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Kino
Soviet rock band
DDT
Russian musical group; rock band
Aquarium
Soviet Russian musical group; rock band
Korol i Shut
Russian punk rock band
Lyube
Lyube () is a Russian rock band from Lyubertsy, a city in Moscow Oblast. Lyube's music is a mixture of several genres, with influences from both Russian folk music, rock, Russian chanson, and Soviet military songs. The band was founded in 1989, and since then have released sixteen albums. Lyube's producer and main songwriter is Igor Matviyenko.
Nautilus Pompilius
Soviet, and later Russian, rock band
Mashina Vremeni
Russian rock band
Bi-2
Bi-2 is a Belarusian pop-rock band, formed in 1988 in Babruysk, Belarusian SSR. During their career, Bi-2 achieved international success in Eastern Europe.
Yat-Kha
Yat-Kha is a band from Tuva, led by vocalist/guitarist Albert Kuvezin. Their music is a mixture of Tuvan traditional music and rock, featuring Kuvezin's distinctive kargyraa throat singing style, the kanzat kargyraa.
Krematorij
Krematorij () is a Russian rock band. The band is considered one of the best concert performing teams in Russia, known for its masterly rock-n-roll. Formed in Moscow in 1983, Krematorij gained quick recognition, achieved the status of a legend of Russian Rock-n-Roll and after 30 years on stage continues to delight its audiences throughout the former Soviet Union, the Netherlands, Germany, Israel and the United States. The group's frontman (and main songwriter) is Armen Grigoryan.
Spitfire
Russian ska band
Distemper
Russian band
Kolovrat
Russian musical group; nazi punk band
Vesyolye Rebyata
VIA band from Moscow, Russia
Ploho
Ploho (Russian for "bad") is a Russian post-punk band from Novosibirsk, formed in 2013.
Undervud
Undervud (, Russian spelling of Underwood) is a Russian and Ukrainian musical group (alternative rock, indie rock style) established by Maksim Kucherenko (Максим Кучеренко) and Vladimir Tkachenko (Владимир Ткаченко), two medical students from the Crimea. They have released 8 albums, the last one in September 2015.
7B
Russian band
Bravo
Russian rock and roll band
Nogu Svelo!
Russian rock band
Pilot
Russian rock band from Saint Petersburg
Nochniye Snaiperi
Russian rock band
Smyslovye Gallyutsinatsii
Russian rock band
Korni
Korni () is a Russian pop rock band. They rose to fame when they won best band on the show Star Factory-1. The current band members include: Dmitry Pakulichev (vocal), Alexandr Berdnikov (vocal), and Alexey Kabanov (keyboards).
Poyushchiye Gitary
Soviet and Russian vocal and instrumental ensemble, organized in 1966
Dvar
Dvar is an anonymous virtual band from Russia that plays darkwave and electronic music. The first Dvar album was released in 1995, and the most recent in 2024.
Chizh & Co
Russian rock band
Bratya Grim
Russian pop-rock group
Egor i Opizdenevshie
psychedelic side project by Yegor Letov
Nensi
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Strannye Igry
Soviet/Russian rock group
Zoopark
Russian rock band
Secret
Soviet Russian rock and roll band
Glintshake
Glintshake (Russian: ГШ) is a Russian rock band formed in Moscow in 2012, consisting of the vocalist and guitarist Ekaterina Shilonosova, the guitarist Yevgeni Gorbunov, the bass guitarist Yegor Sargsyan and the drummer Alexey Yevlanov.
Chaif
Chaif (Чайф) is a Russian rock band formed in 1984 in Sverdlovsk (now Yekaterinburg), Russia, by Vladimir Shakhrin and Vladimir Begunov. Their name is derived from the word chai, meaning tea, and kaif (slang word), meaning pleasure. The band became known in 1992 with songs such as Ne Speshi (''Don't Hurry) and 17''. By 1997, the popularity of rock music had declined and they were playing smaller venue. They have released several albums. Their musical styles range from rock and roll to Blues and some songs which feature a strong reggae influence. The band in 2008 was still touring and releasing
Tsvety
Tsvety () is a Soviet and Russian rock band that, according to Itogi magazine, "started all Russian alternative culture". It was one of the first bands to introduce rock music to the Soviet show business.
Kontora Kooka
Russian rock music group
Kalinov Most
Russian folk rock band
Igor & The Red Elvises
American musical group
Instruktsiya po Vyzhivaniyu
Soviet Siberian punk rock band
Televizor
Televizor (, "Television set") is a Soviet/Russian gothic rock/industrial group formed in 1984 in Saint-Petersburg. is the lead singer and founder of group. They began to perform at the Leningrad Rock Club. They are noted for their strong views against authoritarianism in Russian politics, and have repeatedly denounced the actions of Vladimir Putin in their lyrics. At the time the group first formed, it was one of comparatively few political rock bands in Soviet Union.
U-Piter
U-Piter () was a Russian rock band from Saint-Petersburg. The group was formed by Vyacheslav Butusov in 2001. The group disbanded in 2017.
Rondo (group)
Sokol (Soviet band)
musical artist
Markscheider Kunst
Russian musical group; ska band
Raznyie Lyudi
N.O.M.
N.O.M. (also, NOM: Neformálnoye objedinénie molodiózhi, The Informal Youth Association) is a Soviet/Russian experimental rock band, formed in 1987 in Saint Petersburg (then Leningrad), known for its mix of art rock, ska, folklore, classical influences (including occasional bouts of operatic singing) and eccentric theatrical stage shows. N.O.M.'s national breakthrough came in the late 1980s when LenTV started playing the band's controversial videos. Short-time heroes of post-Perestroika alternative culture, N.O.M. have never been accepted neither by the massive pop/rock audiences, nor by the ma