This Russian group is
different, they support the British team
Millwall. Not so common maybe in Russia. Here
they have answered a lot of questions from me in
July 2025
DL – Dmitry Lugovskoy
MP – Maxim Prokhorenko
Please tell me the story about Max & The Jellied
Eels, how come that you play music thats
celebrate the english club Millwall?
DL: The creation
of the band was a matter of chance. Being a
Millwall fan, I was quite familiar with Max
Prokhorenko, who is the leader of the Russian
fans of Millwall FC. In early 2023, he
suggested, knowing that I am an experienced rock
performer, to record a punk cover of the
Millwall anthem Let Em Come originally composed
by British author and performer Roy Green. I
assembled a line-up of musicians to record the
song, and then we shoot a video in Samara and
Moscow, in Churchill’s Pub, where the Moscow
Millwall fans usually met to watch games.
Few lads even come to Samara from Moscow to take
part in the footage.
Max acted as a
producer. The band's name was taken from the
lines of the song Let Em Come itself, where the
verse contains the words Jellied Eels - jellied
eels, a national dish of the Cockneys (native
residents of East London) - and we decided to
call ourselves The Jellied Eеls. But it turned
out that such a band already existed in London,
so we simply added the producer's name and the
"punk" ending Inc. to the name. That's how Max &
The Jellied Eels Inc. appeared.
The
success of the release exceeded all our
expectations and we decided to continue further.
The line-up of the band underwent some changes
and we began working on material for the debut
album. A contact was made with the Belgian
record label GioSmet records. In the
spring-summer of 2023, the album was recorded
and its European release took place in October.
Thematically, the album included both songs on
themes related to Millwall and songs on topics
unrelated to it. But if we answer the question
specifically, it makes sense to write and
perform songs about the club you support, that
is, we glorify Millwall while being, in fact,
fans of the club.
MP:
When I started our music project, I never
thought it will turn into a proper band. I just
wanted to make a punk style cover of the
Millwall anthem. One of our fan club members was
a former singer in a metal band, so he found
some old friends, and we composed and recorded
Let Em Come. People loved the music, so we
decided to make a videoclip. We recorded footage
in Samara - a city on Volga River, about 1000 km
from Moscow, home city of our musicians. Few
lads from Moscow, including myself, went for a
weekend to Samara, to take part in video. And we
also recorded some footage in Churchill’s pub,
while watching a Millwall game. We made a clip,
which received many good replies from Millwall
fans in London and all over the world, even
Jaycee Green, the daughter of the author and the
original performer of Let Em Come song Roy Green
wrote us a compliment, saying she loved our
version of her father’s song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V_o6rEXarg
The lads decided to keep going, so we finally
composed and recorded an album with 10 songs. We
have called it “Behind The Wall” after an
article in Southwark News, who made an interview
with us about supporting Millwall from Russia.
We love the name and we love the photo, they put
on front page, so we made our album cover with
the Southwark News on it.
The album was released by Belgian label “Gio
Smet Records”, they contacted us after we placed
our “Let Em Come” video on YouTube, and
suggested mixing and mastering our album. When
we were finishing recording in studios our last
song – “Millwall (Behind The Wall)” sad news
came about accidental tragic death of John
Berylson, so we decided to dedicate the album to
the loving memory of our Mr Chairman. So, when
the label was pressing the CDs we made a tribute
picture of John Berylson in the inner booklet.
https://giosmetrecords.com/webshop#Max-and-the-jellied-eels-inc
The label is selling CDs in
their online shop, but we asked them to send 50
items to the Millwall Supporters’ Club in London
so they could sell the discs before Millwall
games at the Den. We decided that MSC will give
all money from those sales to charity on our
behalf.
Our
project is not commercial, the only aim is to
popularize Millwall worldwide with our music,
and to have fan at our gigs drinking beers and
making some noise. And hope one day we’ll play
at the Den before some home game!
Tracklist “Behind The Wall”:
1.
Let Em Come
2.
Fight For Milwall
3.
Go Out
4.
Crisis Of It All
5.
Crying Sometime
6.
Sex Delight
7.
Kill You Tonight
8.
Jenny From Bogota
9.
Give Me All Your
Love Tonight
10.
Milwall (Behind The
Wall)
Why
this
fascination
of
Millwall?
DL: I have
long been interested in British football and the
subculture around football. Interest in the club
was fueled by the film by director Nick Love
Football Factory with Dani Dyer in the lead
role. In addition, Russian footballers Sergey
Yuran and Vasily Kulkov once played for the
club. The latter, after Millwall, played for the
Krylia Sovetov team from my hometown of Samara.
I studied materials on the Internet, joined
thematic communities - introduced interesting
people - fans of the club both in Russia and in
Britain and other countries of the world. I
began to watch football matches, track the
results, imbued with the club's football and
football atmosphere. In addition, as a musician,
I was attracted to the music culture around the
club. The club's ideology of a militant underdog
is close to me in spirit. And most importantly,
people - I made a lot of friends in Russia and
around the world with similar views and life
position. All this thanks to the football club
Millwall.
MP: I’m supporting Millwall since 1995 when
after finishing school I was working for some
time for a British building company in south of
Russia. They were contracting a child food
factory for American company Heinz. Most of the
workers there were from Burmingham and supports
City, but two lads were Millwall supporters and
they told me that Millwall is the most dangerous
and most hated club in England. So, I thought if
everyone is afraid of Millwall it would be a
proper club to support. And after that two
Spartak Moscow players Yuran and Kulkov signed
to play for Millwall. They were useless on the
pitch, spending more time in pubs, but at least
I could get any info about Millwall from papers
and news in Russia in those times where there
wasn’t internet. Few years later when first
sites and forums appeared in the internet I
registered on Millwall chats and boards, found
some virtual friends. And later, when I was
lucky and could come to England, I found real
friends among Millwall fans. It was rather hard
to do, cause Millwall is a closed society, but
after few visits to home and especially away
games, they let me in the Millwall family, and I
got real good friends, knowing some of them for
more than 20 years. Later I was suggested to run
Millwall Supporters’ Club Russia – an official
branch of Millwall FC fan club, so I’m doing it
till now, and the band is a big part of
popularizing Millwall all over the world.
We have few articles about our fan club and our
band even in British tabloids. One of them:
https://www.thesun.co.uk/football/28615667/russian-millwall-fans-england-euro-2024/
Have you been in England and watched any games
with the team?
DL: Personally, I
have never been to England, unlike our producer
Max Prokhorenko. I have watched and continue to
watch the club's matches on the Internet,
trying
not to
skip
any game.
MP: As I already told you, I’ve been to many
Millwall home and away games, even Cardiff
Millenium stadium and the FA Cup final in 2004
versus Man Utd – the main game in Millwall
history. I’ve been to Millwall dressing room,
benches before the game with my daughter, and
the lounge and boxes, thanks for my friends and
for Millwall Supporters’ Club for such an
opportunity.
Millwall have a rumor about them that the fans
are violent, is it so?
DL: Millwall fans
are said to be cruel. Well, let's start with the
fact that football hooliganism is an integral
part of British football culture dating back to
the century before last. Over the 140 years of
the club's existence, there have been many
episodes of violent confrontations between
Millwall fans and fans of other clubs and the
police. Perhaps the statement that they are
cruel is true - I don't know because it is
difficult for me to judge since I was not a
living witness to these incidents. Another
question is that fans, like all people, are
different and I would not generalize. One thing
is for sure - in terms of dedication and
devotion to the club, no matter what, they
probably have no equal in the world and there
are definitely no glory hunters among them. In
common, they are quite adequate people with a
healthy outlook on things.
MP: It’s all a
question of history and reputation. BBC panorama
tv show about Millwall fans shown them as a
bunch of troublemakers, a lot of movies did the
same. The original Millwall fans were the
dockers, hardworking local people, they knew how
to protect their own football ground. At
Millwall games every fan stands for each other,
that makes a real power
that is hard to be defeated.
Don´t you have any Russian teams you like?
DL: I was brought
up mainly on British musical culture since
childhood. If we talk about Russian songs, it is
logical that I like some of them, especially if
they are connected with some nostalgic moments
from life. But personally, I always preferred
songs in English because I thought that this
language fits music better than Russian. And in
sport I’m lifelong fan of Krylya Sovetov Samara
MP: I support
Spartak Moscow in Russia. Mostly I visit ice
hockey games with my 10 years old son, we are
season tickets holders of Spartak Moscow Hockey
Club.
How is it with sport nowadays when Russia don´t
can compete with other countries?
DL: Sport in
Russia of course exists despite everything. I am
more inclined to talk about football. The level
of the national championship has significantly
dropped in recent years. There are many
questions about the refereeing. In addition, the
introduction of fan ID or fan passport has had a
detrimental effect on attendance of matches due
to the boycott of fan ID announced by fan
groups.
MP: Sports is not
in best conditions here nowadays, but we have
our local championships, many foreign players
are in Russian football or hockey clubs, so I
can’t say sport is dead. We have what to watch
and what to choose from.
You were on Cyprus when you sent this record,
where you there on vacation or what?
MP: I was on
Cyprus on my vacation and visiting my mom, she
lives on Cyprus now. So, I send you our CD from
there. Also, I usually met my Millwall mates who
came to Cyprus on a vacation, they do it very
often. It’s hard for me to come to England now,
so we have some kind of meet place on that
island.
Have you done anything more record than Behind
the wall?
DL: Yes.
Since the end of last year we have started
working on material for a new album. Now the
bulk of the songs have been composed - some have
even been performed at concerts and two of them
have already been recorded in the studio.
MP: Yes, for
sure, we are recording new album now. One song
is ready, and we dedicate it to
the Hero of England and the Millwall fan
Roy Larner.
On June 3rd 2017 Roy saved visitors of a London
bar from an attack by three armed by machete
terrorists. Shouting "F**k you! I'm Millwall!"
unarmed Larner rushed straight at the criminals.
This allowed the rest of the visitors to leave
the bar and escape. Larner himself received
eight stab wounds, including in the neck, chest
and both arms, and was taken to the intensive
care unit. The song was originally composed and
performed by a brilliant author Arthur John
Kitchener and was covered by us in punk rock
style, recorded in studio and officially
released in February. The song is called “The
Lion of London Bridge”.
https://youtu.be/fmYaMzKmHko?si=KwCE4rl3JU2REn2b
The other song is recorded already and is under
mixing nowadays. Few other songs will be
recorded in studio soon, but we have performed
them at our concerts already.
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/195aApouMz/
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1KWhLtpRLB/
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/16nd3Qsm7x/
So, the work with new material is in progress.
To play punk in Russia, how is that?
DL: Playing punk
in Russia is probably like playing punk in any
country in the world - as far as I know, even in
countries with very strict restrictions,
musicians find ways to play the music they like.
There is no ban on playing punk in Russia as
such, and even if there was, we would play it. I
started making music back in the days of the
USSR and then we played what we wanted.
To live in Russia nowadays with the war against
Ukraine and so on, what do people think about
that thing? And in which town do you live in?
DL: I live in
Russia in Samara. Different people think
differently about the conflict with Ukraine.
MP: I live in
Moscow. And all is ok
if to separate international politics and
supporting a football team. Sport and music must
be above politics. I am a patriot of Russia – my
native country, but I have a lot of friends in
UK. I don’t support the political course of
western countries towards Russia – but I support
Millwall Football Club. And so my mates in UK do
– we are friends, because we are fans of the
same team, missing each other now, they are
waiting the day to come to see beautiful Moscow
and have a pint in Churchill’s, and we are
waiting when can visit home games at the Den and
away games anywhere else in UK. And we compose
music in English, we play British style punk and
oi music, it is totally ok for us and we have no
problems with that.
Is it difficult to write lyrics in English? You
don´t have any songs in russian? How are people
in Russia, do they speak English or how is it
nowadays?
DL: Writing song
lyrics in English is not difficult. I have been
writing song lyrics for 35 years and have never
written in another language and we do not have
songs in Russian. People in Russia live
differently - there are very strong regional
differences. The level of English proficiency is
low - most of the population speaks Russian and
some also their national language because Russia
is a multinational federal state.
MP: It’s easy if
you know English language and can use it
properly. Sometimes our texts are like a kind of
“Russian English”, but I even like it, it
gives some
charm to our songs.
Please tell me a little about every member,
name, what they play, age and if you have played
in any other group and what do you work with?
Dmitry Lugovskoy
- vocals, lyrics, executive producer. Since 1990
he was the frontman of the Samara-Moscow band,
MOR (Method Of Ravage)
Sergey Chernov -
bass guitar. In the 90s, he started in the
Samara band Mad Force. In parallel with our
band, he plays bass in the bands Iron Bees,
Middle Volga Social Club, Kuibyshev, La Fee
Nuare, Kinemo, Madam Broshkina, Syntetic Luv and
others. Sergey, being a professional of the
highest standard, often takes part in recordings
of various performers as a session musician.
Pavel Korneev -
guitar. 38 years old. Pal Palych comes from the
outskirts of Barnaul. In addition to our band,
he is a guitarist and vocalist of the Syntetic
Luv band and plays guitar in the Kinemo and
other bands.
Oleg Bison -
drums. 50 years old. He started drumming in the
90s in the Samara band Boynya. Later he played
in the Kontrast, Energfreeze, Cydia, Gavrosh and
other bands.
Some words from
our band members:
Dmitry Lugovskoy:
For me personally, the turning point in my life
was a visit to a concert of the rock band Kruiz
in the Kuibyshev (Samara) Sports Palace on March
6, 1984. Since then, I have simply fallen ill
with heavy rock music and have essentially
become a musical alcoholic-collector of CDs,
reels and cassettes-an advanced music lover.
Somewhere around 6 years later, my buddy Oleg
Perevertov literally flew into my house, shaking
an MK-60 cassette with a recording of the album
S.O.D.-Speak English Or Die over his head and
screaming - this is the bomb!!! We immediately
decided to put together a rock band - that's how
my first band M.O.R. appeared and since then -
albeit intermittently - I have been on stage for
35 years.
Pavel Korneev:
Until I was 16, I grew up in Belokurikha, which
is 250 km from Barnaul. In the foothills. A
boring life in the village, where there was not
even cinema. In the 90s there was only a sports
section and an amateur band at the local
community center. I chose the latter. Since
there were plenty of guitarists, I went for the
bass guitar. And by education I am a folk
singer. Domra.
Oleg Bizon: Back
in the distant eighty-sixth year, while studying
at school, I began to get interested in some
kind of heavy music. Among the fashionable at
that time CC Catch, Modern Talking, Radiorama,
etc., I accidentally came across an AC/DC
Highway to Hell cassette. I realized that
everything that was before this is crap. But
then I saw the performance of the Cruise band in
the program ' Jacob's Ladder 'just in a heavy
lineup and I was struck by their drummer Sergei
Efimov. I understood how heavy music is born
from the hands and feet of a drummer and
guitarists. Well, and all these years until
today I have never quit playing a musical
instrument, so I achieved what I can do now.
Well, sometimes coming to a concert and seeing
how new young drummers work, you think, let's go
from here.
Sergey Chernov:
In high school, I got into metal - heavy metal,
then thrash metal and death metal. Later, new
winds blew and the genre of heavy music went
into the alternative and I, like many of my
friends, got hooked on such advanced bands of
that time as Pantera, Rage Against The Machine,
Faith No More... A little later - Red Hot Chili
Peppers. Listening to music is one thing, but
playing it is quite another. This desire
appeared simultaneously with the first
recordings. Even at school, there were some
first attempts to play something on an acoustic
guitar, but the first band appeared only in the
1st year of the institute. Somehow the roles
were distributed by themselves, in general, I
got the bass guitar. One rock band replaced
another, so the first half of the 90s passed.
Then fate turned so that I almost tied up with
musical activity. I did not pick up an
instrument for about a year, and I did not have
one. But it turned out that in about 98 I
suddenly got an inexpensive one a good
instrument, which served as an impetus for a new
wave of my musical activity and it was radically
different - I became interested in jazz. I
played it on the bass guitar and the double
bass. I also became interested in other, "black"
styles of music, such as funk, soul, reggae,
ska.. At the same time, I toured with the Cheese
People, who were successful at that time. Then,
at some point (about 10 years later), I got
tired of jazz and turned to good old rock
Have you played a lot outside Russia?
MP: We didn't
have the chance to perform outside of Russia
yet, but we got requests from our Belgian label
if we can take part in any festivals organized
by them, also requests from London bars popular
among Millwall fans. I think we surely can
organize performing before a Millwall game at
the Den stadium. We have our cd selling at the
ground before Millwall home games. The main
problem is that now it’s hard for Russians to
travel abroad. But hope one day we can perform
there for sure.
I'll say it in the words of our band’s song:
The wall falls soon forever and then
We together will come to the Den
Millwall, Millwall
Support behind the wall
On the land of cold
Support the best club in the world
Song: Millwall (Behind The Wall)
Band: Max & The Jellied Eels Inc.
Which is the dreamplace to play?
DL: We would like
to play in London first of all, because Millwall
Football Club and its fan base, which is also
ours, are based there, which is logical. And in
general, we would like to play in the homeland
of the Sex Pistols. Plus probably in Belgium,
where our label is based, and in New York.
Actually, we are ready to play in any city where
our creativity finds a response, including the
largest cities of Russia - Moscow and St.
Petersburg.
MP: London, first
of all. The Den ground. Most our fans are from
there.
What type of people comes to your concerts?
DL: Our concerts
are attended by a diverse audience - from punks
and football hooligans to just fans of quality
English-language rock music.
Is it easy to hear western punkmusic, rockmusic
in Russia or how is it nowadays?
DL: If you want,
it's not difficult to listen to punk rock and
other Western music in Russia thanks to the
Internet. The only problems are with live
performances by foreign artists, because they
haven't been coming to us in recent years.
Is
it
possible
to
buy
punk records
from
other
countries
?
DL: Yes, if you
want, you can buy punk or any other music in
Russia performed by artists from any country.
Another issue is that few people do this - since
any music is freely available on the Internet.
MP: Yes, there
are shops run by enthusiasts of physical music:
CD, vinyl. They are either online or real shops
on different Russian cities.
Have you heard any Swedish bands you like?
DL: Yes,
of course, we have always valued Swedish rock
music and artists like Pain, Dismember, Entombed
and many others. Moreover, I attended concerts
of Swedish bands like Monoscream and Souldrainer
in Samara in 2017 and 2018. After the concerts,
I met and warmly communicated with the
musicians. There were unforgettable
afterparties. I still wear a T-shirt advertising
the Russian Monoscream tour - it turned out to
be very high quality. I still keep in touch with
some of the artists online.
MP: I listened to
few
Swedish
bands, many people will mention pop bands like
ABBA, DR Alban, Roxette. I like Europe, Pain,
Therion. But my favorite is Tiamat. The album
“Clouds”, - a real nice one!
Please tell me a little
about the following songs
-Fight for Millwall-Sex delight-Crisis of it
all?
DL: Fight For
Millwall is a militant song about the
football-related component of Millwall. There
are mentions of the club's most implacable
enemies - London clubs West Ham United and
Crystal Palace. Old-school Derbies with them are
the most textbook-fierce. With the first - the
derby of the dockers, and with the second - most
importantly the derbies of South London. Well,
at the end of the song, the name of the most
famous Millwall hooligans’ firm is mentioned -
the Millwall bushwackers.
The song Sex
Delight is a comic punk cover of the song by
Alexandrov "Spiat ustalye igrushki – Tired toys
are sleeping" - a melody familiar from childhood
to everyone who grew up in the former USSR and
Russia - because it was the soundtrack to the
children's program "Spokoynoy nochi malyshi -
Good night, kids" We joked and remade it into a
song about spending a nice evening with a
Millwall boys context, beers, girls, etc.
The song Crisis
Of It All is one of those that has nothing to do
with Millwall. It's just a song about human
experiences. It’s like an old farters’s moaning
that everything used to be pretty fun, and we
made madness
in good old times,
but now there's a crisis in music and in life.
Five favorite records through all times, the
five best concerts you have been to and the five
most imprtant things in life?
DL: The most
difficult question for me because it is
difficult to squeeze into the framework of 5
something that is much more. Over the years of
my life I have visited a great many cool rock
concerts and by any means more than 5
mind-blowing ones. But I will try. 1 I must
mention the concert of the rock band Kruiz on
March 6, 1984 in the Kuibyshev Sports Palace. It
became the starting point in my introduction to
the world of extreme music. 2 Then I must
mention the fest in Tushino in 1991 - AC / DC,
Metallica, Pantera - it was unforgettable 3.
WASP 2014 in Samara in ODO - Blackie Lawless was
inimitable as was the whole show. 4. Mpire If
Evil (Ex-Venom) - in March 2015 in the Samara
rock bar Podval. Legendary members of the cult
Venom Jeff Mantas Dunn and Tony Demolition Man
Dolan are at arm's length - and even the coolest
afterparty - I still communicate with Tony
Dolan. 5. The Vibrators 2014 - the cult London
punks went wild in a small club on Dvoryanskaya
in Samara - it was something. As for favorite
albums, it's also difficult because there are
always more than five of them - oh well.
1. Sex Pistols - Nevermind The Bollocks Here’s
The Sex Pistols - 1977,
2. AC / DC - Flick Of The Switch - 1983,
3. SOD - Speak English Or Die 1985,
4. Slayer - Reign In Blood 1986.
5. Pantera - Vulgar Display Of Power 1992
Five
the most
important
things
in life
perhaps
:1 Family
is the
foundation
total
And
start
started
. 2Music -
without it, life would be dull and
uninteresting. 3 Millwall - you could answer
football - but in essence, it would not change
anything much. 4. Love and sex - well, I will
not explain too much - without this, at least,
there would be no children and the 1st point
would be incomplete. 5.
Health.
Recently, after various incidents, I came to the
understanding that I can’t live without it. P.S.
I also really love to travel and whiskey with
cola.
MP:
The records: Very
hard to make a list of just five. Well, I will
choose two Metallica albums Ride The Lightning
and Master of Puppets. Pantera Vulgar Display Of
Power. Sex Pistols Never Mind the Bollocks,
Here’s the Sex Pistols. AC/DC Back In Black.
The concerts:
Metallica in Moscow Luzhniki Stadium 2007, The
Prodigy In Moscow Luzhniki Sports Palace 2005,
Blur in Moscow DK Gorbunov 2003, The Offspring
in Moscow SK Olimpiyskiy, U2 in Moscow Luzhniki
Stadium 2010 (shit music but nice show and stage
decorations, 360 tour).
Things in life: Family. The people who must
stand behind you, and you must stand behind them
even if they don’t stand behind you. Your kids
are the only people in your life who trust you
at any time.
Health. The only thing you can’t buy for money.
Conscience and soul. Even if everyone thinks you
did something wrong, you must be honest and pure
with yourself under any circumstances.
Freedom. In the broadest meaning. Freedom of
creativity, freedom of choice, freedom of
traveling, freedom of speech, freedom of music.
Millwall. It’s much more than a football club,
it’s a way of life.
Do you buy much record yourself?
DL: I used to buy
a lot of records because I was a music
alcoholic. I have a huge collection of vinyl and
CDs at home. In recent years, I have stopped
adding to the collection because the Internet
has won. Is this good or bad? Yes and no. There
is no longer that reverent attitude towards
music. On the other hand, it has increased many
times over.
MP: No, I’m a new formation fan, for my sorry.
Good phone, good headphones and Apple Music. Or
live gigs of Max & The Jellied Eels Inc. The
sound there is much better than in headphones.
And I don’t need to buy a ticket, lol.
Back to Millwall, have Millwall Russia many
members?
DL: Millwall's
VKontakte group has about 2,000 members. In my
opinion, there are about 2,000 Millwall fans in
Russia - many of them live in Moscow. Samara is
probably second among quantity of Millwall in
Russia due to our efforts.
MP: We have few
social media resources, either Russian or
English. We have few thousand fans in every
group. We have a pub in Moscow where we watch
Millwall games. We have a band in Samara,
singing about Millwall. We have fan shop selling
our merchandise. I think we are the one and only
Millwall fan club with such a popularity.
http://twitter.com/MillwallRussia
http://instagram.com/Millwall_Ru
http://facebook.com/groups/Millwall.ru
http://youtube.com/@MillwallRussia
What is the biggest thing that Millwall have
achieved in cups, league etc?
DL: In 140 years
of its existence, Millwall spent only two
seasons in the top division of English football.
In the FA Cup, the highest achievement is
reaching the final in 2004, where in a tough
fight, despite the final score of 0-3, the team
lost to the star Manchester United of Sir Alex
Ferguson, led by Cristiano Ronaldo, who scored
the first goal in that game. As a finalist of
the FA Cup, Millwall played two matches in the
UEFA Cup with the Hungarian Ferencvaros 1-1 at
home and lost 1-3 away. and was eliminated from
the competition. Millwall is known as an
uncompromising cup fighter - according to
statistics, it has the most victories in England
over teams from higher divisions. By the way,
the club has a positive balance in all years in
matches with Chelsea. But the most important
asset and strength of Millwall is its loyal fans
who are ready to do anything for their favorite
club.
MP: The main
success is the FA Cup Final game vs Man Utd
(I’ve been to that game) and two games in Euro
Cup. But all these games were not too
successful.
Are you planning for another record soon?
DL: We are
working on a new album. The material is mostly
ready - some new songs have already been
performed at concerts and two have already been
recorded in the studio.
MP: As you can
hear from demo our new album will be faster and
more aggressive than the first one.
Which is your own favorite song among your own
songs? And which song is the people choice?
DL: From
our
repertoire
I like
them all.
Either
already
recorded
in studio
Let Em Come, The Lion Of London Bridge, One More
Cigarette After Sex, Go Out, Crisis Of It All,
Jenny From Bogota, Give Me All You Love Tonight
or new
ones not
recorded
yet.
And
I like our
The Last Resort
cover
song Violence In Our Minds,
which
we are
performing
on
our gigs.
The public enjoys
Let Em Come, The Lion Of London Bridge, Jenny
From Bogota
and
our ballad
Give Me All Your Love Tonight.
Our
new
things
are
favorably
accepted
on
concerts
as well.
MP: I love all of them, can give a bit more love
to Millwall (Behind the wall), Let Em Come, Kill
You Tonight, The Lion of London bridge. And hope
all songs from new album will be lovely and
enjoyable. People mostly like Let Em Come, Jenny
From Bogota, new songs Robbo, The Lion of London
Bridge and One Cigarette After Sex got good
reaction from the public as well.
Which is the record that you always must have in
the tourbus?
DL: Answer
obvious
- our
Behind The Wall
MP: In the tourbus our album is ok, also it
gives the band some kind of training session to
remind how to play the material ))) When I
travel myself like in long flights first thing
in my headphones is our band playlist the album
and new stuff, then I usually listen to AC/DC
live concert in Argentina, and then if I have
time and going to have some rest I put on Dire
Straits playlist, great music and makes you
really calm.
Future plans for the band?
DL: Future plans
are finishing recording and releasing a new
album and giving concerts.
MP: Short plans
are new album and concerts. Long going plans are
performing in England for old school Millwall
fans who enjoy this kind of music we play.
For yourself?
DL: Perhaps it
wouldn't hurt me to lose some weight - I've been
planning to do that for a long time. I want to
travel more - it would be nice if it were with a
band.
MP: Ha ha my
weight needs to be lost as well, we are both big
boys with Dmitry. It’s so hard nowadays to make
some long going plans. I follow Marcus Aurelius'
motto: Do what you must do, and come what may.
Wisdomword?
DL: COYL
MP: No One Likes
Us – We Don’t Care. These words help me so many
times in my life.
Something to add?
DL: Peace and
goodness to all.
MP: Thanks
for reading, hope you’ll like our music, the
fans will like our music and our story. If
anyone want to get in touch with us send your
message to
Millwall.Russia@gmail.com
or contact us through or pages
https://www.facebook.com/MaxAndTheJelliedEelsInc/
https://vk.com/max_and_the_jellied_eels_inc
Our album is available here:
https://band.link/the_jellied_eels_inc
The Lion Of London Bridge