His most well-known songs include "Flying on 7000", "Moscow-Neva", "Nighttime Roads FM", "Black Cat" and "Pretty Boy".

He spent his childhood at the intersection of Yauzsky and Pokrovsky Boulevard at Obukha Street (now Vorontsovo Field St.).

Playing in the school ensemble, he covered songs by The Beatles, Grand Funk Railroad, Deep Purple, Led Zeppelin, Slade, and Smokie.

Prior to joining the professional scene, Syutkin worked as a bartender, a porter at the Belorussky Railway Station, and finally as a conductor of passenger car.

After the departure of the Architects, he joined the Fan-o-man, a trio with whom he recorded the album "Caviar grain", and won the Audience Award at the International Competition "Steps to Parnassus".

He participated in the project of the Channel One Russia "Stars on Ice" and was paired with figure skater Irina Lobacheva.

He served as a Member of Cultural Programs at the Olympic Games in Seoul (1988), Athens (2004), Turin (2006), Beijing (2008), Vancouver (2010), and London (2012).

In March 2008, Syutkin was awarded the title "Honored Artist of the Russian Federation" for merits in the field of art.

He has been the chairman of "The Muses of the world" ("Contemporary Art and Education") which chooses contestants in the "Variety and jazz performance".

In an interview in 2014, Syutkin expressed his support to the annexation of the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea by Russia.