"Do you remember how it all began, it was the first time and again
"- is sung in one of the time-tested hits of the" Time Machine "group. Now the songs of" Time Machine "are considered to be recognized classics of Russian rock, however, it was once an amateur group imitating English-speaking groups.
Instruction manual
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It all began in 1968, when the young Andrei Makarevich heard the songs of The Beatles. Then he came up with the idea to create his own rock band in Moscow school No. 19. Initially, she didn’t even have a name, and her first participants were two guitarists - Andrei Makarevich and Mikhail Yashin - and two vocalists - Larisa Kashperko and Nina Baranova. Later in the class where Makarevich studied, two newcomers appeared - Yuri Borzov and Igor Mazaev. Both were actively interested in rock music and soon became full members of the group, which, by then, was called The Kids. Borzov invited his friend Sergey Kavagoe to the group, at the insistence of which both soloists were soon dismissed.
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According to Andrei Makarevich, a turning point in the history of the group was the arrival in the school of VIA Atlanta under the leadership of Alexander Sikorsky. Sikorsky allowed the children to play several songs on professional equipment and even played them on the bass himself. After that, the first line-up of the future famous group was formed, for which Yuri Borzov coined the name Time Machines. Alexander Ivanov (rhythm guitar) and Pavel Rubin (bass guitar) joined The Kids.
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However, immediately after the formation of the group, disagreements began over the repertoire. Most of the participants wanted to perform the Beatles songs, and Makarevich insisted on turning to less well-known English-language numbers. He motivated this by the fact that the Beatles were too professional, and the newly-minted group could become their very pale copy. Then the first album was recorded, which included 11 songs performed in English. Unfortunately, the record was not saved.
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In 1971, when Andrei Makarevich and Yuri Borzov were already students of the Moscow Architectural Institute, they met Alexander Kutikov, who brought joyful, funny songs to the repertoire of The Time Machines. In the same year, the first concert of the group took place on the stage of DC Energetik, which is considered the cradle of Moscow rock.
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Until the mid-1970s, the main musicians of The Time Machine were Andrei Makarevich (guitar, vocals), Alexander Kutikov (bass) and Sergei Kavagoe, who quickly mastered percussion instruments. The rest of the staff was constantly undergoing changes.
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The name "Time Machine" was finally established in 1973. For a short time, the soloist of the group was Alexei Romanov, who later founded the group "Resurrection". In 1975, Alexander Kutikov left the group, who could not find a common language with Sergei Kavagoe. Soon after his departure, Makarevich and Kawagoe found a new guitarist, Yevgeny Margulis, who began to write and perform blues tunes.
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In 1978, Alexander Kutikov, who was playing in the group “Leap Summer” at that time, got a job at the GITIS speech studio. At the request of Makarevich, he organized the recording of the album "Time Machines", copies of which were distributed throughout the country and brought the group real fame. In 1992, on the basis of a copy that was accidentally preserved in the collection of Alexander Gradsky, an album was released, entitled "It was so long ago
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In 1979, a split occurred in the group, as a result of which Margulis and Kawagoe transferred to the Resurrection group. But Alexander Kutikov returned to the “Time Machine”, who brought along drummer Valery Efremov. As a keyboard player, a professional pianist Peter Podgordetsky was invited to the group. In this line-up, Time Machine prepared a new concert program. It included such future hits as “Turn”, “Who did you want to surprise”, “Candle”. In the same year, the group began working in Rosconcert.
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The popularity of the "Time Machine" group was facilitated by its participation in the films of the director Alexander Stefanovich "Soul" and "Start Again". In the latter, Andrei Makarevich played a major role, which, in essence, became an autobiographical one. In 1986, when the movie "Start Over" was released on the screens of the country, the company "Melody" released the first official album of the group "Time Machine", called "Good Time". Following him was recorded a double album "Rivers and Bridges". Thus, Andrei Makarevich and Time Machine managed to become the first stars of Russian rock music.
