Category: 1980s
A creative explosion of Soviet rock, new wave, and underground music—fueled by labels like AnTrop, the Leningrad rock scene, magnitizdat, and bold releases that resonated with an awakening generation.
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Ole Lukkoye
The experimental band Ole Lukkøye (often just “Ole Lukoje”) formed in 1989 by keyboardist Boris Bardash and bassist Andrei Lavrinenko after their stint in the art-rock group Season of Rain.…
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Zoopark (The Zoo)
Zoopark was one of the most influential bands to come out of the Soviet rock underground, and its leader, singer-songwriter Mike Naumenko, is still a huge figure in Russian rock…
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Avtomaticheskie Udovletvoriteli (AU)
In the summer of 1979, Andrei Panov — quickly nicknamed Svin’ — gathered a circle of bored, restless young people who were fed up with Soviet monotony and uninspired rock. Panov had decent…
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Aquarium (Soviet Rock Band)
Aquarium was created in Leningrad in July 1972, when Boris Grebenshchikov, a university math student and budding songwriter, teamed up with playwright-in-training Anatoly “George” Gunitsky. BG was already in a…
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Kino (Cinema) Soviet Rock Band
Why they matter Kino moved from Leningrad’s underground music scene to the center of Soviet popular culture in less than a decade. The band came together around Viktor Tsoi, who…