Knyazev singer biography

BYOGRAPHY BYOGRAPHY after the release of the art series “King and the Jester” in the year fans of the musical group and even the audience far from punk rock were able to plunge into the history of the religious team. Their creative tandem and confrontation even ten years after the death of the pot cause hot disputes of fans. Childhood and youth Andrei Knyazev was born on February 6 in Leningrad, in the Kupchino area.

Training gave him a strong body, and art - a rich inner world, filled with heroes and villains. Parents supported a creative guy. After eight grades, he went to the school for the profession of an artist-restorer. There he met a fellow student Mikhail Gorshenev - a passionate rocker, who already had his own group “Office”, collected from school friends. Andrey Knyazev in his youth.

Photo: social networks in the series show how the young pot accidentally saw Knyazev’s notebook with drawings and stories, and then became interested in his work and invited him to his team. Andrei focused on writing texts and visual design of the group. He transferred his fabulous world of gloomy and instructive stories to the song. Such a topic demanded a change in the name.

At first, the punks called their Band “King of the Jokes”, but Knyazev insisted on the option “King and the Jester”. This duality emphasized the presence of two frontmen on the stage and the breakdown of many songs into two roles. Knyazev's parents supported his new musical hobby. In an interview, the rocker said that in the childhood apartment he had his own creative room, where he painted and composed, and he did not want to leave from there at all.

As a result, the artist moved away from the family only at 32. Andrey Knyazev in his youth. Photo: Global Look Press “King and the Jester” in the year a group with a new name performed on the stage of the Leningrad rock club and immediately became the center of attraction of an informal party. The peppy punks replaced the sad Russian rock, relying not to the depth of the text, but on simple fantasy historians with understandable ties and end.

In M, Knyazev was drafted into the army for two years. Andrei served in the railway troops in the Vologda region and continued to create: he arranged his colleagues with concerts under the guitar and wrote texts for Kisha. When he returned, the group began to actively eager for glory. In M, the debut album was released with a “head on the head”, which was warmly received by not only listeners, but also colleagues from the rock industry.

In the year, the song “Jump from the cliff” of the authorship of Knyazev led the chart of “Our Radio”. At the beginning of the "zero" group was already known throughout Russia, released new albums one after another. At the peak of glory, Panki actively toured the country, giving concerts almost every day, and collected musical awards. Each second song of them went into the people and memorized fans by heart.

The most vivid Knyazev, who began to be called simply a prince, proved himself to be on an “acoustic album” when Gorshenev temporarily faded into the background. On this plastic, the famous “doll of the sorcerer”, “jump from the cliff” and “the song of the musketeers” came out. In the year, Andrei released the solo album “The Love of the Scour”, inviting the musicians from the groups “Chizh and Co”, “Aquarium” and others to record.

The compositions of this plasticity, like some songs of the “acoustic”, did not want to see the “king and jester” in the repertoire, he played for a more difficult sound. And every year the prince took more and more steps in solo work. As a result, he decided to create a third -party project - his own prinzz group. And then he completely left Kisha. It was in the year: Gorshenev and the team took up the creation of the TODD rock opera about the London serial killer Suini Todd, but Andrei refused to participate in the production.

He later announced the final departure from the group that made him famous, and “started from scratch” with his team. Mikhail Gorshenev and Andrey Knyazev on stage. In the same year, the team first performed at the “Invasion” festival, and her debut single “Man-Extend” for a long time lingered in the “chart dozen”. Critics noted that the style of the rocker music shifted from Punk to Gothic.

At the same time, Andrei continued to perform the songs “Kisha” written by him.

The series shows that Gorshenev tried to strangle a new group of a former comrade, interfering with its performances. But in the year he was gone, like the “king and the jester”, and Knyazev continued to release the album behind the album. Later, Andrei gave several concerts in memory of his friend and became the producer of the series, telling the story of their joint group.

True, many fans accused him of outlining the image of a pot and a rise in his own role. The young prince was played in the artistic picture by actor Vlad Konoplev. Photo: A frame from the series of the year instead of a rock Oper Knyazev showed an interest in cinema and animation. In addition to the mentioned series, he participated in the creation of soundtracks for the film “Instead of the Void” and the Finnik cartoon, and began to release animated clips.

He later created the 3D-multphilms “Sones of Sewe” and “The Horcerers of an abandoned house”. In the year, Andrei turned 50 years old. The musician celebrated the anniversary of a large -scale tour and the new album “We pay for the jester! Andrey Knyazev on stage.But the second wife of the musician - the photographer Agata Nigrovskaya - is shown in all its glory and is represented by a fabulous princess.

In the first marriage, the daughter of Diana was born, in the second - Alice girls communicate with each other, like Andrei's wives. Agatha says that she was carried away by a photograph from Alena’s presentation: she gave her her camera and for some time, along with her daughter, acted as a model for creative pictures. Andrey Knyazev and Agata Nigrovskaya. Photo: Social networks in Knyazev’s house live several cats and two chihua-hua dogs.

He himself continues to love football and sometimes goes to root for Zenit, however, no longer in the stands, but in the sportsbar. Interesting facts Andrei Knyazev does not smoke and avoids alcohol. Rock artist tied with bad habits after surgery to remove cysts on ligaments and now advocates a healthy lifestyle. The singer managed to work by profession - he took part in the restoration of the Hermitage.

Andrey Knyazev with daughters. Photo: Social networks of the prince also wrote books about the cult group - “King and the Jester. Old book ”and“ King and the Jester. Old book II. Inappropriate stories ”is expected to exit the third part called“ Unknown Album ”. In the year, Andrei presented the virtual “King and Jester Museum” in the format of two videos. The author of the songs admits that he often writes poetry in the bathroom, under the noise of water.

According to him, his zodiac sign, Aquarius, is related to this strange habit.