My fave Russian bands, wanted to share Options

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There are several (actually, just a few) russian bands that I listen to. Mostly the music is pure bullshit, but there some really perfect exceptions. Let me tell you a few words about my faves. They mostly come from my hometown, St Petersburg and the city is called the Russian capital of rock.

I start with a band I have been following since 1996. I was 13, had long hair and was into grunge already. I visited clubs for underground acts, some of whom today are pretty big. Some change their names, music and lineup, but some remain true to themselves. So, if you have a spare moment, take a listen if interested.

No 1. I repeat, in 1996 an interesting band appeared. They were called Military Jane. Their first gig was pretty lame and empty, for the third one they gathered a full house of guys in Nirvana, PJ and AiC tshirts. They had 2 albums, and even a video! They played nice grunge and sang in English. The texts were rubbish and full of mistakes, but the music was very nice.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7iXG_IyEYJA

After a year they suddenly switched their name and became Pilot. They started singing in Russian and the music grew much softer and acoustic. Still, they played pretty nice punk concerts.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGys9TzBh4E

As time went, they became bigger and bigger. And unfortunately to remain big in Russia you have to go mainstream. And russian mainstream rock fucking sucks. Though the frontman tried to keep nice pop melodies, most of the popular songs do sound horrible to me.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNFxGhHAmEc

Time went and the vocalist, whose name is Ilya Demon (gheghe) turned his face to god (what a surprise!) and here is where we come to a conclusion.

He never left his band. It went through some lineup changes, but the core remained the same. He started releasing pop solo records (!!!) but he never turned his back to the roots (!!!!!!!). Funny, huh? Isn't it how it is supposed to be?

When the band was 10 years old, they re-recorded their first single Wherry in Russian. And the sound of it is spectacular


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zrwd20cm3ds


I really do not listen much to them anymore. The vocalist grew fat, though his voice remained very nice... And sometimes they have a wonderful song or two.

And here is what they look like now. Not moving around the stage much, the song is called "Love, Truth and Light" (omfg), they good around (and it is not that funny to me anymore), but damn! Check out the guitar!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aL57Db4XhAI


More to come if anyone is interested!

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