Kuzya leaves, guitarist Pyanov dies

In 1999, after their first US tour, Kuzya left the band due to personal circumstances. On 28 December of the same year, the group’s guitarist Evgeny “Makhno” Pyanov died after falling from the window of his apartment after a long night of drinking. He was 27 years old . Letov recruited a new guitarist (Alexander Chesnakov) and invited his wife Natalia Chumakova, whom he had met the year before, to play the bass.