As an art-jazz-rock collective, Auktsyon was a genre-blending musical and performance phenomenon within the Leningrad underground, distinguishing itself from other bands in both longevity and stylistic variation. Throughout the post-Soviet period, Auktsyon gradually increased the antiestablishment content of its music, while maintaining a veneer of ideological ambiguity. 

The concert logo for the Rok protiv terrora (Rock Against Terror) music festival, which took place in Moscow on 6 April 1991.