, was a marvel. With the first performance, we broke all these stereotypes."

This performance became the start of their popularity, and they started to accept invitations to perform in TV and at public events, and began to teach new freshmen in music. One of the Turkish media outlets Eksisozluk.com mentioned that the group was called "the father group" by those who listened to them. "If you listen to them once in your life, then you will never forget them and can be as an example for all groups. I am lucky that I had a chance to listen to them in the ‘Jaravan’ bar. If only they could return and start to perform again. "