Russian Rocks Too (part 5)

3: 1980--1991

By 1979, it's become apparent that sticking to art and progressive rock traditions has become a creative dead finish for Soviet rock. The arrival of punk rock was initially failed to received with enthusiasm by the Soviet rock community. Soviet rock musicians had no tradition of taking part in loud, dissonant, ‘dirty’ music not primarily based on engaging melodies. They were still enamored of a ‘clean’ sound, melodic tunes and elaborate arrangements, and striving for a chic musical palette. The liberating power of punk wasn't evident to them initially.

Andrey Panov aka Svin

Russian Rocks Too (part 4)

2: 1968--1980

Entered the Seventies, Russian rock split in 2. They have to learnt to sing in their own language, at the same time their musicians have to faced the very tightly controll of the VIA teams. This decade shown as the most uninteresting music ever created by Soviet rock musicians. The reasons are that 1st of all, t it increasingly harder for amateur bands to play and to perform. Punishment can be quite significant. Student rock musicians expelled from their universities for such offensesfor example. In some extreme cases, rock musicians were punished just for haul their equipment. Several musicians stay and hide in  their basements and garages. Some acoustic ‘private concert’ for a ‘chosen few’ friends flourished.

Mashina Vremeni