Soviet rock music groups

Soviet rock band

Russian heavy metal band

Russian musical group; rock band

Latvian band

Soviet Russian musical group; rock band

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.

Russian rock group

Russian punk/synth rock band

Soviet, and later Russian, rock band

Russian rock band

TNMK or Tanok na Maidani Kongo ( ; "Dance at the Congo Square") is a Ukrainian hip-hop group. Considered one of the most successful hip-hop groups of Ukraine, they are known for clever, yet often tongue-in-cheek, lyrics; mixing hip-hop with rock, funk and jazz music and playing real instruments on their albums and live shows without using samples and drum machines. TNMK performed at many festivals as: Sziget Fest, Zakhid, Tavria Games, Chervona Ruta, Faine Misto and Bandershtat.

Russian band

Pesniary (also spelled Pesnyary, , ) was a popular Soviet Belarusian folk rock VIA. It was founded in 1969 by guitarist Vladimir Mulyavin. Before 1970, the band was known under the name Liavony (Лявоны).

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.

Ukrainian musical group; rock band

Russian hard rock band

Russian musical group

Ukrainian band

Latvian musical group

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.

N.R.M. (, , "Independent Republic of Dreams" in English) are a rock band from Minsk, Belarus, founded in 1981 as Mroja (). They are considered to be the most popular rock band in the country. They perform in the Belarusian language, and are a rallying point for political opposition to the Belarusian government, despite being the target of a performance ban from 2006 to 2009.

Ukrainian rock band

Auktyon (, . Auktsyon) is a Russian alternative rock band from Saint Petersburg.

Latvian rock band

Ukrainian musical ensemble

Latvian musical group; rock band

VIA band from Moscow, Russia

Zemlyane () is a Soviet and later Russian rock band, formed in Leningrad in 1978. Most of their lyrics deal with risk, courage, and masculinity.

Ukrainian singers

Ukrainian rock band founded in 1988

Ukrainian music band

Russian rock and roll band

Lithuanian musical group

Russian rock band

Eney () was a Ukrainian rock (big-beat) band active in 1968–1977. Named after the famous character, Aeneas, from one of the literary works of Ivan Kotlyarevsky, Eney was the first Ukrainian band to perform its own repertoire.

Soviet and Russian vocal and instrumental ensemble, organized in 1966

Russian rock band

Russian rock band

Soviet/Russian rock group

Soviet Union music group

Russian rock band

thumb|260px|Former Verasy members Alexander Tikhanovich and [[Yadviga Poplavskaya in 2009]] Verasy () was a musical band created in Belarus (then Belarusian SSR, Soviet Union) in 1971. It was created under the Belarusian State Philarmony, Minsk, director and composer Vasily Rainchik. Verasy is Belarusian for heather (see Calluna).

Russian rock band

Latvian band

Soviet and Russian rock band

kazakh rock band formed in 1967

Soviet Russian rock and roll band

psychedelic side project by Yegor Letov

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 () 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.

Russian musical group; rock band

Russian rock music group

Russian folk rock band

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.

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

Soviet and Belarusian musical group; rock band

Lithuanian punk rock band

Soviet Siberian punk rock band