Detailed biography of the Time Machine group. Biography, discography, information

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. About him future prospects Sapunov did not speak 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 team noted that good band it turns out "only from dissidents", 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.

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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 under 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 times 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 because of such nonsense they will part, ”Yuri Loza said in a comment“ Federal Agency news".

Will Andrey Derzhavin really leave the band and the “keyboard curse” is activated in 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

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Beginning of the band's biography " Time Machine". 1968 - spring 1970.
School No. 19 (named after Belinsky) Moscow, Kadashevsky 1st lane, 3a. Here the group "Time Machine" was formed. The predecessor of the "Time Machine" was a group called "The Kids", formed in the 19th Moscow school in 1968. It included:

Andrey Makarevich - guitar
Mikhail Yashin (son of the poet and writer Alexander Yashin) - guitar
Larisa Kasperko - vocals
Nina Baranova - vocals

The group sang Anglo-American folk songs, performed at school parties. Recordings have not been preserved, only one of the songs of that period can be heard on the disc "Unreleased" - this song "This Happened to Me", which sang about uncomplicated love and parting. The group gave concerts in Moscow schools, where it was possible to agree, special success did not have, although she often performed at school amateur performances.

The turning point, according to Makarevich’s recollections, was the day when he came to school with a concert by VIA Atlanta, whose leader Alexander Sikorsky allowed young musicians to play a couple of songs on their equipment during a break and even played along with the schoolchildren on the bass guitar, with which they were completely we are not acquainted. After this event, in 1969, high school students from two Moscow schools formed the first line-up of a group called "Time Machines" (in English, in the plural, by analogy with the "Beatles", " Rolling Stones and other Western groups). The name of the group was invented by Yuri Borzov. The group includes students of school No. 19: Andrei Makarevich (guitar, vocals), Igor Mazaev (bass guitar), Yuri Borzov (drums), Alexander Ivanov (rhythm guitar), Pavel Rubin (bass guitar), and also studied in neighboring school number 20 Sergey Kavagoe (keyboards).

After the formation of the group, an internal conflict immediately occurs due to the repertoire: the majority wants to sing the songs of the Beatles, Makarevich insists on performing less well-known Western material, citing the fact that the Beatles sing too well and unprofessional imitation of them will look pitiful. The group splits, Kawagoe, Borzov and Mazaev try to organize a group at school number 20, but the attempt is unsuccessful and the Time Machines reunite soon.

In this composition, the very first tape recording was made, of eleven English-language songs written by the band members. At concerts, the band performs cover versions of English and American bands and his songs in English, written in imitation, but very quickly, his own songs in Russian appear in the repertoire, the lyrics for which are written by Makarevich. The principles of the hippie movement, which became popular among part of the Soviet youth in the early 1970s, had a great influence on the style of the group.

Remaining after high school participants (1970-1972):
Andrey Makarevich - guitar, vocals
Sergei Kawagoe - keyboards
Igor Mazaev - bass guitar
Yuri Borzov - drums

Andrei Makarevich and Yuri Borzov enter the Moscow Architectural Institute, where they meet Alexei Romanov, who played in the institute's rock band. On March 8, 1971, a group concert was held at the Moscow Architectural Institute, at which Kutikov, invited there, met with Makarevich.

In 1971, the group was based for some time in the Energetik Palace of Culture. In the first years, the composition remains unstable, and the team is amateur. In the autumn of 1971, Kawagoe invites Alexander Kutikov to replace Mazaev, who was drafted into the army (the first concert with his participation took place on November 3, 1971), then, at the suggestion of Kutikov, Max Kapitanovsky, who previously played in the Second Wind group, sits down at the drums instead of Borzov, who left for the group of Alexei Romanov. In 1972, Kapitanovsky was also drafted into the army, and Sergey Kavagoe, in order not to look for a new person in the group, was transferred to drums. Despite being completely unfamiliar with drums, he quickly learned to play and remained the band's drummer until 1979. Until the mid-1970s, the main trio of musicians remained Makarevich (guitar, vocals), Kutikov (bass guitar) and Kawagoe (drums); the rest of the members are constantly changing.

In the summer of 1972, Kutikov and Makarevich were invited as session musicians to the then-famous group The Best Years, led by Renat Zobnin; the musicians agree, because due to the employment of Kawagoe, who decided to enter Moscow State University, "Machines" still cannot perform at this time in full force. The group goes to the Black Sea to perform in front of vacationers in the international student camp "Burevestnik-2". The concerts mainly perform one-on-one hits by Western groups (Sergey Grachev sings), but part of the program is devoted to songs from the Time Machines repertoire performed by Makarevich. Upon returning from the south, joint performances continue for some time, but soon the alliance breaks up. For some time after the collapse, the drummer of the Best Years, Yuri Fokin, was delayed in the Machines, and Igor Saulsky periodically plays keyboards for about a year.

In 1973, under pressure from the public, the name of the group changed to a single number - "Time Machine". For some time, Alexei Romanov, the future founder of Resurrection, sings in MV; he becomes the first and only "liberated vocalist" of the group in its entire history. Romanov does not stay long and soon leaves the group. Firma "Melody" releases a vinyl disc with a recording of the vocal trio "Zodiac" (Dmitry Linnik's trio) accompanied by "Time Machine". This becomes the first mention of the group in the official annals. As Makarevich wrote, "... even such a trifle helped us to exist: in the eyes of any bureaucratic idiot, the ensemble that had a record is no longer just hippies from the gateway."

From the fall of 1973 until early 1975, the group went through a "troubled time", performed on dance floors and sessions, played "for table and shelter" in southern resorts and often changed lineup. For a year and a half, at least 15 musicians passed through the group.

In the fall of 1974, Makarevich was expelled from the institute under a formal pretext and he got a job as an architect in " State Institute designing theaters and entertainment facilities "(" Giproteatr "). The first experience of filming takes place - the group is invited to star in an episode of the film "Afonya" directed by Georgy Danelia as an amateur group at the dance. Danelia officially buys the rights to two songs for the film, and after filming the group receives the first official fee, 600 rubles (at that time - the salary of a typical employee or engineer for 4-5 months), which is spent on the purchase of a Grundig TK-46 tape recorder, in subsequent years, replacing the group's studio. In the final version of the film, almost all the frames with the "Time Machine" are cut out - the group appears for just a few seconds, although the songs sound a little longer.

In 1974, due to numerous conflicts with Kawagoe, Kutikov left for the Leap Summer group. A few months later he returns, but in the summer of 1975 he again leaves for the VIA at the Tula State Philharmonic. Kawagoe and Makarevich quickly find guitarist Yevgeny Margulis, who has a characteristic "bluesy" voice. Makarevich immediately offers Margulis to play the bass guitar, to which he easily agrees, although he honestly warns that he has never held a bass in his hands. However, he quickly learns a new instrument for himself; since then, Makarevich has been playing solo guitar exclusively. In the group, Margulis begins to write and perform songs with a blues bias.

For the next four years, the trio Makarevich - Kavagoe - Margulis becomes the core of the group, periodically supplemented by one or two session musicians. In 1975, Eleonora Belyaeva invited The Time Machine to sign up for TV at the Music Kiosk. For two days in a professional studio, sound engineer Vladimir Vinogradov records seven songs: "Sunny Island", "Puppets", "In the Circle of Clear Water", "Flag over the Castle", "From End to End", "Black and White" and " Flying Dutchman". The group is not allowed on television, but the first high-quality studio recording own songs"MV" is immediately replicated and spontaneously distributed throughout the country.

In 1976, the "machinists" come to the festival "Tallinn Songs of Youth-76" in Estonia, where they are surprised to learn that the songs of "Machine" are known outside of Moscow. At the festival, the group receives the first prize, and there they meet Boris Grebenshchikov, thanks to whom periodic amateur tours begin in Leningrad. For six months, Yuri Ilchenko comes to the group (formerly the soloist of the Leningrad group "Myths"). After his departure, the group plays in three (Makarevich, Margulis and Kavagoe), in 1977 they again perform in Tallinn, however, with less success than the first time.

Experiments with sound begin: a brass section is invited to the group, initially consisting of saxophonist Evgeny Legusov and trumpeter Sergei Velitsky; in 1978, Velitsky was replaced by Sergei Kuzminyuk. Igor Klenov was responsible for the sound then. In March 1978, the birthday magnetic album, assembled by Andrey Tropillo from separate recordings, saw the light of day. He took the recordings that Makarevich brought (Tropillo then held underground sessions) and replicated this tape in the amount of 200 pieces. In the spring of 1978, Artemy Troitsky takes the "Machine" to Sverdlovsk, where the group performs at the "Spring UPI" festival. The performance turns out to be scandalous - the group, with its appearance and repertoire, is completely out of the general range of the "politically reliable" VIA that performed there.

In the summer of 1978, the “drivers” learn that Kutikov, who worked in the speech studio of GITIS, found an opportunity to organize a recording of the Leap Summer group (where he then played) there after hours. Makarevich asks Kutikov to help "Machine" also sign up: he agrees. In about two weeks at night, the group records 24 songs, which are currently being performed at concerts. The recording used an overdub with re-recording and two tape recorders with badly tuned paths, the sound of the guitars and the rhythm section turned out to be "dim" against the background of the voice. The record is immediately copied, it diverges throughout the country (according to Makarevich - without the knowledge and consent of the group) and brings the group widely known. The original version of the recording was lost, in 1992, from a copy that Gradsky kept, an album was digitized and published under the title "It was so long ago ...". Subsequently, the existence of a better copy of the recording in GITIS was repeatedly mentioned on the Internet, but it was not officially published. There are also recordings of a number of songs "Time Machine" made in the same studio, but at a different time, differing in technical features.

In the autumn of 1978, the then-unknown Hovhannes Melik-Pashaev called the group and offered to perform for big money in a construction team in Pechora, at the same time offering himself as a keyboard player. Performances in the "field" conditions (in a forest clearing and in a small rural club) bring more than a decent income, and Pashaev is fixed in the group, working at concerts as a sound engineer, but mainly acting as a group administrator. Using his rich connections, he organizes performances. Melik-Pashaev’s commercial activities are bearing fruit: according to Sergei Kavagoe, in the last year of their underground existence, musicians earned more than a thousand rubles a month each with concerts (the salary of an engineer at the plant at that time was about 120-150, a skilled worker - about 200 rubles a month) .

In the same autumn of 1978, the band parted ways with the brass section. Alexander Voronov appears, playing on a synthesizer of his own making, but does not take root in the team and soon leaves. November 28, 1978 the group participates in the opening of the First Rock Music Festival "Chernogolovka-78". The first place was shared just by "Time Machine" and "Magnetic Band", the second was taken by "Leap Summer". The most interesting thing is that "Time Machine" and "Magnetic Band" will again share the first place in a year and a half at the "Tbilisi-80" festival.

At the end of 1978 for 1979, the program “The Little Prince” was created, based on the fairy tale of the same name by Antoine de Saint-Exupery, which is a concert “Time Machine”, where during the first part the songs were interspersed with text interludes from the book, selected more or less in tune with the texts songs performed. Subsequently, from 1979 to 1981, the program changed, differed in composition, arrangements, new prose and poetic fragments were included in it, including other authors. The texts were first read by Andrei Makarevich, and in February 1979, Alexander Butuzov (Bassoon) was invited to the group as a reader especially for the performance of the literary part of the program.

In February 1979, Andrey Tropillo recorded The Little Prince during one of the Time Machine's trips to Leningrad and distributed the recording reels. This recording of "The Little Prince" is the only known recording of the program in its early version and with the old band line-up. In 2000, a later version was released on CD.

By the spring of 1979, a conflict was brewing between the two founders of the group, Makarevich and Kawagoe. Makarevich in the book "Everything is very simple" speaks of creative crisis and personal conflict between him and Sergei Kawagoe. According to Podgorodetsky (he came to the group later and was not personally a witness to the events), there was a major scandal related to financial issues, in addition, Kavagoe and Margulis were against Makarevich's desire to bring the group out of the underground to the professional stage. The final split of the group occurs after a concert organized by Makarevich, contrary to Kavagoe's active unwillingness, in the basement of the newly formed "Gorkom of Graphs" - a committee of avant-garde artists on Malaya Gruzinskaya. According to Makarevich, the concert is disgusting (his colleagues specify in their memoirs that Kavagoe, Margulis and Melik-Pashayev obviously overdid alcohol before the concert and frankly fooled around on stage). On the same evening after the concert, the group gathers in Melik-Pashaev's apartment, where the equipment was stored, and Makarevich announces his departure from the group, inviting "everyone except Kavagoe" to follow him. Margulis, whom Makarevich counted on very much, leaves Kavagoe. In "The Time Machine" with Makarevich, the only musician, remain Melik-Pashaev, Butuzov and the technicians Korotkin and Zaborovsky.

In May 1979, Kutikov, who then played in Leap Summer, offers Makarevich to recreate the Time Machine with him and Leap Summer drummer Valery Efremov. Pyotr Podgorodetsky, recently demobilized from the army, is invited to take the place of the keyboard player; a professional pianist, he makes a huge impression on Makarevich with his fantastic capacity for work and ability to play anything. Kutikov and Podgorodetsky knew each other before the "Machine", since 2 weeks before arriving at the "Machine" he was taken to the "Leap Summer". In this line-up, the group is rehearsing a program that includes the new songs "Right", "Who did you want to surprise", "Candle", "There will be a day", "Crystal City", "Turn" and others. Podgorodetsky writes several songs for the group with a humorous twist, which he performs himself.

By the end of 1979, the pressure of the party organs and the police makes it increasingly difficult to "underground" concert activity. A “curator” from the department of culture of the city committee of the CPSU of Moscow is specially attached to the group. Makarevich hatches the idea of ​​leaving the underground and including the group in one of the state creative associations. Negotiations are underway, including with the Taganka Theatre. As a result, the group received an offer from the Rosconcert, and in November 1979 became part of the troupe of the Moscow Touring Regional Comedy Theater. It's funny that the party curator, pleased with the departure scandalous group from under his tutelage, gives the "Time Machine" a brilliant characterization. In the theater, the main occupation of musicians is the performance of songs built into performances, which makes it possible to circumvent the ban on private concerts (according to Makarevich: “you could safely practice your music and your songs, and then the session became not a criminal underground event, but quite legal creative meeting with artists of the famous theater”). The theater, having received the opportunity to write on posters " with the participation of the Time Machine group”, dramatically increases fees.

1980s: work at the Rosconcert.
The work of the "Time Machine" as part of the theater lasts only a few months. In January 1980, the leadership of Rosconcert decides that it is more profitable to use the group for intended purpose, and offers to present their own concert program. The concert program in one department passes the artistic council and in the spring of 1980 "Time Machine" receives the status of an independent ensemble at the "Rosconcert" and begins its own touring activity. Hovhannes Melik-Pashayev officially becomes " artistic director» groups, and Andrey Makarevich small print on posters it is indicated as "music director".

Andrei Makarevich receives a diploma from Yuri Sergeevich Saulsky at the Tbilisi-80 festival. In the new line-up, the group makes a triumphant debut on March 8, 1980 at the 1980 Tbilisi Rock Festival, where it receives 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. "Time Machine" is constantly played on the radio, the songs "Turn", "Candle", "Three Windows" become popular. "Turn" for 18 months leads the hit parade "Soundtrack" "Moskovsky Komsomolets" (the only officially existing Soviet hit parade at that time). Underground magnetic albums diverge in large circulations, one of the sources of which is the studio recording of "Time Machine" - "Moscow - Leningrad", semi-underground made in the summer of 1980 during the group's tour in Leningrad by sound engineer Andrei Tropillo at the Leningrad branch of Melodiya.

In the second half of 1980, an attempt was made to restore The Little Prince as a separate program, the concert was being rehearsed, costumes were being sewn, the program successfully passed several artistic councils, tickets for the performance at the Variety Theater were already at the box office and instantly sold out. However, on the eve of the first concert, Ivanov, an official from the Central Committee of the CPSU, arrives to approve the program; on his instructions, the program is not accepted, the concerts are cancelled. Until 1981, the group continued to use literary fragments at concerts, read out between songs, but in the fall Butuzov was fired from the group and this practice ceased. The negative reaction of the Central Committee leads to the fact that "Time Machine" until 1986 is not allowed to perform concerts in Moscow at all. During these six years, Mashina manages to tour almost the entire Soviet Union.

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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 the 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
Group under titled 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 the singular "Time Machine", which it remains to this day.

In the first 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 (program " Music Ring”), 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 19821984, during the reign of Andropov and Chernenko, campaigns began in the USSR against amateur musical groups. In the course of this, in the newspaper " TVNZ”an article by Nikolai Krivomazov “Blue Bird Stew” was published (the title refers to the song “Time Machine” “Blue Bird”), where the group and its music were subjected to unconstructive criticism. The article was compiled on the initiative letter of the group famous figures art it was signed by the writer Viktor Astafiev, main director Krasnoyarsk State Opera and Ballet Theater Maximillian Vysotsky Glinka Evgeny Oleinikov, director of the Krasnoyarsk Philharmonic Leonid Samoilov, conductor Nikolai Silvestrov, poet and playwright Roman Solntsev.

Meanwhile, Andrei Makarevich starred in leading role in the movie "Start Over" main character copied from him. 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 anniversary concert in DS "Luzhniki". Because of 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, the double album "It was so long ago" with material from the 1970s is 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 “One day the world will cave in under us”, the clip for which was broadcast on Russian TV channels.

"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. 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 possible causes dismissals of the band's musicians and critics indicate Peter's problems with drugs (cocaine addiction), 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 - at 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.

The team "Time Machine" is rightfully considered the ancestor of classical Russian rock and made an invaluable contribution to the national musical culture. "The Machinists" were not only the first to compose and perform rock music in Russian (1969 is considered the official date of birth of the group), but also filled it with deep meaning, thereby forcing the audience to think about important universal problems. For half a century, the work of "Time Machine" has not lost its relevance and is a kind of standard musical style and professionalism for both millions of fans and numerous colleagues in the shop.

History of the group

Moscow schoolboy Andrei Makarevich became interested in music as a teenager and at the age of fifteen he organized his first band, The Kids, which, in addition to him, included Misha Yashin, Larisa Kashperko and Nina Baranova. At first, the guys sang in English, performing with hits by popular Western performers at amateur performances and school discos.

In 1968, Andrei first heard the Beatles, whose work completely turned his mind around. An example of the Liverpool Four, as well as a joint performance at a school concert with VIA Atlanty, inspired young Makarevich to create the Time Machines rock band. In it, by analogy with the Beatles, there was no longer a place for girls: Andrey sang and played the guitar, Pasha Rubin and Igor Mazaev became bass players, Yura Borzov sat down at the drums, Sasha Ivanov played rhythm guitar, the keys were entrusted Seryozha Kawagoe. The latter's parents worked at the embassy, for a long time lived and worked in Japan and acquired high-quality musical equipment, which qualitatively improved the sound of the newly minted group.

At first, there were often disagreements among the team members about musical material: Makarevich insisted on the original repertoire, the rest of the guys tried to imitate the Beatles. Because of this, there was even a split in the group, and Mazaev, Borzov and Kawagoe made an attempt to create their own team, which was unsuccessful. Time Machines reunited again, and soon the first album, consisting of eleven English-language songs, was recorded on a home tape recorder. Unfortunately, this material has not been preserved, which Makarevich does not regret at all, calling it "monstrous".

By this time, the guys had finished school and were thinking about continuing their education. Not everyone managed to combine their studies at the university with music, and Rubin and Ivanov left the group. Makarevich and Borzov entered the Moscow Institute of Architecture, where they met Alexei Romanov and Alexander Kutikov. The guys began to perform together in the institute rock group, gave concerts in the Energetik Palace of Culture.

Soon Kutikov replaced Mazaev, who had gone into the army, and Maxim Kapitanovsky took the place of the drummer. A year later, he also went to serve in the Armed Forces, and Kawagoe himself sat down at the drums.

The main stages of creativity

This trinity until the mid-70s remained the main composition of the group, which by that time had already changed its name to "Time Machine" and, thanks to the participation in the recording of the Zodiac trio's record, even lit up at the Melodiya studio.

But "Rosconcert" and the Union of Composers ignored the appearance of a strange group, breaking out of the general concept of the Soviet stage, and put all sorts of obstacles in the way of young musicians. In the group itself, too, everything was not going smoothly, and in 1974, due to disagreements with Kawagoe, Kutikov left it. He was replaced by Evgeny Margulis, a universal musician with a "blues" voice.

In the same year, the "machinists" were invited to star in Georgy Danelia's film "Afonya", and, although in final version the episode with their participation was cut out, the song “You or Me” remained in the picture, and the name of the group was in the credits.

In 1975, the "Time Machine" was called to television to record the "Music Kiosk" program. The program was never aired, but seven new compositions recorded in a professional studio quickly spread throughout the country. When in 1976 the group was invited to perform at the music festival in Tallinn, their songs were already well known to the public, which warmly welcomed the "Time Machine". The team won the main prize and met many talented musicians, including Boris Grebenshchikov. He helped organize the tour of the "machinists" in St. Petersburg, which were a huge success.

Time Machine - Puppets (1977 performance)

But, nevertheless, officials "from culture" continued to persistently ignore their increased popularity, so the group's touring activities took place in an "underground mode". Makarevich was unnerved by this situation, and he tried in every possible way to give the team an official status. Andrey even came up with the literary and musical program "The Little Prince", with which he unsuccessfully tried to get into the "Rosconcert" for several years.

The rest of the band members were quite satisfied with their “illegal” position, which did not affect the income from touring in any way, so disagreements began again among the musicians. In 1979, Kavagoe and Margulis moved to "Sunday", Kutikov returned to the group, and after a while Pyotr Podgoretsky joined the team.

In the same year, "Time Machine" got the opportunity to perform from the "Rosconcert", entering the troupe of the Moscow Comedy Theater. The musicians immediately set about creating a new concert program, and a few months later they loudly declared themselves at the prestigious music festival in Tbilisi. From this moment begins the rapid rise of the group to the top of the musical Olympus.

Time Machine - Only I Know (1985)

Their hits were played on radio stations, cassettes filled the recording kiosks, and after participating in the film "Soul", the band members began to be stopped on the streets. But, despite this, in 1982, the work of the "Time Machine" was sharply criticized by officials ("... a rock group declares indifference and hopelessness from the stage and multiplies the records of these dubious declarations," party critics wrote), and only a wave of people's anger and thousands of letters from fans forced the functionaries to retreat.

"In the Nikitsky Botanical Garden". The first clip "Time Machine"

This dual situation persisted until the mid-1980s. The group actively toured the country and freely performed songs own composition. At the same time, she was banned from official performances in Moscow, most of the television programs with the participation of musicians fell "on the shelf", and until 1986 not a single professional studio album was published.

With the beginning of Perestroika, the situation changed radically. The team became a participant in the Festival of Youth and Students and for the first time went on tour abroad. The excitement at their concerts was comparable to the height of the "Beatlemania", when the fans were ready to break their idols from the excess of feelings. At the end of 1986, the group's first official album, Good Hour, was released (compilation best songs), and a year later - the first studio album"Rivers and Bridges". The musicians became frequent guests on television, not a single popular music and entertainment program at that time could do without their presence.

The Time Machine celebrated its twentieth anniversary with a large-scale combined concert in Luzhniki, at which close musician friends and former members of the band performed. The next quarter-century anniversary was celebrated by the machinists in the very heart of the capital, on Red Square. The concert was attended by the best Russian rock bands, and about 350 thousand people gathered to listen to the musicians.

After 1991, Makarevich became actively involved in public life countries, openly demonstrating their civil position. The group came out in support of Boris Yeltsin at the barricades of the White House, and in 1996 supported Boris Nikolaevich in the next presidential election.

Time Machine - My friend is the best blues player

Many politicians were present at the anniversary concert at the Olimpiysky, dedicated to the band's thirtieth anniversary. Among them were Anatoly Chubais, Boris Nemtsov and Vladimir Putin, then still in office as prime minister. Immediately after this large-scale show, Pyotr Podgorodetsky was fired due to excessive addiction to cocaine. He later wrote the controversial book Machine with the Jews, which does not in the best way spoke of former bandmates.

The last concert in which Podgoretsky took part was a performance in 1999, dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the group. In 2000, a live DVD was released, recorded at this performance. The musicians performed 36 of their hits.

Time Machine - The Place Where the Light Is (2001)

In the zero years, the group consistently delighted fans with new creativity. In 2001, the experimental album "A Place Where the Light" went on sale, in which keyboardist and arranger Andrey Derzhavin, who replaced Podgoretsky, made his debut. He also wrote the lyrics for the song "Wings and Sky", however, he later admitted that it turned out rather weakly. In general, the album turned out to be unusual for the group's work: the listeners were waiting for a completely new sound quality and a large number of soloists.

The jubilee, tenth studio album "Time Machine" called "Machinically" (it was invented by 26-year-old Elina Sokolova, who won the title contest announced by the group) was released in 2004.

The next album, Time Machine, was recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London. The studio staff wanted to send the resulting material to the organizers of the Grammy Awards (in the nomination " Foreign music”), but this required huge investments from the group itself, and it was impossible to earn several hundred thousand dollars selling discs in Russia.

The next album, Do Not Park Cars (2009), in addition to the group's new songs, unexpectedly included covers by other performers of the old hits of Time Machine. Sergei Chigrakov from "Chizh" sang "Crossroads", Alexei Kortnev sang "What did you have", Boris Grebenshchikov - "I am a snake" and "Apocrypha", Pyotr Mamonov - "Leisure-boogie", etc.

Discography

• Rivers and Bridges (1987)
• In the circle of light (1988)
• slow good music (1991)
• It's been so long...1978 (1992)
• Freelance commander of the Earth. El Mocambo Blues (1993)
• Cardboard Love Wings (1996)
• Breaking Off (1997)
• Clocks and Signs (1999)
• The place where the light is (2001)
• Mechanically (2004)
• Time Machine (2007)
• Cars do not park (2009)
• YOU (2016)

The Time Machine group now

IN Lately"Time Machine" has drastically reduced the number of performances and does not often indulge its fans with concerts. Perhaps this is due to the departure of Margulis from the group and the political statements of the leader of the group, which disappointed many fans of the band. So, in 2014, the anti-militarist Makarevich condemned the annexation of Crimea to Russia, repeatedly participated in anti-government rallies of white-ribbon democrats, and spoke to Ukrainian military personnel in Slavyansk. Mismatch in political views explain the sudden departure from the group of Andrei Derzhavin, who was banned by the Ukrainian authorities from entering the country before a tour in the fall of 2017.

Time Machine - Rats (2012)

As for creativity, the last album of the group - "You" - was released in 2016. Participated in the recording of the album new member band, guitarist Igor Khomich.

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.

WITH in 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. Already on next year they create a new team, which includes their peers from the neighboring school number 20 - the same fans of the Beatles, like themselves. 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, it will be formed mainly future composition"Time machines".

Failed architects

Also in 1969, the first recording of Time Machines songs took place, performing mainly with a repertoire composed of cover versions of hits from American and English groups, supplemented by English-language compositions of his 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 in 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 was awarded main prize, and thanks to which the first album released by Melodiya 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. For the audience to see new program, she had to get approval in various instances and artistic councils, where her 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 the official Soviet stage musicians appeared who stood 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 hype on their tour concerts was comparable only to the madness of the times of "Beatlemania". 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 time basically 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 festival of any note.

Group life in the difficult nineties

The group celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary in 1994 grand 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, the next stage begins, which included great job associated with 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).