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“Rock Against Terror”
The concert logo for the Rok protiv terrora (Rock Against Terror) music festival, which took place in Moscow on 6 April 1991.
Lyube performs "Atas," 1990
In 1990, the rock band Lyube performed their recent hit, "Atas," on Soviet television. The band’s state-sponsored fusion of rock music with militaristic nationalism and patriotic culture would, among other things, endear them to Vladimir Putin.
The World Made of Plastic Has Won
Yegor Letov (1964-2008) performs his song “Moia oborona” (My defense), during his “concert in the hero city Leningrad,” part of Grazhdanskaia oborona’s 1994 tour Russkii proryv (Russian breakthrough).
Let's Go To War!
The model, writer, singer, and TV personality Natalia Medvedeva (Limonov’s third wife) performs her song “Poedem na voinu!” (Let’s go to war!), a countercultural hymn romanticizing war, violence, and rebellion.
Mumiy Troll's Breakthrough “Utekai (Take Off)" Becomes the 1997 Song of the Year
Mumiy Troll’s 1997 breakthrough song “Utekai” (Take off) displayed the combination of surrealism, dark humor, and provincial romanticism that defined the band’s trademark style.