tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post3217616390243505008..comments2024-03-29T00:12:48.217+01:00Comments on Die or D.I.Y.?: Various Artists – "Red Wave — 4 Underground Bands From The USSR" (SNC Records – SNC 4018) 1986Jonny Zchivagohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09859740264284241032noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-77530696860448059212019-11-09T22:25:16.684+01:002019-11-09T22:25:16.684+01:00well, Letov and DK were not very conventional musi...well, Letov and DK were not very conventional musicians (especialliy DK - they sounds sometimes like jam between jazzed up King Crimson and Stooges high on vodka), personally I think it's best acts from Soviet 80s and definetly they were DIY to the core, but I can see your point. <br />Just don't waste your time on bands like Kino etc. (they're called Leningrad's rock club bands - Rock Club was semi-official organ for "underground" bands with a little help from KGB - can you imagine something like this, dear western friends?). They were mostly imitated US and UK acts, sometimes borrowing music and translate lyrics in Russian.<br />Also there is big cultural difference between Russian part of USSR and Pribalty (Estonia Latvia) and definetly GDR - they were almost western countries for USSR people, with better life coniditions. For example, they have much better musical equipment, so it's not surprise that they music somehow sounded better even today. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-39131233059443770732019-11-09T18:51:26.147+01:002019-11-09T18:51:26.147+01:00They do sound worthy of investigation though. Besi...They do sound worthy of investigation though. Besides the term 'punk', perhaps it was the inclusion of male genatalia. 'I was starting to enjoy this band's record until someone insited on inserting their balls into the mix...'rev.bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-46101613887880840642019-11-09T13:08:23.058+01:002019-11-09T13:08:23.058+01:00Thanks for all these pointers,but they all sound r...Thanks for all these pointers,but they all sound rather too conventional..just hearing the word Punk involved in a music description makes me turn away.I got lots of east german punk...its generic and boring.The Soviets were much better doing that weird doomy prog stuff that the state labels liked.And the germans natural instrument was the synth,they should never have touched a guitar.Jonny Zchivagohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09859740264284241032noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-27588238901034779482019-11-08T10:02:53.664+01:002019-11-08T10:02:53.664+01:00another great russian DIY artist of course Egor Le...another great russian DIY artist of course Egor Letov. His main band was Grazdanskaya Oborona - punk/garage/noise rock, but also Kommunism - nosie/experimental/industrial albums and Egor and Opisdenevshiey - maybe two greatest russian garage psychedelic albums (second LP - Sto let odinochestva like russian Forever Changes).<br />Egor recorded all his albums in his home, in Omsk (siberia city) with his friends. He was real cult figure in Russia but his main fans was Govnari - dumb alcoholic teenage anarcho punks. Sadly Egor died in 2008. His many albums real stuff for those who wants listen real russian DIY rock-n-roll.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-54160016307936090692019-11-08T09:28:48.968+01:002019-11-08T09:28:48.968+01:00here in post-soviet Russia we called this music ca...here in post-soviet Russia we called this music cargo-rock, bands like Kino, Aquarium were nothing but cargo cult as you can see.<br />If you wanna listen real soviet rock music with balls, find if you can albums by DK (ДК) - they were real diy music from USSR like mix of zappa, residents, can and other wierd music.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-56154035963265466992019-11-08T06:51:04.510+01:002019-11-08T06:51:04.510+01:00sire! as the horror of soviet synth musick marches...sire! as the horror of soviet synth musick marches on, have you André Szigethy? It sort of fits in here.....kevinessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02009393923932953707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-4884584232790640872019-11-08T03:46:19.680+01:002019-11-08T03:46:19.680+01:00The only remotely entertaining thing about the wal...The only remotely entertaining thing about the wall was fun of smuggling things past the authorities. If I’d been in the east, I’d have lived for the illicit lps and tapes from the other side. I only got a taste of that sort of thing with a cassette of new wave-ish Russian bands Recommended Records obtained via… connections. Not as cool as the Soviet records pressed on x-ray film, but the cache was similar. This album features a couple of cuts from that cassette, but it was an ‘official’ release, so it lacks the thrill of enjoying something prohibited. These bands always seemed more credible in that they lack the over-produced sheen of western new wave. Rekkin’ it was the ol’ D.I.Y. ethic; at once more honest and bizarre.rev.bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-89870977297198416292019-11-07T20:31:46.773+01:002019-11-07T20:31:46.773+01:00That's how ABBA happened!That's how ABBA happened!northfieldhathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04219971856461258513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8624282421125812337.post-54322498406447703262019-11-07T20:06:40.288+01:002019-11-07T20:06:40.288+01:00Yah, I remember when this came out. It was feature...Yah, I remember when this came out. It was featured on radio in something like an NPR piece, with emphasis on Aquarium and some bit about using a metal rasp on the guitar strings. Us kids didn't appreciate the music at the time, but it wasn't before long that I was into Zvuki Mu and hoisting a red flag.Dante Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01064334713406836581noreply@blogger.com