Group "Time Machine". Composition of the "Time Machine" in the history, photo

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

How it all began

It all started back in 1968, when a rock band called The Kids was created by Moscow school № 19 students. The present old people well remember that in those times it was rarely possible to find a school in which there was not a vocal and instrumental ensemble. This fashion was a tribute to the general enthusiasm of the songs of the then-western idols of the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and other inhabitants of the musical Olympus.

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

English version of the group name

Fate gave them a chance when in the same year they had a professional VIA "Atlanta" at their school, and his leader A. Sikorski on an equal footing talked to young musicians and even paused with them during the break. This evening helped the guys to believe in themselves. The next year they create a new team, which included their peers from the neighboring school number 20 - the same Beatles fans as they themselves. The beginning of the road was laid.

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 includes: Andrei Makarevich (guitar, vocals) - he will be an invariable participant of all subsequent ensembles, Igor Mazaev (bass guitar), Alexander Ivanov (rhythm guitar), Sergei Kawagoe (keyboards), Pavel Rubin (bass guitar) and Drummer Yuri Borzov. Of these, in the main, the future composition of the Time Machine will be formed.

Unsuccessful architects

In the same year, 1969, the first recording of the songs of Time Machines took place, mainly with a repertoire composed of cover versions of hits by American and English groups, supplemented by English-language compositions of their own compositions. Only after a while A. Makarevich began to write lyrics in Russian. Undoubtedly, during this period the musicians were influenced by the hippie movement popular among the Western and Soviet youth. This reflected on their songs, and on the whole lifestyle.

The seventies begin for two members of the group Andrei Makarevich and Yuri Borzov from an important event: they enter the Moscow Architectural Institute, where they learn music from the secrets of architecture. They also get acquainted with Alexey Romanov, who was soon to join the "Time Machine", and a little later - and with A. Kutikov, who in 1971 was invited to the group to the place of I. Mazaev who left for the army.

Official appearance of the name of the group

At the beginning of the seventies the collective continued to be amateur, and its composition changed many times. During these years, Time Machines successfully performs in the bit club established in Moscow under the patronage of the Komsomol's City Committee. It's interesting that a year ago they were not accepted there because of "low performing level". By the way, in the beginning of his career, the Beatles group was refused recording songs for the same reason.

Russian-speaking and familiar to everyone the name of the band first officially appeared in 1973 and was permanently assigned to the collective. Until 1975, he experienced a difficult period, speaking on dance floors and occasional concerts. During this period, the composition of the "Time Machine" has changed many times. In this team, fifteen musicians managed to visit. Problems arose in the life of the leader of the group A. Makarevich. Because of the conflict with the leadership of the architectural institute, he was expelled under a formal pretext.

Recognition of professionalism

The popularity of the group grew rapidly, when after acquaintance in 1976 at the Tallinn festival with Boris Grebenshchikov, she got an opportunity to often go on tour in Leningrad. In the city on the Neva she enjoyed unchanged success. To the same period is the beginning of experiments with sound. Composition of the "Time Machine" in 1977 is replenished due to saxophonist E. Legusov and trumpeter S. Velitsky. This gave the songs in their performance a new expressiveness.

In 1980, after becoming a professional team, the group received official status under Roskontsert. Her artistic director is appointed O. Melik-Pashaev, and musical - A. Makarevich. In this year, a grand success was awaited by the Time Machine at the festival in Tbilisi, where it was awarded the main prize, and thanks to which the first album released by the Melody Company appeared.

Creativity to live beyond the ideological framework

Those whose youth passed under socialism remember how Soviet ideology, lying and hypocritical in its essence, filled all spheres of life, and mass art languished under its particularly strict control. In order for the audience to see the new program, it was to receive approval in various instances and art councils, where its fate was decided by people who did not understand anything in art and took into account only compliance with the requirements of the current party line.

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

Triumph in the city on the Neva

In the eighties, the popularity of the band in Moscow and Leningrad was unprecedented until then. According to eyewitnesses, the excitement on their concert tours was comparable only with the madness of the times of "Beatlemania". The Palace of Sports, where the speeches were held, was attacked by thousands of teenagers, and the drivers of buses delivering musicians had to resort to round-the-clock maneuvers to save the composition of the Time Machine from the enthusiastic crowd. 1980 was the beginning of their unprecedented rise.

The result of a twenty-year track

In the early nineties, it is time to sum up the first results. Ideological censorship no longer exists, and Andrei Makarevich issues his book "Everything is very simple," in which he tells about everything that the group 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 the restructuring has opened the possibility to travel abroad without hindrance, the geography of their trips has significantly expanded, including many countries in the world.

The composition of the "Time Machine", by this time basically already established and time-tested, is periodically replenished with invited musicians, among them Pavel Rubin, Alik Sikorsky, Igor 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 notable festival.

Life of the group in the difficult nineties

The group celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary in 1994 with a grand concert in Red Square, in which many of the country's most popular musical groups went on 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 2000th the composition of the "Time Machine" was supplemented by the keyboard player Andrey Derzhavin. In their history, the next 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 collective does not stop the concert activity and production of CDs, both at Russian studios and abroad. In particular, their albums are released by the famous British company Sintez Records, famous for producing records of the Beatles group.

Events of the last decade

The second decade of the XXI century Makarevich begins with the release of three of his new books, quickly became popular among music lovers of all ages. In 2012, a film dedicated to them, produced by M. Kapitanovsky, appeared at the box office. It was called "The Taymashin: The Birth of the Epoch" - this is a literal repetition of how it was designated in 1983 in the black list of ideologically unreliable music collectives "Time Machine".

The composition of the group for the entire history of its existence has changed many times. Was not an exception and 2012 year. In late June, she left E. Margulis, who gave preference to the development of his own project. Soon, his place was taken by Igor Khomich, who previously worked with the group "Kalinov Bridge". In 2014, a jubilee charity concert was held with great success on the site in front of the Luzhniki sports complex, in which the Time Machine band performed. The composition of 2014 did not change, and on its 45th birthday the team performed the most popular hits.

Anxiety of our days

In early February 2015, the group's admirers were alarmed by the information that appeared in the press about the alleged split within the collective, 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, soon this was followed by a refutation.

Finally, let's call the composition of the Time Machine band of 2015, which remains unchanged to this day: Andrei Makarevich (guitar, vocals), Alexander Kutikov (vocals, bass), Valery Efimov (drums) and Andrey Derzhavin (keyboards, backing vocals ).