Biographies, histories, facts, photographs. Detailed biography of the Time Machine group

It often happens that the name of a performer or musical group becomes for millions of people a symbol of the era they lived - it is so closely woven into their personal memories that it becomes an integral part of them. For many current Russians, and especially for those whose youth fell on the seventies and eighties, this is, of course, the Time Machine group. The composition, photo and description of the creative path of the legendary team will be the topic of our article.

How it all began

It all started back in 1968, when the students of the Moscow school number 19 created a rock band called The Kids. Today's old people remember well that in those days it was rare to find a school that did not have its own vocal and instrumental ensemble. This fashion was a tribute to the general fascination with the songs of the then Western idols of the Beatles, and other inhabitants of the musical Olympus.

From English, the name of the group could be translated in different ways - “kids”, “guys” and even “goats”. So, the first line-up of these “goat kids” included: Andrei Makarevich, his friend Mikhail Yashin and two female vocalists - Larisa Kashpero and Nina Baranova. Imitating their idols, the group performed with the English-language repertoire at various school evenings and amateur concerts without much success. Looking ahead, it should be said that the composition of the Time Machine group will change many times over the years.

English version of the band's name

Fate gave them a chance when in the same year the professional VIA Atlanta performed at their school, and its leader A. Sikorsky communicated with young musicians on an equal footing and even played music with them during a break. This evening helped the guys to believe in themselves. The very next year they create a new team, which included their peers from the neighboring school number 20 - the same Beatles fans as they are. The path had begun.

The name of the group was taken, as in the first case, English - Time Machines, the prototype of the future "Time Machine", but in the plural. The first composition of the "Time Machine" was purely male. It included: Andrey Makarevich (guitar, vocals) - he will be a constant member of all subsequent bands, Igor Mazaev (bass guitar), (rhythm guitar), Sergey Kavagoe (keyboards), Pavel Rubin (bass guitar) and drummer Yuri Borzov. Of these, in the main, the future composition of the "Time Machine" will be formed.

Failed architects

Also in 1969, the first recording of Time Machines songs took place, performing mainly with a repertoire made up of cover versions of hits by American and English bands, supplemented by English-language compositions of their own composition. Only after some time he began to write lyrics in Russian. There is no doubt that during this period the musicians were influenced by the hippie movement, popular among Western and Soviet youth. This was reflected in their songs, and in the whole lifestyle.

The seventies begin for two members of the group Andrei Makarevich and Yuri Borzov with an important event - they enter the Moscow Architectural Institute, where, learning the secrets of architecture, they continue to study music. They also get acquainted with Alexei Romanov, who was soon to join the "Time Machine", and a little later - with A. Kutikov, who in 1971 was invited to the group to replace I. Mazaev, who had gone into the army.

Official appearance of the band's name

At the beginning of the seventies, the team continued to be amateur, and its composition changed several times. During these years, Time Machines successfully performed in the beat club, then created in Moscow under the patronage of the Komsomol City Committee. It is curious that a year earlier they were not accepted there because of the “low performance level”. By the way, at the beginning of their career, the Beatles were denied recording songs for the same reason.

The Russian-language and familiar name of the group first officially appeared in 1973 and was forever assigned to the team. Until 1975, he went through a difficult period, performing on dance floors and occasional concerts. During this period, the composition of the "Time Machine" has changed several times. Fifteen musicians managed to visit this collective. Problems arose in the life of the leader of the group A. Makarevich. Due to a conflict with the leadership of the architectural institute, he was expelled under a formal pretext.

Recognition of professionalism

The group's popularity skyrocketed when, after meeting Boris Grebenshchikov at the Tallinn Festival in 1976, she was given the opportunity to frequently tour Leningrad. In the city on the Neva, she enjoyed constant success. The beginning of experiments with sound belongs to the same period. The composition of the "Time Machine" in 1977 was replenished by saxophonist E. Legusov and trumpeter S. Velitsky. This gave the songs in their performance a new expressiveness.

In 1980, having finally become a professional group, the group receives official status at the Rosconcert. O. Melik-Pashaev is appointed its artistic director, and A. Makarevich is its musical director. This year, "Time Machine" was a great success at the festival in Tbilisi, where it won the main prize, and thanks to which the first album released by the "Melody" company appeared.

Creativity live outside the ideological framework

Those who spent their youth under socialism remember how the Soviet ideology, deceitful and hypocritical in its essence, filled all spheres of life, and mass art languished under its especially strict control. In order for the audience to see the new program, it had to be approved in various instances and artistic councils, where its fate was decided by people who knew nothing about art and took into account only compliance with the requirements of the current party line.

The success of "Time Machine" at the Tbilisi Festival is explained not only by the artistic merits of the performance of the compositions. This was, in fact, the first time that musicians appeared on the official Soviet stage, standing out sharply from the general faceless, but ideologically consistent mass. Not without reason, discouraged by their phenomenal success, the organizers of the concert took measures to ensure that the winning musicians left the festival before it ended.

Triumph in the city on the Neva

In the 1980s, the group's popularity in Moscow and Leningrad reached unprecedented proportions. According to the recollections of eyewitnesses, the excitement at their tour concerts was comparable only to the madness of the Beatlemania era. The Palace of Sports, where the performances took place, was attacked by thousands of teenagers, and those who delivered the musicians were forced to resort to detour maneuvers in order to save the Time Machine from the enthusiastic crowd. 1980 was the beginning of their unprecedented rise.

The result of a twenty-year journey

In the early nineties, it is time to sum up the first results. Ideological censorship no longer exists, and Andrei Makarevich releases his book “Everything is very simple”, in which he talks about everything that the group has had to endure over the past twenty years. "Time Machine" is still among the most popular musical groups in the country. She takes part in many festivals and often travels with tour programs. Due to the fact that perestroika opened up the opportunity to freely travel abroad, the geography of their trips has expanded significantly, including many countries of the world.

The composition of the "Time Machine", by this point in the main already established and time-tested, is periodically replenished with guest musicians, including Pavel Rubin, Alik Mazaev and a number of other names well-known to rock lovers. Without the participation of Andrei Makarevich and his team in the nineties, not a single New Year's program and not a single noticeable festival could do.

Group life in the difficult nineties

The group celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary in 1994 with a grandiose concert on Red Square, in which many of the country's most popular musical groups took the stage with them. Their official position was largely strengthened due to the support that they provided to Boris Yeltsin, participating in the 1996 Vote or Lose campaign, which became part of his election campaign.

At the beginning of the 2000s, the composition of the Time Machine group was replenished with keyboardist Andrei Derzhavin. In their history, another stage begins, which included a lot of work related to the search for new forms of sound and the use of various audio effects. At the same time, the team does not stop concert activities and the release of discs, both in Russian studios and abroad. In particular, their albums are released by the famous English company Sintez Records, famous for producing Beatles records.

Events of the last decade

Makarevich begins the second decade of the 21st century with the release of three of his new books, which quickly became popular among music lovers of all ages. In 2012, a film dedicated to them, shot by M. Kapitanovsky, appeared at the box office. It was called "The Taymashin: The Birth of an Epoch" - this is a literal repetition of what was indicated in 1983 in the black list of ideologically unreliable musical groups "Time Machine".

The composition of the group has changed many times over the entire history of its existence. 2012 was no exception. At the end of June, E. Margulis left her, preferring the development of his own project. Soon his place was taken by Igor Khomich, who had previously collaborated with the Kalinov Most group. In 2014, the anniversary charity concert was held with great success on the site in front of the Luzhniki sports complex, in which the Time Machine group also performed. The line-up for 2014 has not changed, and on its 45th anniversary, the team performed the most popular hits.

Anxiety of our days

In early February 2015, the group's admirers were alarmed by information that appeared in the press about a split that allegedly occurred within the group, related to the different positions of its members regarding the events in Ukraine. This information seemed quite plausible, since recently political issues have become an exciting topic of discussion for many people. Fortunately, this was soon followed by a refutation.

Finally, let's name the composition of the Time Machine group in 2015, which has remained unchanged to this day: Andrey Makarevich (guitar, vocals), (vocals, bass guitar), Valery Efimov (drums) and Andrey Derzhavin (keyboards, backing vocals).

Several times in my life I had the same dream. Its essence was that I had to get somewhere where they were waiting for me. On the way, various everyday difficulties arose, I lingered here and there and as a result I was late, but somehow very much - say, for a whole day - and came when there was no one else, the lights were dimmed, the chairs were turned over and the cleaning lady mop the floor. I don't know why, but I've never experienced a more acute sense of loss.

A.V. Makarevich.

In 1968, Andrei Makarevich and his classmates organized an amateur rock group called The Kids. In 1969, it became known as "Time Machines" ("Time Machines"), and the songs were performed in English. In 1973, the name was changed to a single number - "Time Machine", which remains to this day.

Having performed in 1976 at the festival "Tallinn Songs of Youth - 76" in Estonia and received the first prize, "Time Machine" becomes popular.

In the 1980s, the group gained all-Union popularity. "Time Machine" is allowed on television (program "Musical Ring"), radio, songs written in the 1970s "Turn", "Candle", "Three Windows" become popular. "Turn" for 18 months leads the hit parade of the "Soundtrack" of Moskovsky Komsomolets. "Time Machine" takes part in the filming of the musical film "Soul" with Sofia Rotaru in the title role.

The rock band actively tours the cities of the USSR. The hits "Jumps", "Blue Bird", "Puppets" are heard in restaurants and at weddings. The group's underground magnetic albums circulate in large numbers.

Over the years, such musicians as Alexander Kutikov, Evgeny Margulis, Pyotr Podgorodetsky and others became famous as part of the Time Machine. Due to the large number of composers, the band's musical style is eclectic. In their work, the musicians use elements of classic rock, rock and roll, blues, bard songs.

"Time Machine" received official recognition in post-perestroika Russia. In 1991, during the putsch of the State Emergency Committee, all five "machinists" took part in the defense of the White House, for which they were subsequently awarded medals "Defender of Free Russia". In 1999, the musicians also received the "Order of Honor", and in 2003 - "For Merit to the Fatherland" IV degree.

The ensemble, which was destined to go down in history as the "Time Machine", had not been called at all before, and consisted of 2 guitars (Andrei Makarevich and Mikhail Yashin), and two girls (Larisa Kashperko and Nina Baranova), who sang English American folk songs.

It all really started in 1968, when Andrey Makarevich first heard the Beatles. Then two new guys came to their class: Yura Borzov and Igor Mazaev, who joined the new group "The Kids". The first composition of the group "The Kids" was approximately as follows: Andrei Makarevich, Igor Mazaev, Yuri Borzov, Alexander Ivanov and Pavel Ruben. Another was Borzov's childhood friend, Sergei Kavagoe, at whose insistence the singer girls were fired. After some time, the first album of the "Time Machine" group was recorded (originally planned as "Time Machine", i.e. in the plural). The album consisted of eleven songs in English. The recording technique was not difficult - in the center of the room there was a tape recorder with a microphone, and the members of the group were in front of it. Alas, this legendary record is now lost.

1971 Alexander Kutikov appears in the group, who brought the spirit of major cloudless rock and roll to the team. Under his influence, the group's repertoire was replenished with joyful songs "Seller of Happiness", "Soldier", etc. At the same time, the first concert of "Time Machine" took place on the stage of the Energetik Palace of Culture - the cradle of Moscow rock.

1972 The first troubles begin. Igor Mazaev is taken into the army, and soon Yura Borzov, who was a drummer in the group, leaves. The resilient Kutikov brings Max Kapitanovsky to the group, but soon he is also taken into the army. And then Sergey Kavagoe sits down at the drums. Later, Igor Saulsky joins the line-up, who left the group so many times and returned
again, that it is simply impossible to determine exactly when he was in the line-up and when he was not.

1973 Between Kawagoe and Kutikov every now and then there are minor frictions. In the end, this leads to the fact that in the spring Kutikov leaves for the Leap Summer group.

1974 Sergei Kavagoe brings Igor Degtyaryuk to the group, who stayed in the squad for about half a year, and then left, it seems, for Arsenal. Kutikov returned from Leap Summer, and for some time the group played in the line-up: Makarevich - Kutikov - Kavagoe - Alexei Romanov. This lasted until the summer of 1975.

1975 Romanov leaves the group, and in the summer Kutikov suddenly leaves, and not just anywhere, but to the Tula State Philharmonic. At the same time, Evgeny Margulis appeared in the group, and a little later the violinist Kolya Larin.

1976"Time Machine" is invited to Tallinn to the "Tallinn Songs of Youth-76" festival, where they perform brilliantly, and where they first meet Boris Grebenshchikov and the "Aquarium" group, which at that time was a nice acoustic quartet. Grebenshchikov invites them to Peter. Their concerts are wildly popular. Violinist Kolya Larin is no longer in the line-up, and his place is taken by a certain Seryozha Ostashev, who also did not stay long. At the same time, Yura Ilyichenko, the soloist of "Myths", joined the group.

1977 Ilyichenko, longing for his native city, leaves for St. Petersburg, and the "Time Machine" stays together for a short time. And then Andrey comes up with the idea to introduce wind players into the group. So a brass section appears in the group: Evgeny Legusov and Sergey Velitsky.

1978 The composition is being replaced. Instead of Velitsky, Sergey Kuzminok comes to the team. In the same year, the first studio recording of "Time Machine" takes place. Kutikov, who by that time had played in Leap Summer, got a job at the GITIS training speech studio in order to use the studio for its intended purpose. Andrei Makarevich turns to him, Kutikov promises to arrange everything, and a few days later the recording begins, known to us as "It was so long ago ...". It lasted a whole week, and it included almost all (at that time) songs of "Time Machine", with the exception of the first early ones. The recording turned out great, and within a month it sounded everywhere. It is a pity that its original has been lost, and what we are listening to today is a copy that happened to be in the possession of one of Andrei's acquaintances. In the fall, "Time Machine" parted with the pipes, and the synthesizer in the person of Sasha Voronov entered the group, though not for long.

1979 The group is falling apart. Sergei Kavagoe and Yevgeny Margulis leave for Resurrection. At the same time, Kutikov returns to the group, who brings Efremov with him, and a little later Petya Podgorodetsky joins the group. "Time Machine" begins to rehearse in a new line-up, and the group's repertoire is replenished with such things as "Candle", "Who did you want to surprise", "Crystal City", "Turn". In the same year, "Time Machine" becomes a group of the Moscow Touring Comedy Theater at the Rosconcert.

1980"Time Machine" is already very popular, and its name on theater posters is a guarantee that tickets will be sold out. The playbill of the theater looked like this: very large at the top - "The Time Machine Ensemble", and then small, on the verge of legibility - "In the play of the Moscow Comedy Theater" Windsor Mockery "based on the play by W. Shakespeare". The only problem is that the spectators walking on the inscription "Time Machine", they really could see their favorite group, which sang completely unknown songs on the verge of intelligibility of sound. It was not quite what the audience expected to see, but this did not care much for the management of the theater, which received huge profits. It could not continue like this for a long time And then Rosconcert decided that it would be much more profitable to use the "Machine" to its fullest. After a successful audition, the "Time Machine" becomes an independent professional rock band. At the same time, the famous festival in Tbilisi - "Spring Rhythms-80" happened. "Time Machine" shares first place with the group "Magnetic Band"

1981 A hit parade appears in the Moskovsky Komsomolets newspaper, and the song "Povorot" is declared the song of the year in it. She stayed in first place for a total of 18 months. All this time, the group had no right to perform it at concerts, because. it was not filled in, and it was not filled in because Rosconcert did not send it to LIT, as it had doubts about which turn was meant. The fact that "Turn" sounded five times a day on "Radio Moscow" did not bother anyone.

1982 The newspaper "Komsomolskaya Pravda" burst into a group of articles "Blue Bird Stew". In response, the editorial office was littered with bags of letters under the general motto "Hands off the Machine." The newspaper, which did not expect such a rebuff, had to reduce everything to a general toothless controversy - the matter, they say, is young, and opinions may be different. "Blue bird stew "Coincided with another split in the group. Petya Podgorodetsky leaves. After a while, Sergey Ryzhenko offers himself, and a little later Alexander Zaitsev joins the line-up.

1983 Sergei Ryzhenko, who had to play supporting roles, leaves, and the "Time Machine" remains four.

In general, this time is characterized by Andrei Makarveich himself as a time of relative calm. Although, to say that the group did nothing at all would be a lie. Perhaps, approximately from this period, it began to take shape. as a professional, sustainable team.

1985 Recorded magnetic album "Fish in a Bank" (mini-album), the group is working on recording music for the film "Speed" (dir. D. Svetozarov).

In the same year, "MV" takes part in the cultural program of the XII World Festival of Youth and Students in Moscow.

The second magnetic album of Andrey Makarevich's acoustic songs was recorded

The group takes part in the filming of the film "Start over" (dir. A. Stefanovich) One moment of clarification: indeed, the group, and not just one, Andrei Makarevich starred in this film. Although. Of course, AM played the main role.

1986 The film "Begin Again" is released on a wide screen. A new concert program "Rivers and Bridges" is being prepared, almost simultaneously the recording of the double album "Rivers and Bridges" is taking place at the Melodiya company. In the same year, positive changes began in relation to the "MV" on television. The group participates in TV programs "Merry Fellows", "Song-86" and "What, where, when?" (performed: "Dedication to the cow", "Song that does not exist" and "Music under the snow") The group also takes part in the popular music festival Rock-panorama-86 (Moscow), after which. very promptly for those times, the giant disc "Rock-panorama-86" with the songs "Music under the snow", "Good hour" ("Melody") is released. On another disk of the giant "Happy New Year!", the song "Fish in a Bank" ("Melody") appears. Participation in the filming of the film "I return your portrait." And, finally, a disc-minion with two songs "Fish in a Bank" and "Two White Snows" (Yu. Saulsky, I. Zavalnyuk) is released. Yuri Saulsky (as you know, he helped the group in the "difficult" years).

1987 The group takes part in the New Year's "Blue Light -87" and the TV program "Morning Mail" with the song "Where there will be a new day." "MV" was once again invited to the TV program "Musical Ring" (Leningrad TV, host T. Maksimova), in which she played brilliantly. The program was then broadcast on Central Television. Attention! This year, the Melodiya company releases the first giant disc of the Time Machine group, Good Hour. The big minus of this disc is that, oddly enough, it was formed without the direct participation of musicians, and for this reason it is considered insufficient for such a high-profile title as First Disk. And yet, from a discographic point of view, it is. Following this, the double album "Rivers and Bridges" ("Melody"), already fully processed and recorded by the musicians, is released, which is a holistic, ordered piece of music. Along the way, they are recorded as a retrospective of the film "Soul" of the song "The Way", "Bonfire" on the disc-minion "Bonfire" together with S. Rotaru, ("Melody")

1988"MV" again pleases viewers with its participation in the New Year's "Blue Light -88" (song "Fluger") Work is underway to record music for films: "Without a Uniform" and "Bards". The retro-disc "Ten years later" ("Melody") is released. The group is preparing a new concert program "In the circle of the world", the premiere of which took place in the summer at the State Central Concert Hall "Russia". At the same time, a giant disk of this program is being recorded. A CD-cassette "Rivers and Bridges" is released on Melodiya. In the same place, on Melodiya, a giant disk "Musical Teletype-3" is released, which also includes the song "MV" "She goes through life laughing", a compact cassette "Rock group" Time Machine "(together with the group Secret) "songs: Turn, Our house, You or me and others.

Foreign tours begin: this year Bulgaria, Canada, USA, Spain and Greece

On the radio station "Youth" (the program "World of Hobbies", presenter T. Bodrova), two radio programs about the work of "Machine" are broadcast.

1989 The giant disk "In the circle of the world" ("Melody") is released. Foreign tours in Africa, England.

This year is also marked by a six-hour anniversary concert dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the group (Small sports arena of the Luzhniki stadium, Moscow). And on "Melody" single recordings of songs continue, such as: "Heroes of yesterday" and "Let me dream" (music by A. Kutikov, lyrics by M. Pushkina, performance by A. Kutikov) - a giant disc "Radio station Yunost. Hit parade Alexander Gradsky", a giant disk Radio station Yunost. Hit parade of Alexander Gradsky. This year, Andrei Makarevich's first solo album, the giant disc "Songs to the Guitar", is being recorded and released.

1990 It becomes a good tradition to take part in the New Year's Blue Light. Now this is a light -90 (the song "New Year"). The year was marked by the return of Evgeny Margulis and Peter Podgorodetsky to the group. Work is in full swing at "Synthesis Records" on the giant disc "Slow Good Music". The firm "Melody" releases a compact cassette "Andrei Makarevich. Songs for the guitar", and "Senitese" "In the circle of the world".

In addition to musical events, there is the Exhibition "Graphics by Andrey Makarevich" and the film "Rock and Fortune. 20 Years of Time Machine" (dir. N. Orlov) is released

1991 "MV" takes part in the International Festival "Musicians of the World to the Children of Chernobyl" (Minsk), as well as in the Charity Action of Solidarity with the "Vzglyad" program (USZ Friendship, Andrei Makarevich's initiative). Political moment: Andrei Makarevich's speech at the barricades on August 19-22 before the defenders of the White House during the days of the coup d'état. Musical moments: the release of the double album and compact cassette "Time Machine is 20 years old!" ("Melody"), release of a giant disc and CD "Slow Good Music", recording and release of Andrey Makarevich's giant disc "At the pawnshop" ("Synthesis Records"). Presentation at the State Central Concert Hall Russia.

Exhibition of graphic works by Andrei Makarevich in Italy

1992 Participation of Andrei Makarevich in the filming of the film "Crazy Love" in the role of Dr. Barkov (dir. A. Kvirikashvili). Andrei Makarevich's book "Everything is very simple" (Stories from the life of the Time Machine group) is being published At the Sintez Records studio, a disc is being recorded -giant "Freelance Commander of the Earth"

1993 As usual - participation in the New Year's Blue Light -93 ("Christmas Song") Synthesis Records is released: a double album "Time Machine. It was so long ago". (Recorded in 1978), giant disc "Freelance Commander of the Earth", retro discs "Time Machine. Best Songs. 1979-1985" (2 discs), compact discs (CD) "Freelance Commander of the Earth" and "The Best ". The company "Russian Disc" releases a CD "Slow good music", and this year marks the 40th anniversary of Andrei Makarevich! On this occasion, a wonderful benefit performance was arranged at the Rossiya State Central Concert Hall - a concert with the participation of a large number of good musicians and friends of A.M.

1994 The year began with participation in the New Year's Blue Light -94 (the song "This Eternal Blues") The Moscow Palace of Youth hosts a presentation of the disc "Freelance Commander of the Earth" Andrei Makarevich's solo concerts in Moscow (c / t "October", the Great Hall of the Olympic Village). In addition, a solo disc by A.M. "I draw you." The former drummer of the group and sound engineer Maxim Kapitanovsky wrote the book "Everything is very difficult" This year, "Time Machine" turns 25 years old! Which was marked by a grandiose festive concert on Red Square in Moscow.

1995 The disc "Who did you want to surprise" comes out - a collection of well-known songs for a long time.

1996 The release of the album "Cardboard Wings of Love". In December, joint concerts of Andrei Makarevich and Boris Grebenshchikov are held at the State Central Concert Hall "Russia", + the disc "Twenty years later" will be released

1997 The release of the disc "Bringing Off", the presentation of the album took place in the Gorbunov Palace of Culture.

1998 In May, the Oktyabr Concert Hall hosted the presentation of Andrey Makarevich's solo disc "Women's Album". In December, a press conference was held at the "Rhythm-Blues-Cafe", at which it was officially announced the start of a world tour dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the group. At the same press conference, the imminent appearance of the "Clock and Signs" was announced.

1999 January 29, the first concert of the anniversary tour - a concert in Tel Aviv, Israel. June 27. The official birthday of "Time Machine", 30 years. The rock group was awarded "For Merits in the Development of Musical Art" by President Boris Yeltsin the Order of Honor. The awards ceremony took place on June 24 with a live broadcast on TV. In November, a press conference "MV" dedicated to the release of the album "Clocks and Signs" was held at the Central Department Store. On December 8, the grandiose final concert of the anniversary tour of the 30th anniversary of MV took place at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex in Moscow. After the concert, the next day there are changes in the group: the keyboard player, Peter Podgorodetsky, was fired, and Andrey Derzhavin was taken in his place.

year 2000. In January, the band's first concert took place in the Olympic Village in Moscow with a new keyboard player, Andrey Derzhavin, a former pop musician who previously helped Kutikov record his "Dancing on the Roof" (1989) and Margulis in "7 + 1" (1997).

In February, a joint tour with the Resurrection group called "50 for Two" began. It took place in Moscow in March. It continued as "50 for two at the request of listeners" in a number of cities in Russia and abroad. June 17 "Time Machine" plays at the rock festival "Wings" in Tushino.

On September 2, Andrei Makarevich took part in a 7-hour rock marathon in New York. In addition to him, the following took part: Resurrection, Chaif, G. Sukachev and others. Since August, Makarevich has been working with Artur Pilyavin, head of the Kvartal group, on the project Time for Hire.

In mid-October, a maxi-single by Andrey Makarevich and Artur Pilyavin is released with three old songs "Time Machine".

On December 9, the final concert of the MV and Resurrection tour "50 Years for Two" was held at the Moscow TsKD. The television version, slightly truncated, was shown on the TVC channel. On the New Year's Eve channel TV-6, the premiere of the film "Showcase" took place, in which Andrei Makarevich's songs were performed, accompanied by "Quarter".

year 2001. On February 27, the presentation of the new Web project "Time Machines" "Strange Mechanics" took place. It was stated that this new official site would be the only place to get reliable and up-to-date information about the band and its musicians.

On May 18, a live double album went on sale, the songs of which were recorded during the tour together with the Resurrection band.

On August 1, the single "Stars do not ride the subway" was released with four songs from the album "A place where the light is."

The publishing house "Zakharov" published Andrey Makarevich's book "Sam Sheep", consisting of three parts: "Sam Sheep", the previously published history of the group "Everything is very simple" and the last section "House".

On October 31, the album "A place where the light" was released, which was received very warmly by the public. A lot of revelations, excellent sounding did their job. According to a poll of listeners, the new keyboard player A. Derzhavin on this disc fit into the sound of the group.

2002 On May 9, A. Makarevich performed on Red Square in a concert dedicated to the Victory Day, performing "Bonfire" and "Life is more than death" with the guitar.

In October, Sintez Records releases two combined albums "The Best" by A. Kutikov and E. Margulis, consisting of songs performed by them as part of the group. Throughout 2002, the group actively performs with concerts in Moscow clubs, in the KZ of the Olympic Village, not forgetting about visiting tours.

On October 29, A. Makarevich gave a concert at the Moscow Operetta Theater to present to the public his new solo album "Etc.", recorded with the musicians of the newly created Creole Tango Orchestra.

Since December, "MV" has been performing with the program "Prosto Mashina", which, as stated, consists of the best songs for 33 years of the group's existence.

On March 19, the first concert "Russian Rock in Classic" was held in the Kremlin Palace, where the MV theme "You or Me" was performed by the symphony orchestra.

2003 In May, the Kultura TV channel showed a film dedicated to the 80th anniversary of the composer Isaac Schwartz, for whom Makarevich recorded the song "Cavalier Guards do not last long" to B. Okudzhava's verses.

On October 15, Andrei Makarevich presented on the stage of the Moscow Art Theater the program "A thin scar on his beloved priest" with songs by Mark Freidkin and the participation of Max Leonidov, Evgeny Margulis, Alena Sviridova, Tatyana Lazareva and the Creole Tango Orchestra. On the same day, the album of the same name appeared on sale.

On December 5, "Sintez records" for the anniversary of AM releases a gift disc "Favorites of Andrei Makarevich", on 6 CDs with bonuses: unreleased songs "I've been inclined to change places since childhood" and "It was in the dens of San Francisco" (previously recorded for cinema and the album "Pioneer thieves' songs"), as well as several song dedications to friends.

December 11, 2003 - Andrei Makarevich's 50th birthday. In the State Concert Hall "Russia" a holiday-concert of the hero of the day and his friends was arranged.

2004 Anniversary year.

May 30 on Red Square "Time Machine" celebrates its 35th anniversary. The concert took place within the framework of the action "Future without AIDS". "Time Machine" joined the AIDS movement along with Elton John, Queen musicians, Mstislav Rostropovich and Galina Vishnevskaya. This project was continued in St. Petersburg and other major cities of the country.

On July 5, Channel One premiered the detective story "Dancer", filmed a year ago by Dmitry Svetozarov. Andrei Makarevich and Andrei Derzhavin took part in the creation of the soundtrack for "Dancer". A. Makarevich acted not only as a composer and poet, but also as a general producer and initiator of filming.

Two more significant events take place this autumn. The release of the Anthology "Time Machine", which included 19 albums of the group for 35 years, a DVD collection of 22 clips and a lot of pleasant souvenirs for fans of the musicians (circulation 1200 copies).

And on November 25, 2004, the new album "Machinically" was released (for the first time in the history of the group, a competition for the best album name among fans was announced).

Alexander Kutikov: "Long turn" is a completely author's book. But at the same time it will be called "Biography of the Time Machine".

Current and former "machinists" took up memoirs early, and fans of "MV" already, I believe, have formed a certain retrospective library. It can include not only the writings of Andrei Makarevich, Maxim Kapitanovsky, Pyotr Podgorodetsky, but also a lot of memoirs of people wandering on the Internet and in the printed press, who at different periods were somehow involved in the group.

However, the "Machine" rides and rides. Four decades! And its history is expanding and being rethought. No one has succeeded in such a long-range and hyper-successful flight in domestic rock music and is unlikely to succeed in the foreseeable future. This fact alone makes the "Time Machine" a unique phenomenon in our Palestinians. Starting as the Soviet Beatles, Makar and his comrades have turned into Russian Rolling Stones by today, at least from a chronological and status point of view.

Andrei Makarevich will celebrate his 55th birthday with the release of the collection of songs "55", which was prepared by his friend and colleague in the Time Machine group Alexander Kutikov.

The Soviet and Russian rock group from among the pioneers of rock music of the USSR "Time Machine" was founded by Andrei Makarevich in 1969.

Back in 1968, Andrei Makarevich in the Moscow special school No. 19, where he studied, created an ensemble with his classmates. The ensemble included two guitarists (Andrey Makarevich himself and Mikhail Yashin) and two vocalists (Larisa Kashperko and Nina Baranova). The ensemble performed Anglo-American folk songs. Then Yuri Borzov and Igor Mazaev came to the class in which Makarevich studied. They also became part of the ensemble.

Soon, on the basis of the ensemble, a group was formed, called "The Kids". It included Andrei Makarevich, Igor Mazaev, Yuri Borzov, Alexander Ivanov and Pavel Ruben. Another member of the group was Borzov's childhood friend Sergei Kavagoe, at whose insistence girls were excluded from The Kids. In 1969, the group began to be called "Time Machines", in 1973 the name of the group was changed to a single number - "Time Machine".

In 1971, Alexander Kutikov appeared in the group, under whose influence the group's repertoire was replenished with the songs "Seller of Happiness", "Soldier", etc.

At the same time, the first concert "Time Machine" took place on the stage of the Energetik House of Culture - the cradle of Moscow rock.

In the first years of the group's existence, the team was amateur, and its composition was unstable. In 1972, Igor Mazaev was drafted into the army, and soon Yuri Borzov, the drummer of "Machine", left. Kutikov brought Max Kapitanovsky to the group, but soon he was drafted into the army. Sergey Kavagoe became the drummer. Later, Igor Saulsky joined the line-up, who left the group several times and returned again.

In the spring of 1973, Kutikov left the Time Machine for the Leap Summer group. A year later he returned, and until the summer of 1975 the group played as part of Makarevich - Kutikov - Kavagoe - Alexei Romanov. In 1975, Romanov left the group, and Kutikov went to the Tula State Philharmonic.

At the same time, Evgeny Margulis appeared in the group, and a little later the violinist Nikolai Larin. For a year and a half, at least 15 musicians passed through the group, among whom were drummers Yuri Fokin and Mikhail Sokolov, guitarists Alex "White" Belov, Alexander Mikoyan and Igor Degtyaryuk, violinist Igor Saulsky and many others.

At the beginning of their concert activity, the group performed cover versions of The Beatles songs and their songs in English, written in imitation.

The group gained wide popularity and official recognition in 1976 after performing at the Tallinn Youth Songs 76 festival in Estonia, where it won the first prize.

In 1977, musicians playing wind instruments appeared in the group - Evgeny Legusov and Sergey Velitsky.

In 1978, the group recorded the debut album "It was so long ago ..." and the audio fairy tale "The Little Prince" based on the fairy tale by Antoine de Saint-Exupery.

In the summer of 1979, the "Time Machine" broke up: Kavagoe and Margulis, having gathered old friends, formed the Resurrection group, and Makarevich in the fall of the same year brought a new composition of the MV to the stage: Alexander Kutikov - bass, vocals; Valery Efremov - drums, Peter Podgorodetsky - keyboards, vocals. They prepared a new repertoire, went to work at the Moscow Regional Comedy Theater, and in March 1980 became the main sensation and laureate of the All-Union Rock Festival "Spring Rhythms-80" in Tbilisi.

"Time Machine" gained all-Union fame, they began to invite her to television (the program "Musical Ring"), radio, the songs "Turn", "Candle", "Three Windows", written back in the 1970s, became popular.

The touring and concert association Rosconcert signed an agreement with the group, and in the early 1980s the rock group actively toured the cities of the USSR.

In the spring of 1982, a campaign was launched against the group, inspired by the article "Blue Bird Stew" in Komsomolskaya Pravda. The first album on Melodiya never came out, the MV program was corrected and revised several times by countless artistic councils. Pyotr Podgorodetsky left the Time Machine, joining the troupe of Joseph Kobzon. The place of Podgorodetsky was taken by Alexander Zaitsev.

In 1986, with a change in the entire cultural policy of the country, the group was able to work normally. New programs "Rivers and Bridges" and "In the Circle of the World" were prepared, which served as the basis for the records of the same name. A retrospective disc "10 years later" was also released, on which Makarevich tried to restore the sound and repertoire of the group in the mid-1970s.

In 1987 "Time Machine" made the first tour abroad.

In the summer of 1989, Alexander Zaitsev left the MV; Evgeny Margulis and Petr Podgorodetsky returned to the group. The MV repertoire again included songs from the "classical" repertoire of past years.

Alexander Kutikov, who created the recording company Sintez records, becomes the producer of the group, thanks to which the double album "It was so long ago ..." was released. In the 1990s, seven albums of the group were released, the most popular of which were Freelance Commander of the Earth, Breaking Away, Cardboard Wings of Love, and Hours and Signs. Among the most famous songs of this period is "One day the world will bend under us", the video for which was broadcast on Russian TV channels.

In 1999, "Time Machine" celebrated its 30th anniversary. The group was awarded the Order of Honor "for merits in the development of musical art"; in December 1999, a triumphal concert of the MV took place in the Olimpiysky Sports Complex, dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the team. The next day after the concert, there were changes in the group: keyboardist Pyotr Podgorodetsky was fired, and Andrei Derzhavin took his place.

In 2004, "Time Machine" celebrated its 35th anniversary. On May 30, the group's concert took place on Red Square. In the autumn of the same year, the Anthology "Time Machine" was released, which included 19 albums of the group for 35 years and a DVD collection of 22 clips, on November 25, 2004, the new album "Machinically" was released.

In 2005, the groups "Time Machine" and "Resurrection" prepared and showed the program "50 for Two", in 2006 the two legendary Moscow groups returned to joint concerts and presented a new program "Handmade Music" at the State Kremlin Palace.

In 2007, the band's last album, Time Machine, was released, recorded at London's Abbey Road Studios.

The group "Time Machine" is dedicated to the documentary films "Rock cult", "Rock and fortune", "Six letters about a beat". The group itself took part in the soundtracks for many films, and in some the members of the group even starred themselves: "Soul" (1981), "Speed" (1983), "Start over" (1986), "Dancer" (2004), "Day elections" (2007), "Loser" (2007).

The current composition of the group includes: Andrey Makarevich - author, vocals, guitars, Alexander Kutikov - author of music, producer, bass guitar, vocals (1971‑1974, since 1979), Evgeny Margulis - author, guitars, bass guitar (1975‑ 1979, since 1989), Valery Efremov - drums, percussion (since 1979), Andrey Derzhavin - author, keyboards, vocals (since 1999).

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Biography

Moscow is a state city, and proximity to the anvils of power filled young seekers of truth to go to official institutions and convince these institutions that the music played by them - young - was needed and useful to the people. It took so much time and effort that actually there was not much strength left for writing songs. The Time Machine is an exception.

"Time Machine" is a Soviet and Russian rock band, one of the pioneers in rock music of the USSR, founded by Andrey Makarevich in 1969. Over the years, such musicians as Alexander Kutikov, Evgeny Margulis, Pyotr Podgorodetsky and others became famous as part of the Time Machine. Due to the large number of composers, the band's genre is eclectic and uses elements of classic rock, rock n roll, blues, bard.

1970s: founding
A group called The Kids was created by Andrei Makarevich in 1968 from classmates. The ensemble gave its first performance when VIA Atlanta came to the school and gave young musicians a short practice on their equipment. In 1969, the group became known as the Time Machines (Time Machines), and the songs were performed in English. In 1973, the name was changed to a single number - "Time Machine", which remains to this day.

In the early years, the composition remains unstable, and the team remains amateur. At concerts, the group performs cover versions of The Beatles songs and their songs in English, written in imitation. In the early 1970s, the group included: Andrei Makarevich (guitar, vocals), Alexander Kutikov (bass guitar), Sergei Kavagoe (drums), the rest of the members are constantly changing. For some time, Alexei Romanov, the future founder of Resurrection, played in the Time Machine. In 1975, Kutikov left the Time Machine, who went to the Leap Summer group, but remained the sound engineer of the Time Machine. He is replaced by Yevgeny Margulis, to whom Makarevich transfers bassist duties and from now on plays only the solo guitar. Margulis also starts writing songs for a blues-inclined band.

Having performed in 1976 at the Tallinn Songs of Youth in? 76 festival in Estonia and received the first prize, Time Machine gained popularity for the first time. In 1978, the band recorded their debut album, It's Been So Long..., which wasn't released by an official label until 1992. In the same year, the audio fairy tale The Little Prince based on the fairy tale by Antoine de Saint-Exupery was recorded, which in fact was an album of songs from the Time Machine with text interludes from the book. Musicians are beginning to frequently perform in the theater, playing songs built into performances, which helps circumvent the ban on private concerts.

1980s: line-up with Zaitsev
In 1979, a major financial scandal led to the almost complete collapse of the group. Margulis, Kavagoe and Alexey Romanov leave Makarevich and create the Resurrection group. Teaming up with Kutikov again, Makarevich recruits a new line-up, which includes keyboardist Pyotr Podgorodetsky and drummer Valery Efremov. Podgorodetsky wrote several songs for the group with a humorous bent, which he performed himself, but left the group in 1982, joining the troupe of Iosif Kobzon. His place is taken by Alexander Zaitsev, who, unlike Peter, was not the third vocalist.
Andrei Makarevich receives a diploma from Yuri Saulsky at the Tbilisi-80 festival

In the new line-up, the group made a triumphant debut at the Tbilisi Rock Festival in 1980 and received the first prize for the songs Snow and Crystal City, ahead of Autograph and Aquarium. The popularity of the group leaves the underground and turns into an all-Union one. The time machine is allowed on television (the Musical Ring program), radio, the songs Turn, Candle, Three Windows, written back in the 1970s, become popular. "Turn" for 18 months leads the hit parade "Soundtrack" Moskovsky Komsomolets. "Time Machine" takes part in the soundtrack for the film "Soul" and the animated series "Monkeys".

Rosconcert signs an agreement with the group, giving the green light to legal concerts. In the early 1980s, the rock band actively toured the cities of the USSR, gaining a significant army of fans. The most popular compositions of that period: "Jumps", "Blue Bird", "Puppets" are heard in restaurants and at weddings. The group's underground magnetic albums circulate in large numbers.

In 1982-1984, during the reign of Andropov and Chernenko, campaigns began in the USSR against amateur musical groups. In the course of this, the newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda published an article by Nikolai Krivomazov "Blue Bird Stew" (the title refers to the song "The Time Machine" "The Blue Bird"), where the group and its music were subjected to unconstructive criticism. The article was compiled on the basis of an initiative letter from a group of well-known artists - it was signed by the writer Viktor Astafiev, the chief director of the Krasnoyarsk State Opera and Ballet Theater Maximillian Vysotsky, the soloist of the diploma winner of the competition. Glinka Evgeny Oleinikov, director of the Krasnoyarsk Philharmonic Leonid Samoilov, conductor Nikolai Silvestrov, poet and playwright Roman Solntsev.

Meanwhile, Andrei Makarevich starred in the film "Start Over", whose main character is written off from himself. Several songs from the Time Machine are heard in the film. Only in 1986, the first official album of "Time Machine" - "In Good Hour" - was released, despite the fact that the material of unofficial magnetic albums consists of several dozen songs. Following him comes the album "Rivers and Bridges". In 1987, "Time Machine" - again the winner of the "Soundtrack" for the year. Andrei Makarevich is second only to Valery Leontiev in the ranking of singers. The group makes the first tour abroad.

1990s: with Margulis and Podgorodetsky
In 1989 "Time Machine" celebrates its 20th anniversary. Margulis and Podgorodetsky participate in the anniversary concert at the Luzhniki Palace of Sports. Due to a personal conflict with Zaitsev, and also, according to the band members, because of his problems with alcohol and drugs, leading to the disruption of rehearsals, Makarevich was forced to refuse his services. As a result, Margulis and Podgorodetsky returned to the group. Thus, the group becomes four composers and a vocalist from five members at the same time. The next anniversary concert of "Time Machine", timed to coincide with the 25th anniversary of the group, takes place on Red Square with the participation of several invited groups, including Aquarium, DDT, Black Obelisk, Chaif ​​and others. The performance, which lasted about six hours, was broadcast live on Channel One of Russian television, gathering a huge audience. About 300,000 people attended the concert itself.

Alexander Kutikov creates the record company Sintez records and becomes the group's producer. Thanks to this, the Time Machine is no longer dependent on the state monopoly of the Melodiya company. Finally, a double album "It was so long ago ..." is released with material from the 1970s. In the 1990s, seven albums of the group were released, the most popular of which were Freelance Commander of the Earth, Breaking Away, Cardboard Wings of Love, and Hours and Signs. Among the most famous songs of this period is “One day the world will cave in under us”, the video for which was broadcast on Russian TV channels.

"Time Machine" received official recognition in post-perestroika Russia. In 1991, during the coup of the State Emergency Committee, all five "machinists" took part in the defense of the White House, for which they were subsequently awarded medals "Defender of Free Russia". In 1999, the musicians also received the "Order of Honor", and in 2003 - "For Merit to the Fatherland" IV degree. In 1996, along with many other groups, "Machine" participated in the campaign "Vote or lose!" in support of the candidacy of Boris Yeltsin.

2000s: Modern period
In 1999, the group celebrates its 30th anniversary. Immediately after the end of the concert at the Olympic Sports Complex (December 1999), Peter Podgorodetsky was fired from the group. Among the possible reasons for the dismissal, the musicians of the group and critics point out Peter's problems with drugs (addiction to cocaine), skipping rehearsals and others. His place is taken by an old acquaintance of Makarevich Andrey Derzhavin.

In 2000, "Time Machine" toured with the "Resurrection" group, where Margulis worked in parallel, as part of the "50 Years for Two" tour. The album “A place where there is light” is released, the song of the same name falls into the “Chart Dozen”, the video for it is broadcast on television. Since 2000, "Time Machine" has been a regular participant in the "Wings" rock festival.

In 2004, the album "Machinically" was released, two songs from it were included in the soundtrack for the television series "Dancer". In 2007, the album "Time Machine" was released, recorded at Abbey Road Studios. The song "Fly away" gets into the Chart Dozen. With the financial and informational support of Avtoradio, the group plays two free concerts: on September 22, 2007 at the Tushino airfield in Moscow, where it gathers about 50,000 spectators, and on September 23 - on Palace Square in St. Petersburg, where the number of spectators exceeds 60,000. On June 8, 2008, with the support of TNK-BP, "Time Machine" plays a free concert in the city of Ryazan on Lenin Square, which gathers about 20,000 spectators.

After it became known that keyboardist of "Time Machine" Andrey Derzhavin will not take part in a tour of Ukraine, a lot of speculation and versions have appeared about what really happened in the team. The media and social networks first of all found a "Crimean trace" in this story. Allegedly, back in 2015, the group's manager Anton Chernin reported on the split: that, they say, Derzhavin and group director Vladimir Sapunov supported the annexation of the peninsula to Russia, and bass player Alexander Kutikov and Makarevich supported Ukraine.

The musicians themselves call the version of Derzhavin's departure because of Crimea a fake. Whatever it was, his possible dismissal was definitely not an ordinary event. By the way, the previous keyboardist of "Time Machine" Peter Podgorodetsky, who worked in the group for almost 10 years, also left it with a scandal. The departure of his predecessors - Sergei Kavagoe and Alexander Zaitsev - was also accompanied by unpleasant incidents. Reviewer NSN decided to look into the so-called "keyboard curse" in "Time Machine".

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The story of the removal of Andrei Derzhavin began to be actively discussed after a post on the social network Ukrainian journalist Ayder Muzhdabaev, who put forward the version of the musician's departure because of his support for the annexation of Crimea to Russia. “If the information is correct, then thanks to Andrei Vadimovich (and, possibly, Alexander Kutikov) for a clear understanding of the situation. And, of course, it’s good that the Ukrainians, with their adherence to principles, helped the legendary rockers, friends of Ukraine, get rid of the “Russian world” fool in their group, ”he wrote in his Facebook.

The permanent leader of the group Andrei Makarevich in an interview with Komsomolskaya Pravda called this nonsense. At the same time, he hinted that there are some “personal internal things” in the group, which are still premature to discuss.

By personal initiative, Derzhavin's non-participation in the Ukrainian tour and bass guitarist, vocalist and composer of "Time Machine" Alexander Kutikov. “Derzhavin does not go on tour in Ukraine on his own initiative. Why he does not go, this is a question for him, and not for us. And the rumors are all reprints of some journalists, as there were reprints before the official statement of our director Volodya Sapunov that he was also dismissed from the team. It's all false," he said. NSN musician.

At the same time, he Vladimir Sapunov in conversation with NSN that he left the post of director of the "Time Machine" on November 2 on his own initiative. About the possible departure of Derzhavin, he said that the keyboardist would not accompany the band only on a tour of Ukraine. Sapunov did not speak about his future prospects in the group.

Andrei Derzhavin at the request NSN comment on the rumors about a split within the "Time Machine" because of the "Crimean issue", refused and hung up.

Later on Monday, November 13, on Andrey Makarevich's page in Facebook a significant post appeared, where the leader of the group noted that a good group is obtained "only from people of different views", and Derzhavin's position on the Crimea does not interest him. “The group is a special association, the relationship of the musicians in it is very close, almost (gentlemen hussars, be silent!) intimate. Imagine that a family lived for many years - and suddenly it scatters. Yes, they themselves can not always explain what went wrong. And then they are summoned to the public and shouted - confess, are you because of the Crimea? Well, really, it’s funny, ”the musician wrote in his post.

AWESOME KEYBOARDS

For almost half a century of existence of the "Time Machine" in the team, four keyboardists have changed. The departure of each of them was associated with scandalous stories - alcohol abuse, problems with discipline, etc.

Sergey Kavagoe was a co-founder of the band, played keyboards and bass guitar for ten years. The reason for his departure from the group after one of the performances in 1979 is described by music journalist Mikhail Margolis in his book “A Long Turn: The History of the Time Machine Group”. “Kavagoe and Margulis had a ritual: in the middle of the concert, when Makarevich alone performed a couple of songs with an acoustic guitar, jump backstage and, like a hussar, grab a glass of alcohol with a screw. At a concert for avant-garde artists, they grabbed a couple." Together with Kawagoe, he left the team and Evgeny Margulis.

Problems not only with alcohol, but also with drugs, according to the recollections of people close to the team, also had another keyboardist - Alexandra Zaitseva. In the same book by Mikhail Margolis, an interview is given by a former participant in the Time Machine Maxim Kapitanovsky: “The hare acted then like a real fool. He drank, drank, disappeared, and then returned, almost half an hour before the first concert at the Sports Palace, pink, clean-shaven, and even rude to Makarevich, believing that he had done nothing wrong. And this was after the group, looking for him, called hospitals, morgues, etc. for a whole week. Of course, he was immediately fired.

The most scandalous was the parting with Peter Podgorodetsky- he was fired from the team in 1999 after the anniversary concert on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the rock band. He himself said that the reason was political disagreements. After his departure, he spoke extremely impartially about his former colleagues.

In conversation with NSN on the subject of the possible dismissal of Andrei Derzhavin, Podgorodetsky also did not skimp on statements addressed to the musicians of the group. “I believe that it was not the team with the keyboard players who were ever unlucky, but on the contrary, that the keyboard players were not lucky with the team. This is the curse of the Time Machine,” he said.

Podgorodetsky is convinced that keyboardists have always been the best part of a rock band, that they are "the most professional musicians." “Plus, Zhenya Margulis is the only one from the squad whom I can mention. Everything else is terry amateur performance, ”shared his opinion with NSN Peter Podgorodetsky.

VIEW FROM THE OUTSIDE

Colleagues in the workshop and Russian journalists did not support the version of the “curse of keyboardists”. In conversation with NSN author of a series of books about music Alexander Kushnir called the topic of Derzhavin's possible departure "tightly inflated." The days when the bands were a team of like-minded people, in his opinion, are long gone, and it is completely normal that members change in a rock band. “For the last 40 years, the rock band model formula has been a leader, a maximum of two leaders, plus an accompanying line-up. Except, perhaps, "Bi-2", where there are two leaders, rock groups - "Mumiy Troll", "Nautilus Pompilius", DDT - this is the leader plus a kind of orchestra, which can range from two to ten people. “Time Machine” is Andrey Makarevich plus the accompanying staff, no matter how offensive it is to someone, ”said NSN Kushnir.

"Fake" called this news and singer Yuri Loza. He was surprised that the musicians who had worked together for so many years could expel a member from the band because of their position in the Crimea. "Who got kicked out? Andryukha? Something cool, I think. Because they worked together for so many years, and kicked out on such grounds ... It seems to me that this news is fake. I don’t think that they will part because of such nonsense, ”Yuri Loza said in a comment to the Federal News Agency.

Whether Andrey Derzhavin will really leave the band and the "keyboard curse" will be activated once again, it's hard to say now. In any case, over the next few weeks - until the tour in Ukraine ends. Well, or until Derzhavin speaks ...

Anna Grishko