Mashina Vremeni

History

Timeline

• 1971 – Alexander Kutikov becomes the bass player, introducing more of buoyant rock-n-roll into the band's material
• 1972 – Line-up losses in the band as several members are drafted into service
• 1973 – Tensions between Sergey Kawagoe and Alexander Kutikov; the latter leaves the band for a hard rock outfit Visokosnoe Leto
• 1974 – Sergey Kawagoe leaves, Alexander Kutikov returns. However, Kawagoe also returns after about six months. The band performs with the following line-up: Andrey Makarevich, Alexander Kutikov, Sergey Kawagoe, and Alexey Romanov
• 1975 – Romanov and Kutikov suddenly depart. Evgeny Margulis joins on guitar
• 1978 – First studio record of Mashina Vremeni. Alexander Kutikov, though playing in Visokosnoe Leto, helps his friends as a producer and sound engineer.
• 1979 – Band in crisis. Sergey Kawagoe and Evgeny Margulis leave the band and start Voskresenie. At this time, Andrey Makarevich writes one of the band's most enduring and popular songs: "Poka gorit svecha", as a statement of his not giving up. After some time of frustration, Alexander Kutikov saves the situation by leaving the Visokosnoe Leto band and bringing Valeriy Efremov as drummer and Pyotr Podgorodetsky on the keyboards.
• 1981 – The song "Povorot" stays on the top of charts for 18 months. The band composes the soundtrack to the popular movie Dusha, starring Sofia Rotaru watched by more than 57 million cinema-goers in the Soviet Union.
• 1982 – Repressions begin in earnest with a denouncing article "'Blue Bird' ragout" which describes the band's output as depressive and ideologically unsound. A nationwide wave of protest against the denunciation sends thousands of fan letters to newspaper editors. Pyotr Podgorodetsky leaves; Alexandr Zaitsev replaces him.
• 1986 – A compilation V dobriy chas becomes the first official group's LP.
• 1987 – Reki i Mosty album recorded. It is considered Mashina Vremeni's first official album. First appearances on the television. The band performs at Live Aid 2 festival in Japan.
• 1988 – First international tours – USA, Canada, Greece, Spain and Bulgaria.
• 1989 – V kruge sveta album is released.
• 1990 – Alexandr Zaitsev leaves and Evgeny Margulis and Pyotr Podgorodetsky join the band once again.
• 1991 – Medlennaya khoroshaya muzyka album is released.
• 1993 – Alexander Kutikov's company "Sintez Records" releases retro albums Best songs 1979–1985 and That was so long ago. Album Vneshtatniy komandir Zemli is released.
• 1994 – Acoustic live album Unplugged is recorded and released. 25th anniversary is celebrated in a 7-hour concert on the Red Square featuring Chaif, Nautilus Pompilius, Garik Sukachov and Bravo.
• 1995 – Compilation of old unpublished songs is released. This compilation is known as , after one of Alexander Kutikov's most acclaimed songs.
• 1996 – Kartonniye krylia lubvi album is released.
• 1997 – Otryvayas album is released.
• 1999 – The 30th anniversary of the band. A huge world tour finishes with a massive concert, usually considered to be the one of the band's best ever, takes place in the main stadium of "sport-complex Olympiyskiy" im Moscow. Chasy i znaki album is released. Petr Podgorodetskiy is fired due to tensions. Andrey Derzhavin, formerly a solo artist, takes his place on the keyboards.
• 2001 – Mesto gde svet album is released.
• 2004 – 35th anniversary of the band. A concert featuring 35 selected songs is played at the Red Square. Mashinalno album is released.
• 2005 – Live album Kremlin rocks is released.
• 2006 – Sintez Records releases a compilation called Mashina vremeni – chast' 1. The band records a new album at famous Studio 2 at Abbey Road Studios.
• 2007 – The group releases the Time machine album.
• 2009 - A 40-years anniversary is celebrated with an album Mashiny ne parkovat and a tribute album Mashinopis
• 2010 – The band continues to celebrate its 40th anniversary with a seven-stop North American tour
• 2012 – Evgenii Margulis leaves the band. An experienced session guitarist Igor' Khomich joins as a guest musician.
• 2014 - Andrey Makarevich, group's leader, becomes the first Russian rock musician who expresses support to Ukraine in the beginning of Russian military intervention in Crimea. He is bullied in official media, and all Mashina's gigs in Russia outside Moscow are forbidden until 2017.
• 2016 - an album Vy comes in with a cover made of fans's selfies
• 2017 - Andrey Derzhavin leaves the band to return to solo career, and a guest keyboardist Alexander Lyovochkin steps in.
• 2019 - Percussionist Sergey Ostroumov suddenly dies a few days before 50-years show in Otkrytie Arena Stadium in Moscow, Kirill Ipatov takes the place
• 2020 - during the COVID-19 pandemia time, an album V metre is written, recorded and released
• 2022 - when Russia invaded Ukraine, all the group's shows were once again prohibited, and musicians were forced to leave Russia.
• 2023 - the group resumes playing live all over the world, excluding Russia and Belarus.
• 2024-2025 - an EP Poi so mnoi! is written in Israel and Latvia, then recorded in Israel and published worldwide. Trumpeter Alexander Ditkovsky leaves. The group keeps touring.

  Musical style

Albums

Line-up

Current line-up

• Andrey Makarevich — lead vocals, guitar
• Alexander Kutikov — bass guitar, vocals
• Valeriy Efremov — drums, percussion

  Touring musicians

• Igor Khomich — guitar
• Alexander Lyovochkin — keyboards, backing vocals
• Kirill Ipatov — percussion

  Former members

• Sergey Kawagoe — bass guitar, keyboards, drums †
• Evgeny Margulis — guitar, bass guitar, vocals
• Pyotr Podgorodetsky — keyboards, vocals
• Alexander Zaicev — keyboards †
• Sergey Ryzhenko — violin, recorder, acoustic guitar
• Yuri Borzov — drums †
• Maxim Kapitanovsky — drums †
• Yuri Fokin — drums
• Andrei Derzhavin — keyboards, vocals
• Sergey Ostroumov — percussions †
• Alexandr Ditkovsky — trumpet, tambourine, backing vocals

  Timeline

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