Our hero today is the founder andleader of the rock group "Cartoons" Yegor Timofeev. Recently, a lot of rumors have appeared around his person. Some sources claim that the musician has serious problems due to drug use. Others report a surgery that they have undergone. Let's see together where the truth is, and where is the lie.
Biography: childhood and adolescence
He was born on April 14, 1976 inLeningrad (now St. Petersburg). Egor was brought up in a simple family. His mother and father had nothing to do with music or the scene. From an early age, the boy showed his creative abilities. Yegor liked to sing and dance. Soon he was enrolled in a music school. Our hero enjoyed attending classes. Timofeev Jr. studied piano and violin.
In his spare time from school Egorkacollected models of ships and aircraft. And he loved to draw cartoons. In adolescence, the boy showed a commercial vein. Right in the school he sold Japanese tapes and Soviet badges. For this, Yegor was even excluded from the pioneers.
The beginning of creative activity
After graduating from high school, Timofeev enrolled in a pedagogical university, choosing a history department. He received a diploma, but he did not work a day in the mastered profession.
In 1993, Egor founded his first group. TheEars ("Ears"). He was joined by several talented and ambitious musicians. The guys performed cover versions of the hits of the Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, The Beatles and other world famous bands.
Group "Cartoons"
In 1997, Egor launched a new project.As you understand, we are talking about the group "Cartoons". Timofeev became a soloist, as well as the author of music and lyrics. In addition to him, the group included: Maxim Voitov (drums), Evgeny Lazarenko (electric guitar), Viktor Novikov (keys) and Rustem Gallyam (bass guitar). During its existence, the group "Cartoons" has released 10 studio albums and gave dozens of concerts in Russia. In 2003, the keyboard left the keyboard player Vitya Novikov. The activity of the group went into decline.
In 2004 a solo album appeared on sale.Yegor Timofeev. He was called the "Pentagon". If you think that the musician left the band and went to free swimming, then you are mistaken. "Cartoons" continued to record songs and perform live. After the release of the record "Happiness" (December 2004), the group pauses for a long time.
In 2007, "Cartoons" reasserted themselves.Musicians started writing new songs. They performed in clubs in Moscow and St. Petersburg. The tour activity of the collective in Russian cities was resumed only in 2015.
Egor Timofeev: personal life
Our hero has never been a womanizer and Lovelace.Even in his youth, he wanted to meet a decent girl and start a family with her. In the mid-1990s, Yegor Timofeev met a young beauty named Natasha. The girl won him not only spectacular appearance, but also the rich inner world. Subsequently, Natalia starred in several videos of the group "Cartoons".
At first, the couple lived in a civil marriage.And in July 2001, the musician formalized the relationship with his chosen one. Unfortunately, this marriage did not last long. Every day the spouses had more and more complaints to each other. As a result, Egor and Natasha made a joint decision to divorce.
Currently the leader of the rock band"Cartoons" lives in St. Petersburg. He has a beloved girlfriend Xenia, who presented him with a charming daughter Barbara. Lovers do not rush to the registrar. They consider the stamp in the passport a mere formality. The main thing is that they have respect and mutual feelings.
Disease
Yegor Timofeev considered himself a healthy person.But at the end of 2014, he began to feel pain in his legs. The musician did not attach much importance to this, writing off everything as fatigue and a furious rhythm of life. And in early 2015, the man experienced severe pain. This time he went to the examination in one of the metropolitan clinics. What is Egor Timofeev sick? What about him? It turns out that his hip bones are destroyed. To eliminate the problem, two endoprosthesis replacement operations should be performed.
The leader of the "Cartoons" took up treatment, so onsome time away from creativity. Upon learning of this, the envious and detractors began to compose unpleasant stories about him. Allegedly, the musician's condition deteriorated due to drug use. But this is all untrue.
Finally
Now you know which way to All-Russianfame did Yegor Timofeev. We also reported on a disease that temporarily disabled the musician. We wish him good health and creative inspiration!
