Rock music in Russia
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Russian rock music originated in the Soviet Union in the 1960s based on the influence of Western rock music and bard songs, and was developed by both amateur bands and official VIA.
Nashestvie, one of the largest Russian rock festivals that attracts up to 200,000 fans annually
The "forefathers" of 70's Russian rock: Andrey Makarevich founded "Mashina Vremeni" in 1969...
...and Boris Grebenshchikov founded "Aquarium" in 1972
Post-punk band Kino was one of the most popular in the 1980s Soviet Union.
DDT (band)
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DDT is a Russian rock band. It was founded in 1980 by its lead singer and only remaining original member, Yuri Shevchuk, in Ufa.
The band in Nizhny Novgorod for the "История звука" (lit. 'history of sound') 2017 tour
Yuri Shevchuk says that the 1990s changed him a lot
Vadim Kurylev played guitars in DDT from 1986 to 2002
Yuri Shevchuk in 2007