Popularity in show business is a changeable phenomenon.Today, the whole country knows you, and tomorrow they suddenly stop recognizing on the street and take autographs. However, some artists manage to remain on the scene for decades. Among them is Andrei Knyazev, a famous musician and poet.
Andrey was born on February 6, 1973 inhappy family. Parents not only gave their son a lot of time and attention, but also sought to develop his talents and from early childhood they considered the boy to be gifted. Andrei Knyazev always painted well, often himself inventing some unusual fantastic plots. His parents believed that their son would eventually become a famous artist. However, fate decreed otherwise. After graduating from the 8th grade of secondary school, Andrei enters a restoration school and it is there that he gets acquainted with Mikhail Gorshenev.
Всероссийскую известность Андрей Князев, он же known under the nickname Prince, received through work in the cult music group "King and the Clown." To collect his musical group and play something informal, Mikhail Gorshenev tried even before that fateful meeting with a talented group mate. But to the fullest extent, this dream came true precisely in collaboration with the Prince. It's simple - Pot (Gorshenev) wrote the music, and Andrew - poetry. The combination of aggressive punk rock and original scary “fairy tales and legends” in the lyrics is the collective style of the band. The founding date of the group "King and the Clown" is 1988. Throughout history, musicians have changed, there have been scandals and short-frustrations between the two leaders, but despite all these little things, the Prince and Pot continued to delight fans with new albums and concerts.
From the start, the collaboration between the Prince andThe pot had some disagreement. Andrew considers himself a romantic, and has always tended to create more lyrical texts with quite melodic musical accompaniment. While Michael, on the contrary, loved aggressive and tough melodies and corresponding lyrics. Even while working in the group “The King and the Clown”, Andrei Knyazev manages to record solo compositions and even publishes his own album. However, it does not distract from the main project. But in 2011, the Prince officially announces his retirement from “The King and the Jester” and creates a new project called “The Prince” with the original spelling - at the end is a double English letter Z instead of the correct “з”. This band exists today, new songs and albums are recorded, concerts are regularly held.
The legendary "King and the Clown" existedsome time without Andrew, the group finally ceased to exist in 2014 due to the death of its leader, Mikhail Gorshenev. What is remarkable, the Prince, who came to music as a poet and lyricist, quickly learned to play the guitar and sing. Today he not only writes poems for his songs, but also music, and is also the leader and vocalist of his group.
Despite the vivid stage image of punk andan anarchist, Andrei Knyazev, whose songs are known by heart to the whole country, in life is a calm, modest and somewhat secluded person. He has become accustomed to his popularity, but he still doesn’t like being recognized on the street and starting to pester with questions. However, the Prince treats fans favorably, never refuses requests for an autograph.
Today, Andrew is married a second time, his wife -Agata Nigrovskaya. The spouses are growing up joint daughter Alice, born October 12, 2010. Knyazev has one more child from his first marriage with Alena Isaeva, also a girl, Diana (born December 12, 2005). Close people characterize the Prince as a gentle, kind, fair and very sympathetic person.
Помимо основного музыкального творчества, Андрей does not forget about his artistic talent. As part of the King and the Clown group, he personally handled the artwork for music album covers. However, poems for the Prince have always been much more important, and what is most interesting - for a long time his mother was the main critic. It was she who first of all showed his new works and waited for constructive criticism.
Andrei Knyazev is a cult musician, his talent is simply impressive, as is his ability to remain incredibly popular for a long time.
