Recently, the group "Hands Up!" won the MUZ-TV award in the nomination "Best Song of the Fifteenth Anniversary". The award for the composition "My Baby" was taken by Sergey Zhukov, who appeared on stage without Alexei Potekhin. But once the guys were inseparable.
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The journalists contacted the former member of the team and found out why he is no longer visible. “Yes, I left show business for a while, but I didn’t stop playing music,” Potekhin said. “I recently wrote a song for Buranovskiye Babushki. It will be dedicated to the World Cup.”
The artist did not talk about his former colleague of nasty things. “Everyone is asking me why I left Hands Up!” I’ll answer you: because we all became adults, but Sergey didn’t think so, he was comfortable. He is comfortable even now. He always wanted fame, but I don’t " - Alexei spread his hands.
Apparently, the musicians do not maintain relations after the collapse of the team. “Do we communicate? Ask him. Although you are unlikely to get through to him. He is a VIP,” the performer replied evasively.
If Zhukov continues to lead an active social life and occasionally appear in the news (for example, in connection with the sensational), then the pen sharks managed to forget Potekhin. "Honestly, I am very surprised that you wanted to interview me. I have not been popular for a long time. I am sitting on the Internet - there is silence. Nobody writes. Although I am ready to answer everyone!" - The site "Interlocutor" quotes the artist.
Alexey admitted that although the whole country sang his compositions, he did not enrich himself. "The most interesting thing is that of all the two hundred and thirty songs that we wrote, everyone was only interested in the simplest ones. "La-la-la-la, I sing all day" - we became famous on such songs. Every girl in the country had cassettes " Hands Up!", but this did not affect our financial situation," Potekhin complained.
According to a former member of the "Hands Up!" group, all the money went to other people. “Our producers had everything. They had apartments, cars, wives. We had nothing. If you ask how much Andrei Cherkasov, who led us, and the ARS-Records company, earned from us, I will answer you: one hundred and forty million rubles Be sure to write about it! the artist asked.
Ex-soloist of “Hands Up!.
Alexey Potekhin - former member of the group "Hands Up!" - has not appeared on TV screens for a long time. He does not go to social events and does not receive awards at music awards. While his former best friend and bandmate Sergei Zhukov, after the collapse of the team, continues to hold his position in show business. Correspondents of the site tracked down Potekhin and found out what the singer is doing now.
"All the girls were ours"
- Yes, I left show business for a while, - Alexey confirmed our conjectures. But he didn't stop playing music. I recently wrote a song for Buranovskiye Babushki. It will be timed to coincide with the World Cup.
Immediately after the collapse of the group "Hands Up!" in 2006, Alexey Potekhin, together with his friend Vladimir Luchnikov, created a project called "Raise Hands Up".
We are often called on tour. But we do not travel to large cities, but most often to villages, Potekhin admits. - Sergei Zhukov will not go there, for example. Like most of the people you see on TV. All they know is that walking on red carpets, wearing masks, dancing on skates and receiving various awards in the form of plates, which are of little use.
Alexey Potekhin complained to our correspondents that during the huge popularity of the group "Hands Up!" he earned practically nothing.
“Sergey and I then just did what we really loved to do, music was everything for us,” the artist nostalgically. - And many envied us: we came to any city and all the girls were ours. The most interesting thing is that out of all the two hundred and thirty songs that we wrote, everyone was only interested in the simplest ones. “La-la-la-la, I sing all day long” - we became famous on such songs. Every girl in the country had "Hands Up!" cassettes. But it didn't affect our financial situation. Here our producers fucked everything. They had apartments, cars, wives. We have nothing. If you ask how much Andrei Cherkasov, who led us, and the ARS-Records company, earned from us, I will answer you: one hundred and forty million rubles. Be sure to write about it!
Group "Hands Up!" / Global Look Press
“You are unlikely to get through to him. He's a VIP"
On the sidelines after the collapse of the group "Hands Up!" There were many rumors about the difficult relationship between Alexei Potekhin and Sergei Zhukov. It was said that former friends do not even greet each other at random meetings. But in 2016, at a concert dedicated to the twentieth anniversary of the group, Potekhin and Zhukov reunited on stage again. However, during a conversation with our correspondents, Alexei made it clear that he did not communicate with Sergei.
- Everyone asks me why I left Hands Up! I will answer you: because we have all become adults, - says the singer. - But Sergei did not think so, he was comfortable. He is comfortable now. He always wanted fame, but I didn't. Do we communicate? Ask him. Although you are unlikely to get through to him. He's a vip.
Despite his cheerfulness at the beginning of the interview, at the end of the conversation, Potekhin nevertheless admitted that he did not entertain himself with vain illusions. The musician understands that the time of former popularity cannot be returned. There are, of course, loyal fans that Alexey is very proud of, but there are not so many of them left.
- Our fans already have several children. Once one of them told me: “Lyokha, look at my children! It's all yours - all the love stories in my life took place under your songs! Thank you!" Alexey boasts. - Well, in general, to be honest, I'm very surprised that you wanted to interview me. I haven't been popular in a long time. I'm sitting on the Internet - there is silence. Nobody writes. Although I am ready to answer everyone!
The generation of the 90s is still a fan of the songs of the legendary band. Perhaps this is the closest music to the people, which at one time made a tremendous sensation and won millions of hearts. Despite the rapid emergence of new idols, people do not forget their favorites and remember the old days with pleasure. Why did the Hands Up group break up?
The history of the legend group
Sergei Zhukov and Alexei Potekhin met by chance in 1991 at a radio station where each worked. They decided to air a cassette with their compositions. At that time, they didn’t even think about the name of the group, as well as whether such creativity would be interesting to anyone. The only thing that has been done is to attach a sticker saying "This music will make you put your hands up". DJs put on a novelty during the program and announced that this composition of the young group "Hands Up". Thus, the name appeared by itself and firmly entrenched in the pop world. The very first song "Kid" was accepted by the public with incredible returns and fell in love with many. After another hit song "Student", the group began touring the cities, giving a huge number of young girls the opportunity to meet with their adored group. In 1999, the album sold an incredible 12 million copies. All the songs suited the mentality of the listeners so well that they instantly became hits. But many are still at a loss as to why the Hands Up group broke up.
Who is guilty?
In 2006, it was decided to terminate the activities of the group. A big farewell concert was planned in Moscow, but the artists failed to raise enough money to organize it. In August 2006, the Hands Up group simply ceased to exist. The reason for the collapse is not indicated by the musicians, although in various interviews they nevertheless admit that everyone in life has undergone changes that are incompatible with further activities. If you ask who is to blame for the collapse of the Hands Up group, you can get the answer: "No one."
Creative differences
Sergey Zhukov switched to new projects and a solo career, and Alexey Potekhin became interested in producing. It was no longer interesting to engage in the development of joint creativity. In addition, with age, young people have more and more disagreements. The guys grew up and wanted something more, especially since the audience was mostly squealing teenagers. We decided that at the age of 30 this is no longer serious. There is also an opinion that the project has simply exhausted itself. The group no longer had its former popularity due to the emergence of new young artists, with whom it became more difficult to compete.
Sergei Zhukov is touring with the repertoire of the group "Hands up", performing under the same name
When the Hands Up group broke up, the musicians divided the entire repertoire they had accumulated among themselves. After that, Sergei recorded two solo albums, and then began to travel around the country with the Street Jazz show ballet, which had previously collaborated with Ruki. He collects full houses and gives you the opportunity to plunge into nostalgia. Everyone knows the old hit repertoire, young and old. To date, Zhukov is one of the most touring artists. Married, has 4 children.
Bar "Hands Up"
Sergey Zhukov, in parallel with his work, opens bars with the name of the legendary band. Business is booming, cozy places with a direct atmosphere are opening in many cities. This place is not for worshiping idols and discussing why the Hands Up group broke up. Even a ban on round-the-clock listening to Ruk hits has been introduced. People come here to feel nostalgic, have a tasty meal and meet friends, see the performances of star guests.
The life of Alexei Potekhin after the breakup of the group
During one of the interviews, the musician admitted that he did not maintain relations with Sergei Zhukov. He does not like to answer the question of why the Hands Up group broke up. Alexei, together with Vladimir Luchnikov (group "Turbomoda", musician group "Hands Up"), is touring with a solo program in small towns. They attract with their sincerity and sincerity, although they do not receive large fees. He believes that the success of the songs is in their natural provinciality, in which every inhabitant of a small town recognizes himself. Alexey Potekhin devotes himself to producing new projects. Married a second time, has a daughter.
Before becoming a musician of the popular group “Hands Up!”, Alexey Potekhin worked at the Samara radio station “Europe Plus”, where he had a humorous program. Their union with fellow DJ Sergei Zhukov in 1991 was the beginning of a long collaboration in a new musical group. Their very first song "Baby" immediately fell in love with the youth audience and became the key to more than ten years of successful work. The duet received many prizes in various categories of Russian competitions and five Golden Gramophone statuettes. Songs of the group "Hands up!" four times became laureates of the "Song of the Year" award. In 2006, this group broke up and each of the singers went their own way. Alexey became the founder of the new TREK & Blues project, promotes young talents and goes on tour as a performer of songs from the old repertoire. The wife of Alexei Potekhin has nothing to do with the stage
Potekhin married twice in his life and his first marriage was directly related to the Hands Up! group. At the very peak of their popularity, two singers: Zhukov and Potekhin, were so busy with their creative careers that their personal lives had no development: due to the lack of wives or more or less permanent girlfriends, they were even suspected of being prone to unconventional love interests. Young guys simply did not immediately cope with the all-Russian success and adoration that fell on their heads, therefore, they completely devoted themselves to the stage. Then the state of affairs changed: having strengthened in their glory and got used to it, they became simpler and more reasonable: life went on. Zhukov was the first to marry in 2000, and in 2002 his stage partner decided to join the army of “married men”. Moreover, he had no reason to go far: Alexey met with a girl from the group's backup dancers - Irina Tomilova.
Irina danced and “sang along” to the duet to the soundtrack, creating a decorative background during the performance, and quite suited the audience. In April 2002, he and Alexei got married, but this information was hidden among the audience: only the insiders and those who found information knew about the wives of the main performers: the fans should not be disappointed. This marriage lasted two years and there is no exact information why it broke up. They said that Irina was expecting a baby, then there were rumors that he could not be saved. Potekhin himself admitted in an interview that he and his wife continue to communicate, but do not live together and any girl who can make him a father can become a candidate for the role of his wife. However, information that his ex-wife is now married and has a child refutes the version of Irina's infertility.
In addition to gossip, there was also a message in Express Gazeta that, having heard about the construction of a luxurious mansion in a reserved resort town on the Curonian Spit near Kaliningrad, allegedly started by Alexei Potekhin, meticulous journalists asked him for details. Alexei suggested that this building, perhaps, means "Ira's dad" - his ex-wife, who lives in Kaliningrad. A man, presumably, not poor and influential enough to afford such a luxury. Potekhin himself, according to him, does not have that kind of money. In the light of these circumstances, Alexei's divorce from Irina could have other reasons.
In 2009, Potekhin married a second time, and in March 2010, his daughter was born. Alexey's new wife's name is Elena and she, according to her husband, worked in the "veterinary field". The lovers dated for two years before they decided to get married, and are completely happy that they have a child. Elena, for the sake of her daughter, parted with work, devoting all her attention to her. The girl was named Masha and Potekhina is very pleased with how her name sounds, her name with a patronymic is Maria Alekseevna. During childbirth, the musician was in Moscow and he himself delivered his wife to the Family Planning Center.
He often has to leave with concerts in the Russian hinterland and this is due to Zhukov's ownership of the repertoire of their former duet. Even the name of Alexei's team is now "Raise your hands up!", And the variety venues are much more modest than before. But the wife of Alexei Potekhin can be calm: her husband will be able to provide them with a decent existence with the baby, because he works for the good of his family.
Alexei Evgenievich Potekhin. Born on April 15, 1972 in Novokuibyshevsk, Samara Region. Russian musician, radio host, producer. Former member of the group "Hands Up!".
The elder brother is Andrey Potekhin.
Everyone in the family loved music, which Alexey also joined from an early age.
He studied at the art school and the basketball section.
He learned to play the guitar, composed songs, and worked as a DJ at discos. At that time he was into hard rock - Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, Def Leppard, Foreigner, The Cult, Metallica.
After graduating from high school, he went to study in Samara at the river technical school, from which he graduated in 1991.
He was a presenter at the Europa-Plus radio station in Samara, where he hosted the program "Nursery from Potekhin." There, on the radio in 1993, he met with.
In December 1994 they move to Togliatti, where they try to record songs in the studio. At the same time, they regularly go to Samara to listen to the broadcasts of Europe Plus radio.
In Togliatti, together with Sergei Zhukov, he created the Uncle Ray and Company group.
In May 1995 they find themselves in Moscow. They worked as DJs at the Moscow radio station "Rocks", then held a series of discos in Tbilisi.
At the end of 1995, the musicians handed over a cassette with several songs to the radio "Maximum" and signed: "This music will make you raise your hands up." The cassette fell into the hands of the presenters Olga Maksimova and Konstantin Mikhailov, who put on their show the song “Good Morning” and announced: “Young group“ Hands up! Since then, this name has stuck with the group - "Hands up!".
Then producer Andrei Malikov became interested in the group, concerts and tours began.
Group "Hands up!" recorded the song "Baby", which became popular, then the hit "Student" was released. The songs "Baby" and "Student" are knocked out in the top ten of the hit parade "Russian Radio" "Russkaya Gorka". In the spring and summer of 1997, video clips were shot for these songs. To record the female parts, a session vocalist Elizaveta Rodnyanskaya, a member of the Melissa group, was found.
In 1998, the group received six silver medals, three gold medals and one platinum disc for the huge number of copies sold. In 1999, the group became the laureate of three diplomas at once from the second annual award of the Russian recording industry.
In 1999, the album "Without Brakes" was released, which was sold in 12,000,000 copies.
Their songs “My Baby”, “I'm Sorry”, “Ai Yai Yai Girl”, “Alyoshka”, “I Thought”, “Kind, Gentle, Affectionate”, “Little Girls”, “He Kisses You”, “Go away” became hits. , "Omut".
Hands up - Ai yay yay girl
In the late 1990s, the team created its own music label "Dancing Men" ("B-Funky Productions"), which began to produce the pop groups "Turbomoda", "Boys", "Revolvers", "Shark", singer Murphy.
In 2006, the group "Hands Up!" broke up. Alexey Potekhin said about the reasons for his departure: “Everyone asks me why I left Hands Up!” I will answer you: because we all became adults, but Sergey did not think so, he was comfortable. He is comfortable now. I always wanted fame, but I didn't."
He admitted that although the whole country sang their songs, he didn’t earn much money: “The most interesting thing is that of all the two hundred and thirty songs that we wrote, everyone was interested in only the simplest ones.“ La-la-la-la, all day I I sing" - we became famous on such songs. Every girl in the country had "Hands Up!" cassettes, but this did not affect our financial situation in any way.
After the collapse of the group "Hands Up!" in 2006, Alexey Potekhin, together with his friend Vladimir Luchnikov, created a project called "Raise Hands Up". With the team, he began to tour. Released a collection of dance music Potexinstyle-3.
Alexey also started producing young performers such as Superboys, J Well (ex-member of the Discomafia group). During the period 2006-2008, 3 collections of Potexinstyle dance music were released, combining many young performers and hits from famous groups such as Demo, Turbomoda, Planka, etc.
Then Alexei took up the TREK & blues project, in which he invited the ex-vocalist of the Turbomoda group Vladimir Luchnikov and the ex-member of the Svoi group Ruslan Achkinadze. In 2007, Alessandro Materazzo, a former member of the TV show Dom-2, was invited to the TREK & blues group, who toured with them in the summer of 2008 in southern Russia.
In 2013, the artist, together with his wife, presented the new track "Summer-Winter" as part of the Russian internet television (PeoplestarTV) project.
In 2014, the Arena Moscow club hosted a presentation of his solo album entitled "I can't do otherwise."
In 2016, at a concert dedicated to the twentieth anniversary of the Hands Up! group, Potekhin and Zhukov reunited on stage again. However, their communication never resumed.
For the 2018 World Cup in Russia, Alexei Potekhin wrote a song for Buranovskiye Babushki.
Cooperates with a company engaged in the production of textile products.
The growth of Alexei Potekhin: 182 centimeters.
Personal life of Alexei Potekhin:
Was married twice.
The first wife is Irina Tomilova, a dancer in the Hands Up! group. They got married on April 13, 2002. Divorced in 2004.
The second wife is Elena Potekhina, a veterinarian by profession, but works as a stylist. They got married on September 12, 2009.
Alexey Potekhin with his wife Elena and daughter Maria
Alexey loves antique things that he collects.
Discography of Alexey Potekhin:
2011 - Scorpio Leo
2014 - I can't help it
