Max Pokrovsky is known as a soloist of the band “Keeping Your Leg Along!”. However, he was repeatedly seen in a completely different role. This talented person is actively acting in films, participates in television shows and is engaged in producing activities. From this article you can learn about all his merits and see interesting photos of Max Pokrovsky.
early years
Pokrovsky Maxim Sergeevich was born on June 17, 1968 in Moscow. The father of the musician is a very famous sports journalist. The future musician studied at the 160th school, which at the moment has changed the number to 138.
At some point, the boy realized that he really liked the music, and decided that it would be good to master some instrument. Therefore, little Max Pokrovsky persuaded his parents to buy him a guitar, after which he began to “impress” the neighbors with his loud game.
The depth of talent allowed him to make friends with the instrument on his own, that is, to master chords and playing techniques. The guy did not receive an academic education, but this did not prevent him from independently writing music. At the age of seven, Max Pokrovsky survived the divorce of his parents, so the guitar became a real consolation for him.
The fact that in the future he will become a celebrity, the future musician began to dream in childhood. The biography of Max Pokrovsky says that, as a child, he dreamed of two professions:
However, to fly, you need to have the health of an astronaut, and Maxim had some heart problems. After graduation, young Pokrovsky filed documents at the Moscow Aviation Institute (third faculty) and successfully graduated from it. It's just that this profession was absolutely not useful to him, and the diploma is gathering dust somewhere on the shelf.
Group “Keeping Your Leg Down!”
It was 1988, and the third-year student Max Pokrovsky, together with his friend Anton Yakumolsky, decided to put together their own rock band. In order to draw attention to the group’s work, Maxim called it “Keep Your Leg Down!”, Which sounded very unusual. The texts did not carry any semantic load, and some of them were composed of words invented by the author. Some songs were written in English. They were mainly aimed at making people laugh and abandon routine problems.
Max Pokrovsky wrote all the songs, and initially they were created only in the punk style, and the famous “Har Mamburu” became one of the first comic compositions “Keep Your Leg Down!”. However, later the guys decided that playing "rockopops", you can earn much more.
The fruits of popularity
Maxim does not like to look back, recalling his first career steps. He considers it the only right thing to boldly look into the eyes of the future and believe in a successful outcome. However, judging by everything, Pokrovsky was doing everything right, because “he brought his foot down!” were very quickly noticed and accepted by the public. And the reason for this is their individual uniqueness and appearance, about which we can say "not from this world."
When the popularity of Max Pokrovsky gained enough momentum in order to gain influence in the field of show business, he began to work solo and tried himself in the acting field. According to the musician himself, the path to fame through shocking was the shortest and most correct. And they did not pretend to be punks - just at the beginning of a career this style was the most demanded.
Acting
Like any creatively gifted person, Maxim decided to try himself in theater and cinema. The acting liked the musician, and the first work was the participation in the project of Valentin Gneushev. Then Pokrovsky starred in such films as:
- “Time is Money” by Evgeny Lungin;
- “To Baikal” - by Sergey Nikonov and Mikhail Kozlov;
- "Treasure Hunters" by Brent Hiff.
Moreover, the musician played one of the secondary roles in the series entitled "In the rhythm of the tango", which also featured the well-known Natalia Oreiro. In addition, Max Pokrovsky took part in the performance of Cleanset by Sarah Kane. Before going on stage, the artist is always noticeably worried, but for a real creative person this phenomenon is quite normal.
TV Shooting
Once Max wanted to swallow extreme sports and he went to “survive” in the popular Russian television show “The Last Hero”. Apparently Pokrovsky liked it so much that he took part in it twice - in 2003 and 2004. Being outside the comfort zone, Maxim wrote a song about difficult conditions and hard work on the island. The composition "I am not the last hero!" became the "anthem" of that season. In the team of Pokrovsky, such popular personalities as Vlad Stashevsky, Irakli Pirtskhalava, Maria Butyrskaya and Ekaterina Semenova “survived”.
In 2005, the musician worked at the TVC, where he conducted the TV show "Hello, TV!" In addition, he managed to participate in the Ford Boyard program three times.
Pokrovsky's solo project
Recently, Maxim has somewhat moved away from the group, recording his own albums. The first single, which was released in 2007, was the song "Shopping." And two years later, Max Pokrovsky’s video for this composition was released. In the nightclubs of England, the single became a real hit, because the musician collaborates with eminent British DJs.
Max Inc’s solo career doesn’t affect the activity of “Keep up!”, So the group continues to write songs and give concerts. In addition, Maxim Pokrovsky has been friends with Mikhail Gutseriev for many years and writes music to his poems. The creative union has long found its fans on Russian radio. The fruits of their work are called: “Yellow Glasses” and “Asia-80” (2012); “Eyes of Love” and “Crocodile People” (2013). Shortly after the release of the songs, Max shot clips on them.
In addition, Pokrovsky is the author of the soundtracks for the films “Time is Money” (the song “Moscow - Shaverma”); “Turkish Gambit” (“Let's Go East!”); "Dumb Fat Hare" ("Haru Mamburu") and songs for the Moscow Circus show on Tsvetnoy Boulevard.
Albums
During his solo career, Max Pokrovsky released three studio discs, these are:
- "Moscow - Shaverma";
- "Shopping";
- "Disco".
About personal
Like many public people, Maxim does not like to talk about his private life, but something is known. The musician met his future wife, Tatyana, at one of the rock parties that the young student often visited.
Since then, a lot of water has flowed, and at the moment in the family of Pokrovsky two children - Taisiya and Ilya. Maxim is very fond of horses and horseback riding, and his relatives actively support him in this.
Political Views
- When the presidential elections of the Russian Federation were held in 2006, Pokrovsky voted for Yeltsin, because he appreciates stability and does not like change.
- In 2011, mass rallies of citizens dissatisfied with the situation in the country began, and the musician was on their side. He accused government officials of corruption and bribery.
- He advocated tolerance for the LGBT community, believing that they have the same rights as other people. He is also in favor of allowing same-sex couples to adopt children.
- He said that he was upset by the unfair treatment of people who were different from the bulk of the people, he suggested either helping them or not touching them at all.
- With the group “Keeping the Foot!” gave a performance in Crimea, for which he was included in the program “Peacemaker”.
Well, everyone has the right to their own opinion, so the positions of Maxim Pokrovsky should not be given special importance. He is undoubtedly a talented person, so you just need to respect Maxim’s courage in expressing his opinion and enjoy his work. Let's hope that Maxim will present the world with more than one good song and will not abandon his band “Keeping Your Leg!”.