Маврик

Sergey Konstantinovich Mavrin Сергей Константинович Маврин Nicknamed 'Mavrick' Маврик Born February 28 1963 Is A Russian Musician And Composer Who Is Credited As One Of The Best Guitarists Of Russian Metal Scene. His Music Style Combines Heavy Metal Progressive Metal And Hard Rock And Often Dubbed "MavRock". Sergey Had Been A Member Of Aria Kipelov Chorny Kofe Metallachord And Nazad V Budusheye And Founded A Band 'Mavrik' Not To Be Confused With Maverick Though It Is Considered Mavrin's Solo Project Since Its Latest Albums Are Released With "Sergey Mavrin" Not "Mavrik" Title On The Covers. Since 2000 Sergey Has His Own Radio Show Iron Curtain On 'Yunost' Radio Channel. It Is Dedicated To Rock Music. Early Life Sergey Was Born In Kazan And Has Been A Fan Of Rock Music Since His Childhood. He Mentions Led Zeppelin Nazareth And Deep Purple As His Early Favorites. Mavrin Studied To Play Piano And Electric Guitar Though He Never Received Formal Music Education. After Military Service In 1985 Sergey Participated In 'Chornoye Cofe' Black Coffee One Of The First Soviet Metal Bands And Then Joined 'Metallachord'. In Aria After The Breakup Of Aria's Original Lineup In 1987 Mavrin Was Invited To Replace Andrej Bolshakov. He Participated In Three Of The Band's Albums Geroy Asfalta Igra S Ogn'om And Krov Za Krov Which Are Considered Aria's 'classical Era'. Though Sergey Wrote A Very Few Songs For Aria His Guitar Solos Were One Of Band's Dignities. After A Tour Of Germany The Band Nearly Broke Up When Vocalist Valery Kipelov Was Fired. Protesting Against It Mavrin Moved On To Record An Album With Alexey Bulgakov On Vocals And Left The Band. He Was Replaced By Sergey Terentyev. Mavrin And Kipelov Tried To Start A Band 'Nazad V Budusheye' Back To The Future But This Project Remained Active Only For Two Months. So As Not To Remain Jobless In 1996 Sergey Played In Concert Troup Of Pop Artist Dmitry Malikov. Foundation Of Mavrik In 1997 Sergey Offered To Kipelov Who Was Back In Aria To Record Together The Combined Album Which Might Include Their Songs Which Were Refused By Aria Or Did Not Fit Into Aria's Style. In 1997 They Released The LP Entitled Kipelov And Mavrin - Smutnoye Vremia Time Of Troubles Which Included 10 Tracks. Songs From This Album Became The Main Concert Material For Sergey's New Project A Band He Started In 1998 Which Was Entitled "Mavrik" Due To His Familiar Nickname. Arthur Berkut Ex-Autograph Joined "Mavrik" As Vocalist On Its First Album Skitaletz Wanderer Where Mavrin Played Guitars Bass And Keyboards. The Genre Of The Album Was Progressive/heavy Metal. Vladimir Holstinin Was A Guest Guitarist On 'Skitaletz'. Shortly After The Album's Release And Subsequent Touring Berkut Left The Band To Be Replaced By Classically Trained Vocalist Stas Vytart. In 2000 The Band Released Neformat-1 Which Took The Hard Rock Sound Of Skitaletz In A More Experimental Direction While Displaying Some Hints Of Heavier Guitar Sound On Tracks Such As "Staya" "The Pack" "Ei Chelovek" "Hey Man" And "V Dikom Pole" "In The Wild Field" . However Vytart's Stage Presence Did Not Seem To Fit With Mavrin's Concept Of The Band's Live Show And Shortly After The Album's Release He Was Replaced By Berkut Who Returned To The Band And Played Assorted Shows In Support Of The Album. During The Recording Of The Third Album Himichesky Son Chemical Sleep 2001 Artur Berkut Often Failed To Show Up In Studio And Finally Sergey Had To Fire Him. When Berkut Once Was Asked Why Did He Left Mavrik He Replied "You'd Better Ask Lena Mavrina About It" Meaning Sergey's Wife . Artem Styrov Was Hired As The New Vocalist. The Album Displayed A Much Heavier Guitar-Oriented Sound That Was Firmly Within The Heavy Metal Genre. Some Of The Songs Are Still Live Staples Of Mavrin's Set As Of This Writing. Since Chemical Sleep All Following Albums Are Released As By Artist 'Sergey Mavrin' Not 'Mavrik'. This Was Done After Consulting The IronD Record Label Which Recommended Them To Take A More Serious Title. Lineup - Current * Sergey Mavrin Guitar * Andrey Lefler Vocals * Yuri Alexeyev Guitar * Leonid Maksimov Bass * Pavel Elkind Drums Former Members Include * Arthur Berkut Vocals * Alexey Kharkov Bass * Artem Styrov Vocals * Stanislav Vitart Vocals * Alexander Mosinian Bass * Pavel Chinekov Drums * Alexander Schwetz Bass * Pavel Pazon Drums * Alexander Karpukhin Drums * Rinat Mukhametjanov Drums read less