Boris Grebenshchikov: biography, personal life, discography. Boris Grebenshchikov

In the Soviet Union, the Aquarium group was incredibly popular. The song "Golden City", which was first performed in 1987 in the film "Assa", probably was not heard only by the lazy. The soloist of the group - Boris Grebenshchikov became an insanely popular person. He attracted attention with a non-standard manner of performance, specific philosophical texts and an outstanding appearance.

Of course, many began to be interested in his personal life, beloved women, and the children of Boris Grebenshchikov still attract the attention of the general public. Many people know that he has a daughter named Alice, who has become a fairly successful actress. She works in the theater and also quite often she can be seen in various Russian TV series. But the fact that the singer also has a son - Gleb Borisovich Grebenshchikov, is not known to everyone.

All children of BG

In total, the musician has four children. Daughter Alice, whom we have already mentioned, as well as the musician has a son, Mark. He did not connect his life with art, but chose the path of a psychologist for himself. The youngest daughter is Vasilisa, on this moment she is still a schoolgirl. But they say that among all the children of the legendary BG, both in appearance and in character, the son most of all resembles his father - Gleb Borisovich Grebenshchikov.

Not the easiest childhood of Gleb

With Gleb's mother, Grebenshchikov Sr. lived together for nine whole years. He recaptured it from the musician of his own group - Vsevolod Gakkel. At the same time, the father of many children himself was married at that time. But the guy's parents were not embarrassed, and they officially got married in 1980. Gleb Borisovich Grebenshchikov was born in 1986, and it would seem that everything in this family should have worked out in the best way. Lyudmila and Boris were creative personalities, they understood each other perfectly and had a wonderful baby.

But in 1989, Grebenshchikov Sr. met his current wife, Irina Titova, and went to her. Gleb Grebenshchikov stayed with his mother. At that time he was only 3 years old.

The subsequent life of the boy was significantly complicated by the fact that his mother took the departure of his father from the family very painfully. She couldn't forgive ex-husband and considered this act a complete betrayal on his part. It has long been no secret that Lyudmila began to abuse alcohol, and while she suffered uncontrollably from life's injustice, her child, by and large, grew up on his own.

Problems with studies and the dashing youth of a young brawler

Gleb Borisovich Grebenshchikov at school could not boast of any achievements, since he studied, to put it mildly, poorly. For all the time he changed three educational institutions, and in none of them there were good memories about the guy. As a teenager, Grebenshchikov Gleb Borisovich was not particularly controlled by anyone, this was the reason for his fairly early acquaintance with alcohol and drugs.

After he somehow finished school, it became obvious that not a single higher educational institution will not be accepted as a student. And then, finally, his own father intervened in the life of the guy. It was under the patronage of the musician that Gleb Grebenshchikov was admitted to extramural Petersburg representative office of the French University College. True, he was a student there for almost seven years.

At the same time, all sorts of publications periodically appeared in the press regarding the fact that Grebenshchikov Gleb Borisovich is an ordinary drug addict. On the net, you can easily find many photos in which a guy is photographed without hesitation with cannabis leaves. There is also information on the Internet according to which Grebenshchikov Jr. boasts to his friends that he grows grass for smoking right in his country house.

Gleb's relationship with his mother also did not particularly work out. In one of the rare interviews, she said that all her son is capable of is losing his father's money in a casino.

Father's comments about his son

One gets the impression that, having resumed his communication with his son, Boris all the time and everyone possible ways tries to make amends for leaving the boy alone with his problems at such a difficult and young age. Senior Grebenshchikov, giving an interview, can not get enough of the younger.

Father always says that it was Gleb who came out the most musical of all his children, and in this he is very similar to his father. Grebenshchikov is glad that his son has connected his life with music in a certain way and is trying to express all support to him.

It seems that he simply ignores all the problems of Gleb, does not notice the unpleasant articles in the press that his son is a drug addict, and tries to compensate for his lack of attention in the ways that are possible today.

Work as a DJ

Now Gleb can often be found in various St. Petersburg nightclubs. There, the guy moonlights as a DJ and in narrow circles, he is known under the pseudonym gebe.

The compositions played by Gleb have a specific rare dissonance. Many attribute this to the fact that the guy has a bad habit of smoking weed and working "high".

Gleb's family

Apparently, the son of a famous musician - Gleb Borisovich Grebenshchikov (whose biography should have been the best, but did not work out), made the right conclusions from his life regarding family values. Despite his wild lifestyle, for a long time he was in a close relationship with a single girl - Elya Veretennikova.

The young people lived together for several years, and the beloved gave Gleb a daughter. They named her Alice in honor of Gleb's older sister.

Already after the birth of the child, Grebenshchikov Jr. arranged a surprise for his beloved - a vacation in the Crimea. And it was there, in one of the local registry offices, that young people nevertheless legalized their relationship, while they did it secretly, without inviting either friends or relatives to the ceremony.

The legendary Grebenshchikov is deservedly considered the founding father of Russian rock. Thanks to his talent, listeners enjoyed amazing compositions and got acquainted with a completely unusual genre in music.

Biography

Boris Borisovich - a hereditary Leningrader, was born into an intelligent family on November 27, 1953. Father, Boris Aleksandrovich, is a researcher at the university, mother is a teacher of mathematics. The family lived near the Moskovskaya metro station. Here the childhood of the future legend of the Russian rock movement passed. He studied at first in a regular school, in the middle classes he moved to a school with a mathematical bias. The boy successfully passed the exams and entered the university, chose a mathematical specialty. In parallel, he organizes the first musical ensemble in his life, his friend Anatoly Gunitsky becomes his assistant. Starting rehearsals were held in the assembly building of the university. In his younger years, Boris Grebenshchikov, Gunitsky, like all young people, listened to Western music. The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Deep Purple, etc. were the idols of millions. The genre chosen by young performers was influenced by the work of Morrison, Dylan, Marley. Fluent in English, Grebenshchikov could easily translate any composition. In 1973, the first vinyl "The Temptation of the Holy Aquarium" was released. The audience heard something unusual, not like the compositions of the Soviet stage - familiar and of the same type.

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In 1974, the ensemble was replenished with Feinstein and Romanov. In parallel with the creation of the group, the guys organized a theater group at the institute and take part in productions. Gunitsky becomes the author of plays, Grebenshchikov and Romanov tried on the roles of actors. But the constant employment on the stage has a negative effect on the rehearsals of the "Aquarium", and the group is on the verge of disintegration. At the same time, the leadership of the faculty forbids the guys to speak, and Grebenshchikov comes into conflict with the dean's office. The composition of the ensemble is reduced to one person. A few months later, Grebenshchikov met Seva Gakkel, a talented cellist. Without hesitation, he invites him to perform together and writes compositions that are included in the Aquarium's golden hit list. The performances of the group are completely prohibited by the leadership of the university, and the guys begin to perform underground. For a certain period, Boris Grebenshchikov and his colleagues played in apartments where fans of Russian rock gathered. To prevent the neighbors from calling the law enforcement officers, it was necessary to sing and play instruments very quietly. But for the "closed" musicians in those years, there was another problem: they could not record their songs, recording studios did not work with them. I had to look for illegal ways in samizdat, and in 1976 the album "Mirror Glass" was recorded, two years later - "All Brothers and Sisters". Despite the fact that the last record had a circulation of 10 copies, listeners began to pass the disc from hand to hand and rewrite the hit at home. Thanks to the growth in popularity, the guys had useful connections and already worked semi-legally in the studio. Boris began to cooperate with Andrey Tropillo. With his help, the albums "Triangle", "Day of Silver" and several others were released. For the first time, the Aquarium group announced itself openly at a rock festival in Tbilisi. The audience accepted the performance with a bang, but the nomenklatura jury was dissatisfied with the success of the guys. During the concert, Grebenshchikov met Viktor Tsoi and said flattering words about his work. The management was also outraged by the fact that the "Aquarium" performed the wrong song, which was announced earlier. Instead of an acoustic performance, the musicians performed the songs "Heroes", "Piece of Life" and "Minus 30". The jury left the concert, the rehearsal hall in Leningrad was sealed. Boris Grebenshchikov was expelled from the Komsomol, the family broke up. To an educated person I had to get a job as an ordinary watchman. In order to engage in creativity, he agreed to join the trade union committee of playwrights and continued to work at the Aquarium. Sergei Kuryokhin, who has repeatedly come to the aid of underground performers, begins to promote Aquarium. Soon the group was invited to air the program "Jolly Guys". Then they become members of the popular "Musical Ring". This is how it started television career legendary Aquarium.

In the late 80s, Aquarium completely came out of the underground. Guys with enviable constancy give concerts at the best venues in the country. Popularity has become the key to crowded stadiums and halls, compositions are heard in the cult films "ACCA", "Black Rose - the emblem of sadness, red rose - the emblem of love", "City", etc. Listeners can safely enjoy the songs "Equinox", " City of gold”, “Ten arrows”. Boris Grebenshchikov travels around the world, in the 90s he joins the legendary British group U-Rhytmix and solos with the unsurpassed Ann Lennox. In 1986, the band's single was released in the USA, followed by two discs "Radio London" and "Radio Silence". In 2003, the talented musician was awarded the Order of the 4th degree "For Merit to the Fatherland", as well as the "Triumph" award for his contribution to art.

Personal life

The leader of the "Aquarium" has repeatedly been officially married. The first wife of the musician was Natalya Kozlovskaya. Young people met while still very young, Natasha had just graduated from the institute. The wedding celebrations were magnificent, they walked in the legendary Astoria restaurant, friends and relatives were invited. The family idyll did not last long. After the birth of his daughter Alice, Boris left the family. He never stopped communicating with his daughter, helped in everything, including supporting her when she announced that she wanted to become an actress. After leaving the family, the leader of the "Aquarium" asked to live with a friend Gakkel. His wife, Lyudmila Shurygina, was a woman of dazzling beauty. Grebenshchikov got so carried away that he not only took useful meters, but also recaptured his wife from a close friend. Surprisingly, Seva calmly reacted to such news and did not enter into conflict with a friend. Friends maintain excellent relations until now. The young people left Leningrad for a small village on Valdai and settled in a former house of culture. There's a newly minted married couple rented a plot of land, took up farming. At first, the artist liked the silence and tranquility. So they lived for nine years, the boy Gleb was born. O country house the musician had dreamed of for a long time, but the son of the intelligentsia, accustomed to urban life, soon got tired of rural life. Soon he left his wife and child and went to St. Petersburg. The second wife stayed in the village and began to flood her loneliness with alcohol. In 1991, our hero met with the wife of the soloist of the group "Earthlings" Alexander Titov, Irina. Boris fell in love at first sight, felt a kindred spirit in a woman and took her away from her lawful husband. In the same year, a wedding was played. Irina has a son Mark from her first marriage, a little later she gave birth to the performer of the "City of Gold" daughter Vasilisa. The couple is still together and, apparently, is not going to leave.

Today Boris Grebenshchikov celebrates 60 years of his earthly life. He recently announced that he is "going underground", but life shows the opposite: concerts are going on, songs are being written ... For BG and his fans, everything is just beginning.

Why BG

"He is God. Radiance comes from him"
"Now our Word is the sum of syllables"

It would seem that the very posing of the question why Boris Grebenshchikov is BG seems ridiculous. An ordinary abbreviation, what can I say. But I still want to talk. BG wouldn't be himself if it were that simple. There is such a concept as the tetragrammaton - the four-letter unpronounceable name of God in the religious Jewish and Kabbalistic traditions. In Russian - the spelling "God".

An interesting fact: in Leningrad in the 80s and early 90s there were two BGs. The second is Boris Gidaspov, secretary of the regional committee of the CPSU. Leningrad was even jokingly called the city of two BGs.

GD and religion

"Patriotism means just kill a non-believer. This crack goes through my heart"

Perhaps there is no person in the Russian musical culture who is more controversial in terms of his attitude to religion. On the other hand, this contradiction is in the eyes of the beholder. Grebenshchikov declared his religious affiliation many times and completely openly, but no one has yet understood him. Grebenshchikov's passion for Buddhism and Eastern mysticism is well known. Grebenshchikov at one time called himself a student of Lama Ole Nidala, it is also known that he visited Sai Baba's ashram more than once. In 2006, in Malaysia, Grebenshchikov met the famous Indian guru Sri Chinmoy, who gave the musician the name Purushottama, which in Sanskrit means “transcending limits”. In early 2011, Boris Grebenshchikov was called "non-Orthodox" and accused in an "impromptu trial" of the Missionary Department of the Tula Diocese of occultism and ecumenism. However, other representatives stood up for BG Orthodox Church(Hegumen Sergius (Rybko) and the renunciation of the church did not take place. Nevertheless, various conversations, accusations of Grebenshchikov of sectarianism continue. Alexander Dvorkin, a researcher of sectarianism, calls Grebenshchikov dangerous for Christians. BG reacts to such accusations with enviable humility.

Interpreter

Boris Grebenshchikov - translator. In this role, he is less known, but for him, translation is no less significant activity than songwriting. BG, alone and co-authored, has translated several Hindu and Buddhist books. Such as, for example, Chokyi Nima Rinpoche's Guide to Life and Death and Tulku Urgyen Rinpoche's Repeating the Words of the Buddha. In addition, BG has been working on the translation of the Bhagavad Gita for a long time. The musician claims that this “most ingenious book of mankind” has been translated into Russian “in such a way that it is impossible to read it. I'm trying to make it clear to everyone." In his latest interviews, Grebenshchikov said that his work was nearing completion.

BG and America

Grebenshchikov was the first Russian musician to go to America and even recorded an album there (USA-Great Britain-Canada). In America, BG met and even became friends with such "titans" of rock as Lou Reed, Iggy Pop, David Bowie. The album "Radio Silens" did not go platinum, but once again showed that "Aquarium" can sound completely different, and also helped Grebenshchikov see the real state of affairs: in the Soviet Union, the popularity of "Aquarium" went off scale by that time. In 1989 the band toured the US and Western Europe with Dave Stewart and other Eurythmics musicians. Seeing oneself in the context of Western music and understanding the prospects for growth was an important experience. One more fact: Boris Grebenshchikov is to this day the only Russian musician who has performed in the New York Hall of the United Nations. This concert took place in 2007.

Boris Grebenshchikov also contributed to Russian literature. In addition to texts for songs that are published as independent collections of poems, Grebenshchikov also writes prose. To date, the story "Forest" and the story "Ivan and Danilo" have been published. In addition, BG became one of the initiators of the publication of the collection of prose "The book, for which the writers united, which is impossible to unite".

Boris Grebenshchikov is not a hermit (although more than once in interviews he expressed a desire to become one) and in his musical experiments open for cooperation. During his creative activity, BG took part in the recording of many albums of his fellow musicians. For example, in the list of people who took part in the recording of the album "Yablokitay" by the group "Nautilus-Pompilius" there is a certain Sirob Vokishneberg. Guess who it is?

BG and politics

"Those who talk about power breathlessly or choking with hatred are deeply mistaken. Power deserves neither of these. It makes no sense to talk about power to the same extent that it makes no sense to talk about plumbers."

Political life today is interesting. Representatives of the so-called "creative intelligentsia" are forced to decide in which camp they should be. Grebenshchikov remains outside these divisions. He became one of the initiators of the famous "campaign" of rock musicians to Surkov, where the question was decided in what quantity and quality rock music should be represented in the media space. Since then, Grebenshchikov has been hosting the author's Aerostat program on Radio Russia, introducing listeners to extraordinary performers. In the camp of the so-called opposition to Grebenshchikov, the attitude is cool. Artemy Troitsky called BG "a world champion in cunning" and sharply criticized the political inertia of his old comrade. BG deliberately does not take any extreme position, does what he loves and pleases his fans.

Boris Grebenshchikov is the founder and leader of the Aquarium group, one of the founders of Russian rock. He is also known as a film score composer, writer and artist.

Childhood and youth

Boris Borisovich Grebenshchikov was born on November 27, 1953 in St. Petersburg (then Leningrad) into a family of intellectuals.

The father of the future rock musician, Boris Aleksandrovich, was an engineer, and his mother, Lyudmila Kharitonovna, was a lawyer.

Borya became interested in music in his childhood and youth, then he was also interested in the exact sciences.

The boy studied at a school with a physical and mathematical bias, and later entered the Leningrad University at the Faculty of Applied Mathematics.

Youth and the creation of the "Aquarium"

In his student years, Boris decided to organize a musical group, which later became an icon of rock music.

The Aquarium group, like other similar bands, at first existed in a semi-underground form.

After all, it was a time of total bans on everything foreign, and they were inspired by the work of The Beatles, Bob Dylan and other top foreign musicians of that period.

The guys recorded music in impromptu studios in their homes, and gave concerts for a narrow circle of people in the form of "kvartiriki".

Boris Grebenshchikov in 1976

In 1974-1978, five “prehistoric”, as Boris Borisovich himself calls them, saw the light of day: “The Temptation of the Holy Aquarium”, “The Minuet to the Farmer” (the recording is lost), “The Parables of Count Diffuser”, “From the Other Side of the Mirror Glass” and "All brothers and sisters."

After graduating from high school, Grebenshchikov got a job at the Research Institute of Sociology, while simultaneously continuing to develop in a creative direction and making attempts to get out of the underground.

In 1980, after performing at a rock festival in Tbilisi, BG (as the musician is often called) was expelled from the Komsomol and fired from his job.

Shortly thereafter, a series of magnetic albums was replaced by "historical" - studio and live discs.

The first of them - "Blue Album" - was released in 1981. In the same year, the group presented two more records - "Triangle" and "Electricity".

In 1982, the BG team recorded two new discs - Acoustics and Taboo, and Grebenshchikov himself became the producer of the first album of Viktor Tsoi and the Kino group - 45.

Viktor Tsoi and Boris Grebenshchikov

1983 was marked in the life of Boris Borisovich with the Radio Africa disc, and 1984 with the Silver Day album.

The next disc - "Children of December" - "Aquarium" showed only in 1986. This year, listeners were also able to enjoy another work - "Ten Arrows".

Boris Grebenshchikov and Aquarium in 1987

Exit the rock underground

In 1988, BG and his team presented the Equinox album. It became the first that the band officially released (recorded at the Melodiya studio).

In the early 1990s, Grebenshchikov, with the former composition of the group, released two albums - "Black Rose ..." and "Archive" (was recorded in 1991), after which he disbanded the team and assembled a new team called "Aquarium 2.0".

The first disc of this band was released in 1993, it was the disc “Library of Babylon”, in the same year the second album, “Favorite Songs of Ramses IV”, was released.

In 1994-1997, the band presented five more studio recordings: "Sands of Petersburg", "Kostroma mon amour", "Navigator", "Snow Lion" and "Hyperborea".

In the 1990s, BG became interested in Buddhism, called himself a student of Lama Ole Nydahl, and visited ashrams.

After receiving the Triumph Prize in 1997, Grebenshchikov disbanded the team and took up solo work, but soon assembled Aquarium 3.0.

Boris Grebenshchikov and Aquarium in 1997

The debut album of the team - "Ψ" - was released in 1999, and already in 2000 "Territory" was released.

At the indicated time, all the bands of the BG toured a lot, both in their native country and abroad, and everywhere they were invariably sold out.

Period from 2000 to 2015

2002 in the life of Grebenshchikov was remembered by the disc "Sister Chaos", 2003 - by the disc "Songs of the Fisherman".

In 2003, a big concert of BG took place in the Kremlin, it was dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the musician.

In the same year, Grebenshchikov was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland, IV degree (with the wording "For a great contribution to the development of musical art").

In 2005-2013, the group recorded eight more albums: "ZOOM ZOOM ZOOM", "Careless Russian Tramp", "White Horse", "Pushkinskaya, 10", "Day of Joy", "Arkhangelsk", "Aeronautics in the company of sphinxes" and "Aquarium +".

In 2006, Grebenshchikov underwent vision correction surgery, and in 2009, heart bypass surgery.

In 2006, BG met the neo-Hindu guru Sri Chinmoy, who gave the musician the name Purushottama.

Subsequently, with the support of Chinmoy, a Grebenshchikov concert was organized at the Albert Hall in London, as well as a performance at the UN.

Boris Grebenshchikov at a concert in London

In the "zero" and the first half of the 2010s, a number of more records of the group were also released, based on old recordings of the 1980s, but finalized at that time: "Feudalism", "Our life from the point of view of trees", "Notes on Flora and Fauna ”, “Terms and prices” and “The secret history of beekeeping”.

In addition, from the beginning creative way and before the designated period, Grebenshchikov recorded nine solo albums (original and rehashings): "Radio Silence" (English), "Russian Album", "Songs of Alexander Vertinsky", "Chubchik", "Radio London" (English), "Lilith", “Songs of Bulat Okudzhava”, “Without Words” (instrumental) and “Salt”, and also participated in dozens of recordings by other performers, for example, Sergey Kuryokhin and the Alisa group.

In 2013, after the release of Aquarium +, there were rumors that BG was leaving the stage, but this did not happen. The musician first released a solo disc, and then assembled a new team, with whom he still performs, Aquarium 4.0.

Boris Grebenshchikov in 2017

BG at present

In 2016, together with the updated team, BG presented the album "Songs of the Unloved", and in 2017 - the EP "The Doors of Grass".

In the same period, Grebenshchikov showed the audience his tenth solo album "Time N" and took part in the recording of the song "Blackbird" by the Melnitsa group.

The schedule of the musician, who is now 64 years old, is scheduled for several months in advance, he is actively touring with his band.

Boris Grebenshchikov on stage

In March 2018, the media reported that Grebenshchikov was in the hospital. Among the reasons for the incident were called heart problems and pneumonia caused by complications after suffering a cold.

Later it became known that the musician still had pneumonia, so he was forced to postpone the promotional tour of the Vremya N album for three months and cancel the next concerts in a number of Russian cities.

Other activities

In 1977, Grebenshchikov founded the samizdat music magazine Roxy. During that period, BG was also fond of literature, and later, in the 2000s, he even wrote more than a dozen books, most of them were published.

As for the literature that BG likes, it is the work of Alexander Pushkin, Boris Pasternak, Mikhail Bulgakov, Anna Akhmatova, Boris Akunin and Viktor Pelevin. Since the 1980s, Boris Borisovich could also be seen and heard in the cinema. BG not only recorded soundtracks for films, but also appeared on the screen himself.

Among the tapes in which he acted in both capacities, for example, are the following: “Black rose is the emblem of sadness, red rose is the emblem of love”, “Long road home” and “Rockers”.

Grebenshchikov's music sounds, in particular, in such cult or commercially successful films as Assa, Azazel, Tender Age, Peter FM and Nightingale the Robber.

In addition, BG became a composer of cartoons, and in 2014, the musical “Music of Silver Spokes” was staged based on his works.

According to data from open sources, Grebenshchikov's favorite films are The White Sun of the Desert, The Island, and the Russian and foreign series about Sherlock Holmes.

Boris Borisovich is also known as an artist, since the beginning of the 2000s he had several major solo exhibitions.

The last exposition to date opened in March 2018 at the Yusupov Palace in St. Petersburg.

The BG Phenomena project presents works written from the 1980s to 2017. Landscapes and other paintings can be seen until the end of April.

By the way, in 2002 Grebenshchikov became a laureate of the Tsarskoye Selo Art Prize.

In addition, BG proved himself as a radio host, since the 2000s he has the author's program Aerostat on Radio Russia.

Personal life

The tall (182 cm) charismatic rocker from St. Petersburg was married three times, he has two children and two grandchildren.

The first wife of Boris was Natalya Kozlovskaya. The couple lived together for four years, in this relationship a daughter was born - Alisa Grebenshchikova (born 1978), who later proved herself as an actress. Alice has a son Sergei - the grandson of BG.

The second time Grebenshchikov married Lyudmila Shulgina. This marriage lasted nine years and brought BG a son, Gleb (born in 1984). Now the young man is known as DJ Gebe, he has a daughter, Alice.

For the third and last time, the musician committed himself to official relations with Irina Titova.

The woman has two children from a previous marriage with Aquarium bass player Alexander Titov - son Mark (musician) and daughter Vasilisa (artist).

The couple, Boris and Irina, have been together for more than 15 years, since the 1990s, and still support each other in everything.

Singer, actor, radio host, composer, producer, DJ. Finalist of the Star Factory project.

Biography of Mikhail Grebenshchikov

Mikhail Grebenshchikov was born March 10, 1976 in Voronezh. In the hometown of graduated from the assembly technical school, then did military service in border troops. Returning from the army, Mikhail entered the Voronezh State University at the Faculty of Journalism, but after the fourth year he left the university. Studied at the school of modern dance.

In 2002, Mikhail Grebenshchikov became a member of the first season of the show " Star Factory"On Channel One, where he took third place. In 2004 he became a radio host: he broadcasted the show " Miracle hit parade» on DFM. In the spring of the same year, he was the host of the dance music festival " Bomb of the Year”, the Night Live Awards event, as well as a festive show dedicated to the 10th anniversary of Cosmopolitan.

For two years Grebenshchikov was the host of the program " 12 angry spectators", as well as MTV specials " Ticket to life". In addition, viewers of Channel One saw Mikhail fighting for survival on the island in the Last Hero project. Mikhail was the host of the TV program " five songs on Channel Five, as well as the annual Internet award RU Net. Grebenshchikov performed for some time in clubs as DJ Grebenshchikov.

In March 2007, Mikhail Grebenshchikov opened a production center in which he promoted young artists. Created a promo group Superdjs. He was a member of the football team of domestic pop stars "Starko". He took part in the first World Football Championship among artists in Sochi.

Mikhail Grebenshchikov also starred in several television and film projects. His filmography includes such series as "My Fair Nanny" and "Wanted".

In December 2016, Mikhail Grebenshchikov became the main character of the show " 10 years younger". The DJ admitted to the host of the project Svetlana Abramova: it seemed to him that everything would only develop and he would always be on the wave of success after the Factory. However, the reality was not so rosy at all. With the help of the 10 Years Younger project, Mikhail decided to get a second chance.

“I want to change my inner state along with my face. I understand that it is not the same Misha Grebenshchikov - fresh and cheerful, but a swollen uncle. Maybe I’ll be fresher and it will be possible for the girls to ride on the ears ... ”- the DJ cheered up, however, talking about the breakup in 2010 with his beloved, Mikhail burst into tears.

As a musical creative producer, Mikhail Grebenshchikov worked in the Variety Art Workshop for Children and Youth of Alla Pugacheva " Recital club". In early September 2017, Alla Pugacheva fired Grebenshchikov due to numerous complaints from parents about Mikhail's rude behavior.