Mikhail Faynshteyn

Soviet and Russian rock musician best known as a member of the rock group Aquarium In 1973 he met Boris Grebenshchikov and was invited to the Aquarium Until 1983 he was a bassist and percussionist in the group then Alexander Titov replaced him on the bass guitar and began to play only on percussion Mikhail played in Aquarium until 1991 According to Boris Grebenshchikovs opinion He was the basis of Aquarium in the 1970s and 1980s his love for music life scope and sense of humor determined much of what happened in those years Thanks to him for all the time we spent together In 1984 he played bass for a short time in Mikes band Zoopark after which he returned to Aquarium where he became a percussionist and the actual financial director of the group I collected beer cans from everyone I knew which at that time were a curiosity in the USSR filled them with sand buttons and other objects and turned them all into musical instruments that had a sound characteristic only of the Aquarium He was a member of the council of the Leningrad rock club and published the newspapers Roxy and Aroks and Shter In parallel with the Aquarium took part in the recording of albums of the group Pochta as a session percussionist Since 1991 he played in the Trefoil group