Konstantin Pakhomov can be called one of the most mysterious participants of Tender May! He not only stood at the origins of the group, but was also one of the few who actually had a musical education there. But after releasing two solo albums and starring in the cooperative melodrama “Mannequin in Love,” Pakhomov disappeared from television screens for years. Until now, very little is known about him. There are rumors that Konstantin is engaged in the ice cream business, and also served in intelligence in two Chechen wars. But there is no one to confirm or refute them. Unlike the other ex-Maevtsy, Kostya does not appear either on the Internet or on Malakhov’s talk show. In this article (which does not claim to be complete or objective), we will try to put together the available information about this mysterious artist!
ABOUT early biography Little is known about the bones. Born on January 13, 1972 in the city of Orenburg. Unlike many other participants in Tender May, he was not an orphan. Before meeting Sergei Kuznetsov, he managed to graduate from music school in violin and sing in a school ensemble. And this meeting could not have happened at a better time...
In that happy time- in the spring of 1988, May was still an Orenburg group, and - an unknown administrator of the Mirage group, posing as Gorbachev’s nephew. The first album “White Roses” had already been recorded, which, having dispersed throughout the Orenburg region, brought the group its first... no, not yet popularity - fame. Then the scythe landed on a stone, Sergei Kuznetsov was fired from the boarding school, he was forbidden to see Yura Shatunov, and the group was left without a soloist.
Having settled in the House of Pioneers of the Industrial District, Sergei worked on the second album of Tender May, but the work did not go well. With Yura, he managed to record only one song - “Autumn is Slowly Leaving”; it was absolutely unclear who would perform the rest. At this difficult moment, fate brought him together with Kostya...
Kostya appeared with us after Shatunov and I “promoted” the first album. He came and immediately grabbed the bull by the horns: “I want to sing... I listened to it, everything seems to be fine.” He hears well. He has a good voice, a good, clear voice. But I immediately realized: this is not “my” voice, I don’t need one like that. However, since we had several songs lying dead weight that did not suit Yura, I decided to record them with Kostya.
According to another version, Kostya ended up in the House of Pioneers because their homemade rock band’s equipment broke down and they needed to rehearse somewhere. One way or another, the acquaintance took place there, after which Pakhomov became the new soloist of Tender May.
Having recorded the songs “I wish you happiness”, “Flowers” and “Evening” with him cold winter”, which had been waiting in the wings for several years, Sergei quickly finished his second album, which received the unofficial name “Summer deceived us.” Yura Shatunov owned only the first track, the other five were performed by Kostya. The last one was the beautiful synth instrumental “A Little About Me.”
But since the public already knew that the lead singer of Laskovoy May was Shatunov, clarification was required. In the introduction, someone’s voice explained the current situation: “Yuri Shatunov was unable to work with Kuznetsov, since further work was impossible due to the negative attitude of the director of boarding school No. 2 in the city of Orenburg towards their joint work.”
From Kuznetsov’s autobiographical book “You Just Were”, it is clear that Kostya aroused conflicting feelings in Sergei Borisovich - on the one hand, Kuznetsov highly valued professionalism, on the other, human sincerity. Seeing how Kostya “works for the public”, with a smile accepting flowers for songs written for Shatunov (at live concerts he had to perform “White Roses” and other songs from the first album), Sergei became more and more convinced that cooperation was only temporary , and when the time comes, Kostya will step over him and move on.
“Kostya accepted the signs of the audience’s attention without a shadow of embarrassment. This made me feel awkward. I knew that all this was not for him. In reality, all this was intended for Shatunov. Because they were going at him. Because we heard the first album"
(Sergey Kuznetsov, “You Just Were”, 1991)
And when Pakhomov sang songs written for Yura, their author experienced a deep internal conflict, which certainly affected the attitude towards Kostya.
Pakhomov was a balanced boy. Somewhat proud. Very well read. He did not smoke and was categorically against alcohol (it seems that he still does not indulge in these things). Of course, in everyday life such a bouquet of advantages only adorns a person. But on the stage, in my opinion, you need a rebel. At least I needed a rebel... I saw that Pakhomov had his own musical path. And he will definitely find her if he gets a little help and support.
(Sergey Kuznetsov, “You Just Were”, 1991)
But Sergei was in no hurry to support Kostya, reasoning that if this was talent, he would make his own way.
Corr: Have you long dreamed of having your own group?
KP: From the very beginning.
Corr: When is this from the very beginning?
KP: As soon as I got into Tender May, I began to dream about my own group.
(from an interview in 1989)
In May 1988, Kuznetsov received an offer from the Orenburg Philharmonic: to perform at the Russian Field festival, whose concerts were to be held in different cities. The texts of Tender May were officially “uploaded” by the culture department of the regional executive committee, but even requests from cultural officials could not convince the formidable Valentina Tazikenova to let Shatunov go on tour.
“The director of our philharmonic society, Igor Petrovich Golikov, called me: I invite you to talk. I came to him, and Nadezhda Babkina was sitting in his office, and we met her. He offers me - they have a festival “Russian Field”, it is held every year, starting from the end of May and ending at the end of June. Let's take part too? I speak with pleasure, only as Valentina Nikolaevna... Well, Igor Petrovich raised all the connections that he had - he was refused. I suggest to the Philharmonic: let's take another vocalist? Let's make the same songs, sing them again. Of course, I didn’t want this, because people listened to Yurka, he sounded from every window, and Kostya would be here... But I had to agree.”
(Sergey Kuznetsov, from an interview in 2016)
As a result, Kuznetsov went to perform with Pakhomov. However, judging by the book “You Just Were”, Sergei from the very beginning considered this cooperation only as temporary, and he did not imagine and did not want Tender May with the only soloist Kostya Pakhomov.
We worked on this tour of 50 concerts. 2, 3 per day. And they received “mad” money - as much as 5.50 per concert! We're coming to the stadium with Kostya - let's unload the equipment. They unloaded and played. Let's get her on the bus. We move to the local Palace of Culture... The same thing happens there. Unloaded - played - loaded. And there is still a third site ahead... And all this for miserable pennies. Therefore, probably, those first tours were not remembered as anything good. Although we were received well. Applause, flowers, fans...
Kostya and I didn’t eat a ton of salt during the Russian Field festival. Fire and water did not pass. Copper pipes- too (we didn’t tour in a brass band). But the exhausting work schedule, the exhausting loading and unloading of the apparatus - they survived it all. And Kostya turned out to be a reliable colleague.
It was probably then that Kostya managed to work as a disc jockey - at the same discotheque of the House of Pioneers, where Sergei Kuznetsov officially worked then. At that moment it was still unclear how things would turn out further fate Happy May. Perhaps Kuznetsov and Pakhomov would have recorded the next album together, which would have attracted the attention of some Moscow producer (at the end of the 80s this word was already in use), and perhaps Sergei would have found a new soloist. As for Yura Shatunov, he would have remained to finish his studies at Orenburg boarding school No. 2, secretly dreaming of becoming a professional hockey player. But fate decreed otherwise...
In June 1988, he was sent from the Record studio to Shostka to purchase magnetic tape. Having accidentally heard Shatunov’s voice on the train, he carefully asked his neighbor in the compartment about the “Orenburg nugget”, then got off at the first station and returned to Moscow, where he arranged a business trip to Orenburg...
Shaking a travel document with the seal of the USSR Ministry of Culture (the Record studio, where he was registered, was actually assigned to the Ministry of Culture), Razin took advantage of the Soviet “vertical of power”, in which the periphery was always afraid of the Center. His ebullient energy and decisive actions brought together what seemed impossible to return. Tazikenova also retreated, allowing Yura to perform again...
But so far only Kuznetsov went to Moscow with Razin. It was not easy to arrange Shatunov’s transfer, but Sergei did not want to take Kostya. After talking with Pakhomov, Razin invited him himself.
Thus, Andrei’s role in Kostya’s fate was not entirely negative, as they now strive to imagine. The first stages of the country and all-Union glory awaited the 16-year-old Orenburg ninth-grader, which he would never have known alone. Until September 1988, when Yura was also transported to Moscow, Kostya was the only soloist of the now Moscow Tender May!
But Razin was not going to engage in the development of Kostya; he had completely different plans in this regard...
After the re-release of two LM magnetic albums, recorded in the final version at the Record studio, Andrey began to work closely on what Kuznetsov’s move was for - recording his songs under the brand name of the already well-promoted Tender May. At first, Sergei Kuznetsov was against Razin becoming the lead singer of Tender May, but depending on him in everything, the founder of the group now had less and less rights to his own opinion...
Without having musical ear, Razin had an excellent commercial sense and understood perfectly well that if he himself as a singer was not interesting to anyone, then together with Tender May he will always be received with a bang!
Yuri Guk also collaborated with May (it was his pen that wrote the musical pamphlet “Stupid Owl,” ridiculing the critic Yuri Filinov), and soon Razin borrowed the song “You, Me and the Sea” for his young soloist Andrei Gurov.
In his later interviews, Andrei admits that he tried, as far as possible, to “cut off the oxygen” to all the artists who left Tender May. In his interviews, he invariably said that Kostya was asking to come back, in turn, Kostya claimed that Razin regularly calls him back. However, in the film “How Much Are the Affectionate Nowadays,” Razin was emphatically friendly:
“Konstantin Pakhomov is a man who worked with us in Tender May for a year, I am very grateful to him. Konstantin Pakhomov is the same guy whom I took from school in the 9th grade, a school student, no one knew him then, Kostya took his first steps in the house of pioneers in vocals, suddenly, after a year, having worked for us, he received some kind of then the audience, popularity, thanks to our joint work, will then talk about their leader, about the soloist, about the fact that Andrei Razin is mediocre, he cannot play any type of instrument, he does not have basic hearing. I will say that maybe this is Kostya’s childhood, self-affirmation, I don’t blame him in any way, Kostya is right to some extent, and I really like that, in general, he talks about it openly. Once upon a time we were very close friends, he did almost everything I told him, he set himself up very well creatively, now he works independently, Kostya stands very tightly on the stage, I’ll tell you that this will last for a long time, maybe education he will receive a musical, professional one. But practice, practice, a lot of practice. Having worked 500 concerts with me, Kostya is the strongest at the moment...”
(Andrey Razin, film “How much are the affectionate ones nowadays”, 1990)
According to Arthur Gasparyan, a staff critic of Moskovsky Komsomolets (by the way, who dedicated three articles to Kostya), when the singer reached military age, his fans organized an entire “committee for the defense of Kostya Pakhomov”, planning to picket the Ministry of Defense!
We are no longer Tender May
It had such a symbolic name concert program, with which Konstantin and his group toured the country after the release of the first album. Since the group had too little material of its own for a solo section, performances by local groups were included in the concerts, as if as a load.
Corr: You called your program “We are no longer Tender May,” is it so important for you to emphasize this?
KP: Of course, everyone is used to the fact that Kostya Pakhomov is LM. But now these are completely different things. This can be understood both by the performance and by the music, by its quality, at least. Lyosha Glyzin had the same situation after leaving Vesyolye guys.
Corr: Does anything connect you with LM now?
KP: No, I haven’t seen them for a long time, and they don’t interest me.
Memories of how these concerts took place were brought to us by the Ufa newspaper “Leninets” in 1990:
“We were waiting for Kostya, Kostenka and whatever his fans call him. But the idol, having given them plenty to squeal and scream and sing just a little, left, leaving the stage to the Arbat group playing hard rock. But Pakhomov finally completed the program, singing a couple more songs. At this point the “show” was over. As they say, “thank you for your attention.” It was not possible to talk to Kostya Pakhomov himself. “I can answer your questions. If I want,” the administrator (or director) of the show snapped. This half-condescending “if I want” is quite symbolic. This phrase is the vital and creative credo of the group, a group that does not have its own name, does not have its own equipment and, most importantly, in my opinion, there is no desire to work and sing. But I really want to make money. Attract as many spectators as possible and, calling a spade a spade, inflating it, quickly “reel in the fishing rods.” So that in the next city, just as greedily waiting for this “not TENDER MAY,” you can repeat your trick. The team is insured against mistakes because they will “hit” in the place where they just were, and not because where they are now. But the main insurance policy against punctures is not this, but the viewer. Those same girls and boys who flock to “May”, thereby making them invincible, inviolable and invulnerable.”
When asked by Arthur Gasparyan whether Kostya would like to return to Tender May, but without Andrei Razin, he will answer that “he has already grown out of these children’s pants.”
Meanwhile, in the summer of 1990, Andrei Razin’s book “Winter in the Land of Tender May” was published, in which he accused Kostya of theft:
“I suffered with him. He comes from a wealthy family, is favored, and considers himself almost Michael Jackson. In the team, the children from the orphanage did not like him. I had to resolve conflicts. But I didn’t want to leave. Even after Kostya stole money from drummer Seryozha Linyuk, I removed Seryozha, but left Kostya. By that time he was already a “star”. After graduating from school, Pakhomov said that he wanted to work independently. I didn't interfere. Free will. But Kostya began his “independence” with television revelations. At first I was offended, but then I realized that the guy was not so simple. He realized that without “Tender May” nothing would happen to him, and swearing at me would arouse interest in him. Realizing this, I calmed down. Let him swear. After all, if he shuts up, he will be forgotten. And things are going to the point that he will soon join the army, from which Kostya tried to escape by all means. A two-year intermission could put an end to his glory. So Kostya was tempted to hold out at least with this. So in the end I was not at all against his dashing “revelations”. I began to understand Kostino’s situation and even sympathize with him. When a person wants to stay afloat by any means, nothing can stop him. Unless life itself teaches.”
(Andrey Razin, “Winter in the Land of Tender May”)
Mannequin in love
In 1991, Kostya, who had already matured, played Zhenya in the film “Mannequin in Love” by little-known director Vitaly Makarov, in which such famous actors, like Boris Shcherbakov, Mikhail Svetin, Svetlana Nemolyaeva and Ilya Oleynikov. Kostya’s partner in the film was Anna Tikhonova, the daughter of everyone’s beloved Vyacheslav “Stirlitz” Tikhonov, familiar to us from her roles in such perestroika dramas as “Shuravi”, “Arkady Fomich’s Committee” and “The Enraged Bus”. The composer of the film was Viktor Chaika, and Kostya performed several songs in it - already in new arrangements.
Filming took place in Yalta and Sevastopol, where local residents literally picketed the set to look at their idol!
Reporter: What do you value in a girl?
KP: Beauty and... sex techniques.
Corr: ?! Explain yourself.
KP: I wouldn't like to go into details.
I want to hope
Filming lasted almost a year, but Kostya managed to overcome this creative downtime. At the beginning of March 1991, he appeared on the TV show "50/50", performing at the Dynamo Sports Palace, after which he went on tour.
In 1992, Kostya’s second, lesser-known album, “I Want to Hope,” was released, in which there was a move away from the Disco of Perestroika towards more modern pop music at the intersection of synth-pop and rock. Thus, Kostya’s work even survived Tender May, which by that time had completely disintegrated.
Unfortunately, due to the age and lack of popularity of the album, which was unlucky enough to be born at the end of the popularity of disco perestroika, we do not know the authorship of most of its songs. According to reliable sources, the famous guitar virtuoso Sergei Mavrin, a member of the groups Black Coffee, Metallaccord, Aria and Kipelov, had a hand in working on the album. With his help, old arrangements, distinguished by a rather primitive synthetic sound, no longer fashionable in the early 90s, turned into full-fledged compositions with a distinct bass guitar background...
“Kostya Pakhomov is one of the soloists of the ensemble “Tender May”. We don't actually know each other. But my childhood friend is Igor Kozlov, with whom I played in the group “Black Coffee” in 1985 (thanks to whom I got into it), with whom I created the groups “Visit” even earlier and later “Metalakkord”, in 1990 was a bass player for Kostya, who, in turn, decided to take up solo career. It was 1990, or the beginning of 1991... I couldn’t remember exactly, even with the help of Kozlov. Then two things coincided - an offer from Pakhomov’s group to record guitar for them on their debut [ in fact, the second is D.S.] album, and my emerging fatigue from the monotony of what I record in “Aria”. I just needed an outburst of emotions alien to Iron Maiden, so I easily accepted the offer voiced by Igor Kozlov. Any third-party ideas were good for me, since there were almost no of my own at that time. I was presented with minus (without voice) soundtracks, and I went into a break! I played whatever I wanted, not caring that someone might not like it or not suit the style. Everything went well and I liked it. Including me. Final version, already with a voice, today I’m listening for the first time...”
(remembers Sergei Mavrin)
In 1992, a video clip was shot for the song “The Last Day of Spring”. Unfortunately, both the album and the video were the last creative career Bones of Pakhomov. The new songs never saw the light of day, and the following year, 1993, the singer’s musical career finally ended. In online collections you can find unreleased songs: “Spring”, “Summer”, “Love”, “On a Motorcycle” and “Sun”.
What happened to the ambitious? creative plans artist? After all, he was going to enter the conservatory, produce young musicians, and finally release a disc on “Melodiya”? . The answer, most likely, has long been known to us...
Afterword
The further life and work of Konstantin Pakhomov lie in thick fog. The earth is full of rumors, but we will not retell them. Sergey Kuznetsov and others periodically remember him former members group, without providing, however, any details. Even the film crew of the talk show “Let Them Talk” could not find Konstantin. No one opened the door to his Orenburg apartment, and his neighbors saw him only briefly and didn’t really know anything about him.
Malakhov: Andrey, do you know about the fate of Kostya Pakhomov, why doesn’t he communicate with anyone and doesn’t open the door to his neighbors?
Razin: Kostya Pakhomov left the team after literally working for almost a year. And he no longer communicated with any of the guys, not with Sergei Lenyuk, or with anyone. Therefore, this is his personal business. As far as I know, Kostya entered theater institute, successfully starred in several films and after which his career ended in cinema, I don’t know... I heard that he is involved in real estate... Yura Shatunov, for example, also hasn’t heard of him for years, probably 20, maybe 21.
(“Let them talk. Tender May. Stay alive,” 02/28/2013)
IN social networks There are several fan clubs of Kostya Pakhomov, in which his devoted admirers discuss the merits and demerits of songs recorded thirty years ago, compare Kostya’s vocals with Shatunovsky and brand Andrei Razin for not allowing Kostya to grow and develop in 1989. From time to time, public administrators throw in “firewood” in the form of rumors from people who allegedly saw or knew Kostya. There is also a closed forum where Pakhomov allegedly communicates with his fans himself. The mysticism of what happens there is reminiscent of a seance.
We would like to make this biography more complete and reliable, so if Konstantin Mikhailovich himself ever reads it, the editors of the Disco Encyclopedia will be happy to interview him, which will undoubtedly be the warmest greeting to his loyal fans over the past 25 years! In the meantime, we have to put an end to this.
Sources
- 1. O. Nikolaeva - “Comedy in the style of “Tender May””, “Young Leninist”, October 7, 1989
- 2. Igor Shestakov - “Kostya Pakhomov: - “I’m trying not to be a star”” “Informal”, 1989
- 3. “Shatunov’s competitor?”, “Komsomolets Donbassa”, 1988
- 4. Alexander Kasparov - “About the “Tender Mays””, “Rural Youth”, No. 5, 1989
- 5. Alexander Musin - “Tender May”: rumors and facts,” Komsomol Tribe, November 11, 1989
- 6. “Komsomolets - our time”, June 1991
- 7. “Leninets”, Ufa, March 29, 1990
- 8. Arthur Gasparyan, “Moskovsky Komsomolets”, May 24, 1990
- 9. Arthur Gasparyan - “Konstantin Pakhomov: “I work on my own””, “Moskovsky Komsomolets”, 1991
- 10. Arthur Gasparyan - “Kostya is among us again!”, “Moskovsky Komsomolets”, April 1991
At first, Kostya Pakhomov studied at the Orenburg school of the Industrial District since he comes from Siberia, from the city of Orenburg. Then he started working as a DJ at the local Orbita House of Culture. Then composer Sergei Kuznetsov came to this recreation center "Orbita" and invited Kostya Pakhomov to record an album that would become the first in the history of the "Tender May" group. It was 1988! Then Kostya Pakhomov, together with Sergei Kuznetsov, participated in the “Russian Field - 88” festival, which took place in the Orenburg region. In 1989, Konstantin, together with the guys from the group (Yura Shatunov and Sergei Serkov as well as Sergei Kuznetsov) moved to Moscow to Kakhovka. In 1989, Konstantin left the group "Tender May" and created his own group, recorded solo album, sang rock, performed. In 1991, he starred in the film “Mannequin in Love” together with Boris Shcherbakov, young Anya Tikhonova, and Ilya Oleinikov. Then he left the stage and cinema. This was around 1993! It is known that Kostya served 2 times in the army in Chechnya. Then he got Higher education at the Moscow Institute of Arts! And then any connection with him disappeared! I don’t even really know if he graduated from university, what he’s doing now, and generally where he is and how his fate turned out! He was with us in Leningrad with concerts at the PETERSBURG SKK and YUBILEY SKK. I really liked him! But Konstantin suddenly disappeared!
The “Tender May” group, which started show business in Russia, recently turned 25 years old. Soloist and producer Andrei Razin gave festive concert in Moscow, Yuri Shatunov performed in St. Petersburg that day. They did not congratulate each other. And is there any reason for fun?
The guys went missing and spent time in prison
In the 80s, “Tender May” literally blew up the country. Surprisingly, but true: the newly minted stars had neither voice nor hearing, the lyrics of the melodies were below average. But at their concerts, fans were hysterical and waving their bras. Some, unable to get the idol's autograph, tried to open their veins in the toilets concert halls.
“The money flowed like a river, we carried money in suitcases,” the producer said proudly AndreyRazin. It was he who came up with the story of the double groups. I recruited cute kids from orphanages, put together several groups, and they traveled around the country. Concerts of a popular group could take place in 5–10 cities simultaneously. They sang to a soundtrack. In response to fans’ demands to present the “face of the group”, Yura Shatunov, the administrators replied: “He is sick.”
We tried to find the soloists popular group different years. It turned out that many of them are already... in the cemetery! Moreover, the children died at a young age, before they even reached 25 years of age. There is no longer bass guitarist Vyacheslav Ponomarev, keyboardists Igor Igoshin, Mikhail Sukhomlinov, Arvid Yurgaitis, vocalist Yuri Barabash...
“I don’t remember exactly which of them died from what: someone was stabbed with a knife in a fight, someone went missing... But really, many are no longer there. Several more people are in prison. Some kind of curse? Perhaps, says the first composer and founder of the group, Sergei Kuznetsov. – I did not analyze why this happened and who is to blame. But there is some frightening pattern.
Our interlocutor also admitted: if he woke up in the morning with thoughts about “Tender May,” expect trouble. It has already happened: either a pipe in the house will burst, or the neighbors will flood...
And ex-soloist Konstantin Pakhomov, with whom we corresponded by e-mail, does not even say the name “Tender May” out loud. Just briefly – “LM”. To avoid trouble. Now he doesn’t even talk about the past with his friends.
The first fans were paid for hysterics
The group was created under the Orenburg orphanage No. 2 as an amateur art group by music lover Sergei Kuznetsov. At one of the group concerts, the guys were seen by Andrei Razin from the Stavropol Territory, who had set himself the goal of conquering Moscow. He persuaded the young musicians to rush to the capital. Many ex-soloists belittle the merits of the cunning Razin, but it was he who negotiated concerts, introducing himself as Gorbachev’s nephew (in fact, they are fellow countrymen with Mikhail Sergeevich - from the village of Privolnoye, Stavropol Territory). Businessmen and politicians made concessions to him. And Razin brought the first crowd of girl fans to the door of one of the cultural centers, paying them to squeal... And then there was a chain reaction.
Already in 1990, the number of fans of the boy band exceeded 16 million people. Hundreds of female fans ran to fortune tellers to bewitch their idols.
Numerous love spells weakened the energy of young musicians. It’s not for nothing that experienced artists regularly set themselves energy protection, have their own magicians. The result of witchcraft influences could be the death of the youngest children.
Shatunov says that for several years he felt bad, was sick - there was a feeling that all his strength had been sucked out of him. Miraculously he recovered. Now Yura lives in Germany and rarely gives concerts in Russia.
– I have a small house in Germany. There is an apartment in Sochi, but not in Moscow. He spent all the savings that he had - he treated money carelessly, did not think about the future, says the ex-idol of millions. Suitcases of money did not bring happiness to anyone. Only Andrei Razin walks around important and happy, saying that he has achieved everything he wanted in life.
Interesting
In the music scene they tell a story. Once on a visit to Yuri Shatunov came in Alla Pugacheva. Then she was not the number one star - an ordinary singer. We sat down to dinner. Shatunov began to slurp loudly - where did his pupil come from? orphanage good manners? To which Alla Borisovna made a maternal remark: “Yur, this is indecent.” To which the 15-year-old artist, picking his teeth with a fork, replied: “When you have as much money as we do, then we’ll talk.” Pugacheva did not try to educate her young colleague anymore.
Legendary musical groups and there are many solo singers from the 80-90s era. At the same time, for some reason the Soviet stage was reluctant to accept newcomers into its ranks. And only in the post-perestroika period was it possible to shake this entrenched clan. And who succeeded! A group of orphan teenagers with their lyrical repertoire, to whom they later took off their hats to the no less legendary “Na-na”.
The idea for writing this post was inspired by the ringtone of a work colleague's phone call. Silence. Her phone rings loudly, she is not at her workplace at that moment, we enjoy the beautiful melody for some time. Then we asked her what the melody was, it turned out to be Kostya Pakhomov’s song “Birds”. Later, during the lunch break, it turned out that in her youth she was a fan of “Tender May,” but not Yura Shatunov, but Kostya Pakhomov. She told how she had been to concerts more than once, how Shatunov, to put it mildly, did not behave very correctly with these sobbing girl fans, which cannot be said about his unspoken competitor K. Pakhomov.
It turns out that the army of Tender May fans was secretly divided into two groups. Some idolized Shatunov, others were captivated by Pakhomov’s bewitching voice. Two stars, two brightest personalities, but completely different.
Yu. Shatunov is a difficult teenager who learned the cruel laws of the street early, was abandoned by his father, survived alcoholism and the death of his mother, betrayal of relatives, and all the “delights” of life in a boarding school. Today the singer lives and works in Germany and rarely gives interviews.
K. Pakhomov grew up in prosperous family, was older and the only one in the group who had a musical education and a trained voice. As a schoolboy, I studied in a special literary class and was a well-read, calm, intelligent child. Kostya’s parents were against Kostya’s musical career, nevertheless, his rapid rise to the Olympus of the rudimentary show business took place, albeit at a very short time(1988-1991). Giving the impression of a serious, adult, self-sufficient person, Pakhomov in the videos looks like a prince from a fairy tale. Today, we know almost nothing about his life. All that is known for sure is that he took part in hostilities in the Caucasus in the late 90s and has awards. There are suggestions that he lives abroad and has his own business. It is also assumed that he lives safely in his homeland, in Orenburg, under a different name.
Few people know, but it was with the appearance of Pakhomov in the group (1988) that a split occurred, and Shatunov even yielded leadership to him for some time. An entire album was recorded with songs performed by Pakhomov, which for some reason did not become widely known. And it included only one song performed by Shatunov.
Who knows, perhaps if A. Razin’s strategy to keep Yu. Shatunov in the first positions in the group by any means had not been so manic, we would have known a completely different “Tender May”. Professional, intelligent, discreet, as he was, even if only for a moment, but still made it. K. Pakhomov...
Which one of them is closer to you personally? The choice is not easy. But let’s, at least within the framework of Maycharm, try to imagine the true leader of “Tender May”.
Who would you like to see as the leader of the "Tender May" group?
The survey is completed.
Konstantin Mikhailovich Pakhomov(born January 13, 1972 in Orenburg) - Russian and Russian musician, singer, former member of the group “Tender May”.
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Biography
Born on January 13, 1972, he grew up in a completely prosperous family. My ancestors have nothing to do with music and creativity. Father - Misha Pakhomov (born 1946). Mother - Natalya Pakhomova (born 1949). In 1977, Konstantin’s younger brother, Sergei Pakhomov, was born, who at the moment is the administrator of the Konstantin forum. Kostya's ancestors were against his musical career.
From 1979 to 1988, Konstantin studied at the Middle secondary school No. 55 in the town of Orenburg on Tkachev Street, house 20. At school I studied in a literary special class - it was enough through the roof. For some time he worked as a DJ at the local recreation center "Orbita".
He joined the Tender May group in 1988, when it was already popular. One day, at the Orbita cultural center, where all the May recordings were held, a local schoolboy, Kostya Pakhomov, knocked on the door. By that time, he had already graduated from music school, knew music theory very well and had an established voice. After listening to him, Sergei could not help but appreciate his capabilities and took him into the group. “It all started with the ordinary school ensemble. It didn’t even have a name, just VIA, as it was stylish then. We played anything, from the Beatles to the then modern music. I was the vocalist. Surely this ensemble gave me something. Since after 8th grade I managed to get a job at the Orenburg Philharmonic and worked with famous group"Alpha" (when Sergei Sarychev was still there). I immediately studied at school. I immediately took the risk of gaining a steeper altitude for the “first flight”; I recorded an album in “Tender May”....”
In May-June 1988, he took part in the group’s tour for the first time as part of the Russian Field festival. He performed his songs to the public of the Orenburg region. He wrote the lyrics of the songs “Cool Winter Evening”, “What are you, Summer”, “Flowers” and “First Flight”.
Pakhomov performed at more than 50 concerts as a duet with Sergei Kuznetsov. In July 1988, he moved to Moscow on the advice of Andrei Razin, but a year later he left the group due to a conflict with Razin: according to Sergei Kuznetsov, Konstantin was a very independent and self-sufficient artist, which irritated Razin.
In 1989, in the TV show “Wider the Circle!” Kostya Pakhomov performed the song “What are you doing, summer?”
In August 1989, Pakhomov released his own solo album, “Ballad of Love,” most of the songs of which were written by Sergei Kuznetsov.
In 1991, Konstantin participated in Rostov-on-Don in Sergei Minaev’s program “50/50” where he performed the song “You, Me and the Sea”.
After touring with Sergei Serkov, he completes musical career and begins acting in films. His first and last leading role became a role in Vitaly Makarov’s film “Mannequin in Love”. The film can be classified as an adventure comedy with chases, racketeers and, of course, romantic story. Together with Konstantin, Anna Tikhonova (film “Black Nights in the Town of Sochi”) and Boris Shcherbakov (film “Case in Square 36-80”, “Shore”, “Groom from Miami”, “ Apple saved"), Misha Svetin (film "The Man from Capuchin Boulevard", "Twelve Chairs"), Svetlana Nemolyaeva (film "Garage", " Office romance"), Lyudmila Khityaeva (film "Ekaterina Voronina", "Virgin Soil Upturned", "Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka", "Evdokia") and Ilya Oleinikov (program "Town"). The songs heard in the film, specifically “I Love” and “On a Bike,” were not written by Konstantin. Lyrics by Simon Osiashvili, and music by Victor Chaika. His partner was Anya Tikhonova, the daughter of the famous spy Vyacheslav Vasilyevich Stirlitz. Filming took place in Sevastopol and Yalta, which is why all economic activity in the Crimean region was paralyzed. All people did was hang around the set and watch Kostya. These are the things that happened... “Instead of the planned 3 months, filming lasted for a year. But I think the film will to some extent be able to make up for my year-long silence, because my songs are heard in it, one ancient - “The Evening Lights the Lights”, and two new ones, written specifically for the cinema.” Later, this film began to be shown on TV3.
After this beautiful debut, Pakhomov completely left the stage.
Few knew that Pakhomov had seven years behind him music school violin class. At the moment, when everything is bought and sold, virtually anyone can take up violin lessons. Previously this was unrealistic. Only those with the narrowest ear for music were taken to the violin.
Konstantin Pakhomov is currently not involved in show business at all, and he does not like to talk about his own field of activity. He has his own forum on the Internet, although it appears there occasionally, perhaps due to his own busyness. Konstantin registered on the forum on October 2, 2011 at 17:49. It is clear that the former favorite of the public is partial to oriental sports. He reads a lot, loves the works of Gumilyov, Pasternak and Mandelstam, as well as Bulgakov and Rybakov. The most beloved hero of the film is The Count of Monte Cristo performed by Gerard Depardieu. Interested in Russian history. Possesses English. Konstantin likes to relax with a small, cozy company. Most importantly, he likes to relax in nature and away from the bustle of the city. There are several favorite places - the Czech Republic, for example. Previously, Kostya plunged into an ice hole for Epiphany. Now just out of the bucket ice water rolls around. Konstantin does not wear bracelets and various gold chains on his wrist, because he does not see the point in it. Konstantin loves the Russian bathhouse and goes there from time to time. But not every winter there is enough snow to jump into. To the extent that his birthday falls on Old New Year, then on January 13, Konstantin celebrates a double holiday, although he no longer really likes the New Year and no longer believes in fairy tales. And in childhood, our ancestors put gifts under the Christmas tree for Seryozha and Kostya. Even at this moment, many years later, the Pakhomov family still has such a good Russian tradition of putting gifts under the Christmas tree.
Zodiac symbol: CAPRICORN.
One of the website members asked a fascinating question for Konstantin in a private message. Question: Why doesn’t Kostya try to earn extra money from his past glory? For example, re-release your songs, make modern cover versions, sing at an 80s disco, give a dozen interviews. Konstantin’s answer: “What do attempts to make extra money on past glory lead to? To the fact that this fame (read Recognition) is returning. Shows on TV, rotation on Radio, interviews with photos in the press begin. Accordingly, this is followed by invitations to tour. That’s it, but I don’t feel like going on tour at all. And that’s why she WAS famous, because her departure from the stage was Conscious. And then, it took a very significant period of time so that they wouldn’t find out and you could breathe freely. In other words, I'm not going to make money from this. And if I’m going to go on tour, it will be only for my own pleasure. And when will I have such a desire, and will it appear... I don’t undertake to predict this.” And he adds that he will not organize meetings with admirers and fans, unless only with like-minded people. And he also adds that a book about him will never be published, because he himself categorically does not want this and he keeps his whole life a big secret and never wants to tell these secrets to anyone and is unlikely to ever want to! It’s clear that Konstantin is still unfortunately not married and, unfortunately, he doesn’t have any children yet, but materially he feels great. “I'm not married, I don't have kids. I don't want to yet. Still young. I did a lot of things, including music. I’m a rather secretive person, I don’t like to let others in on the details of my own life.”
In 2006, a CD of Konstantin Pakhomov with the best songs was released as part of the "Grand collection" series.
In 2007, he graduated from the Metropolitan Municipal Institute of Culture (MGIC) and now MGUKI in Khimki on Bibliotechnaya Street, 13 and holds a senior position in the capital’s ice cream company “Ais-Fili”.
Submissions
| Pakhomov was a balanced boy. Somewhat proud. Very well read. He did not smoke and was categorically against alcohol (it seems that to this day he does not indulge in these things). Naturally, in everyday life such a bouquet of advantages only decorates a person. But on the stage, in my opinion, you need a rebel. At the very least, I needed a rebel... I saw that Pakhomov had his own musical path. And he will certainly find her if he gets a little help and support. Kostya and I talked about all this - about his future, about music, pop and traditional - in the rarest moments of rest between concerts. It turned out that he doesn’t like disco and is not a fan of pop music. He was drawn to harsh music. Could it be possible to talk with Shatunov about the classics?.. Yes, he would have fallen asleep in two seconds!.. Kostya was curious which of the Great Ones was my idol. And I told him why I love Antonio Vivaldi, why I only like Ludwig Ivanovich Beethoven’s 14th, and why I can’t stand Prokofiev and Scriabin. - So how are they atonal? - Kostya wondered, and this was not a question from the boy, but from his wife. Even in our own abstruse conversations we touched on star issues. But I still didn’t go for revelations with Kostya. He didn't need them. He was self-sufficient. Kostya and I didn’t eat a ton of salt during the Russian Field festival. Fire and water did not pass. Copper pipes too (we didn’t tour in a brass band). But the exhausting work schedule, the exhausting loading and unloading of the apparatus - they survived it all. And Kostya turned out to be a reliable employee." Sergey Kuznetsov |
Merits
Pakhomov served under a contract in 1995-1996 as a reconnaissance machine gunner, commander of a special purpose group unit in the Chechen Republic, in 2001-2002 as a senior reconnaissance machine gunner, commander of a special purpose group unit, special purpose detachment in the Chechen Republic. Awarded medals“For military valor” and “For courage.”