A native of Dubna was born on October 28, 1987. Already in the 4th grade, the boy understood what he wanted to do. It all started with the Nirvana group. After listening to their songs, the future musician Vladimir Kotlyarov has a clear understanding that punk rock is his way. Despite the pressure of society, Vladimir continued to go towards his goal and he liked it more and more.
The beginning of the way
Vladimir devoted his whole life to music. Constantly found in her something interesting and new, began to study it. However, he was best able to write lyrics for songs. In his works filled with meaning, many people have already found a piece of themselves and their lives. The main directions of his texts are social life and politics, those thoughts that are usually afraid to say out loud.
Musical group
In 2008, a significant event took place in the biography of Vladimir Kotlyarov - the creation of the "Pornofilms" group. The members of the group today are guitarists Vyacheslav Seleznev and Alexander Rusakov, drummer Kirill Muravyov, bassist Alexander Agafonov and Vladimir himself, who acts as a soloist. Also in it were Dmitry Kuznetsov and Alexey Nilov, who subsequently left the team.
The name for the musical group was invented when the guys were sitting in the garage. They wanted people who first heard the name of the group to excite, cling to, and possibly outrage. Generally speaking, so that at the time of the first acquaintance of a person with a group, the name could attract, evoke some emotions or even feelings.
As is commonly believed, the guys play in the punk rock genre. Despite this, all participants lead a healthy lifestyle and even promote it in their songs.
Until 2013, the team completely did everything on its own. Participants shared responsibilities according to the capabilities of each. Someone wrote poems, someone created covers for albums, others wrote music and arranged concerts. But since the beginning of 2015, when the group began to gain popularity, people began to offer their services - SMM, search for tours and equipment, etc.
Discography
Below is a discography of the team and year of release of work.
| Title | Year of issue |
| "Art" | 2012 |
| "Boring life" | 2012 |
| "How many bombs explode?" | 2012 |
| "On all screens of the country" | 2012 |
| "Karma of the workers" | 2013 |
| "The poor country" | 2013 |
| "Youth and punk rock" | 2014 |
| "Resistance" | 2015 |
| "Russian Dream. Part 1" | 2015 |
| "Russian Dream. Part 2" | 2016 |
| "As the last time" | 2016 |
| "Between Despair and Hope" | 2017 |
Parenting
Band members have always believed that their music should be more than just songs that can influence people's moods. At some point, the team realizes that with their music they can educate their audience, which for the most part consists of young people and adolescents. The team felt responsible for the next generation.
Then their goal was to instill in the audience a desire for mutual assistance. This idea was born out for a reason: Vladimir Kotlyarov believes that in our time, when the authorities wanted to spit on people, it is very important to help each other and provide support in difficult situations to everyone who needs it.
The group managed to realize their conclusions only after acquiring a little more popularity. They showed youth how to help people by their own example. During the recording of the album “Between Despair and Hope”, the group organized a fundraising event at the crowdfunding venue. And no, they did not spend this money on the record, the guys sent all the funds transferred to him to a special fund, which in turn was engaged in supporting people with leukemia.
Over the entire period of the charity event, more than 700 thousand rubles were collected, which really helped sick people. Also, at their concerts, the children collected "carts of joy", where anyone could put any thing that they also handed over to the sick. To avoid doubts about the honest intentions of the group, crowdfunding company’s website publishes reports on transfers of money and things, as well as photographs of hospital visits.
The direct participation of the group in this action affected both themselves and the recorded album. The guys describe the name of the album as the range in which the life of an ordinary person proceeds.
About his music
Vladimir himself is afraid to call himself a musician and sticks to the term "vocalist" more. The people associate the style of their musical creativity with punk rock, however, Vladimir likes to define the group's activity as performing songs. This is because the group has many different songs, the musicians do not try to adhere to specific genres and their framework. They leave an empty “genre” column, enabling journalists with an inquiring mind and music specialists to fill it out on their own.
Vladimir Kotlyarov does not consider his musical career to be his work, he designates it as life. He cannot imagine himself separately from musical activity. And he does music for several reasons.
Firstly, it is an internal desire for self-expression with the help of an accessible form - writing poetry and performing songs. He understood this during the creative crisis. When he did not write anything for a long time, his state of mind was critical and frightening thoughts appeared that he would never be able to compose and sing.
Secondly, Vladimir Kotlyarov considers the idea of ​​the group to be acting as a translator, that is, the transformation of the collective unconscious into a particular in which everyone can see something close to himself. Vladimir represents this process as follows. Living a specific piece of time, he watches what is happening around and even unknowingly absorbs it, and then splashes out everything experienced in the form of songs, after listening to which the listener becomes not alone in his opinions. For the same reason, songs are a reflection of the era.
About goals and means
Vladimir Kotlyarov believes that people are used to dividing the world into means and ends. For example, he considers work to be a means, and the goal is to earn a certain amount of money. For Vladimir, his work and poetry are both a goal and a means. He is doing this in order to continue in the future. The only thing he is afraid of is not to catch something.
About work and music in Russia
Music is an element of Vladimir. He was convinced of this several times throughout his life, because in the biography of the musician Vladimir Kotlyarov there were times when he had to work in different jobs - from a printing house employee to a laborer. In no place did Vladimir work for more than six months, but the music captivated him forever.
When the tours began, it was no longer up to work, so Vladimir finally chooses musical creativity. He admits that beginner musicians have a difficult life in Russia, so he had to get a job before a successful career began. Vladimir believes that in Russia there is no industry, each individual musician is left to his own devices. Whether or not you go to your concerts, it is how close your music is to the people. There are no major labels in which experienced musicians who have independently traveled this way share their knowledge and help bring the product to a new level to which a beginner will reach only after 5 years. The label would also help in the promotion, but the group “Pornofilms” had to go through everything by itself.
Age
Many fans have a question about how old the musician Vladimir Kotlyarov is. Knowing his date of birth (October 28, 1987), you can easily give an answer to it. Today he is 30 years old. However, this month will turn 31.
Personal life
Unfortunately, there is no information on the musician’s private life on the Internet. He himself did not mention her, and reporters did not ask. It is understandable, because Vladimir has something to ask, in addition to his personal life. However, it is known that he has a spouse. The wife of Vladimir Kotlyarov helps “Pornofilms” in a variety of issues and is to some extent a muse for the soloist.