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Soviet rock music groups

  • Aquarium (band)In 1972, two friends met in Leningrad to start a musical group that would eventually become the most important rock band in Russian history.
  • Kino (band)In 1981, two local groups from Leningrad merged to create a new musical entity. The members of Palata No. 6 and Piligrimy joined forces under the name Garin…
  • Aria (band)Vladimir Holstinin and Alik Granovsky stood in a Moscow studio in 1985, ready to build something new. Both men had previously played together in the band…
  • DDT (band)Yuri Shevchuk formed DDT in the summer of 1980 within Ufa, a city in the Bashkir ASSR of the Soviet Union. The initial lineup included five musicians…