After studying at the correspondence department in Tambov he transferred to the Moscow State Art and Cultural University, where he studied on a full-time pop-brass faculty.

In the third year he was drafted into the army in the Far East, where he served near the Chinese border, a junior aviation specialists.

In August 1988, he gathered a group he named Ura and started a solo career.

In 2006, Vladimir Putin signed a decree on awarding Alexey Glyzin honorary title Honored Artist of Russia.

[3] Later he married rhythmic gymnast Sania Glyzina (Babiy) (1971).