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.
Blestyashchiye is one of the first all-girl singing groups in Russia.
Krematorij is a Russian rock band. The band is considered one of the best concert performing teams in Russia, known for its masterly rock-n-roll. Formed in Moscow in 1983, Krematorij gained quick recognition, achieved the status of a legend of Russian Rock-n-Roll and after 30 years on stage continues to delight its audiences throughout the former Soviet Union, the Netherlands, Germany, Israel and the United States. The group's frontman is Armen Grigoryan.
Splean is a popular Russian rock band, formed in Saint Petersburg in 1994. Since then, they have remained one of the most popular rock bands in Russia and the former Soviet Union. The band's name is derived from "spleen", and the "ea" spelling in English is a pun on the spelling of the Beatles. It was borrowed from a short poem by Sasha Cherny, which the band set to music.
Serebro was a Russian girl group formed by their manager and producer Maxim Fadeev. Serebro was formed in 2007, consisting of Marina Lizorkina, Olga Seryabkina, and Elena Temnikova as a submitted proposal for consideration by Channel One Russia for the Eurovision Song Contest 2007. Serebro was selected to represent Russia at the 2007 Contest with the song titled "Song #1". They subsequently placed third at the contest, scoring a total of 207 points. Serebro was then officially signed to Fadeev's record label Monolit Records, and in 2012, the group had additional releases produced by Sony Music Entertainment and Ego Music. In 2009, Lizorkina announced her departure from the group; she was subsequently replaced by Anastasia Karpova. Karpova left the group in 2013 and was replaced by Dasha Shashina, who left in 2016. Temnikova left the group in 2014 due to health reasons, and Polina Favorskaya, who replaced Temnikova, left the group in 2017. Favorskaya was later replaced by Morgunova. In 2019, the line-up Olga Seryabkina, Katya Kischuk, and Tatiana Morgunova, the last one to include the last original member, has been replaced by Elizaveta Kornilova, Marianna Kochurova and Irina Titova.
Open Space is a pop rock and indie rock band from Minsk, Belarus. Formed in 2006 with an English repertoire and a few Belarusian songs, they later adapted mostly Russian lyrics. The band has released two full albums and several EPs and singles, but in recent years the musicians play together mostly as a cover band. Since 2017, frontman Vitaliy Matievskiy has focused on his synth-pop duo Days of Days, and since 2018 he also writes music for his solo electronic music project MATIVI.
Yuri Nikolayevich Klinskikh was a Russian musician, singer, songwriter, arranger, and founder of the rock band Sektor Gaza. He was also known as Yuri "Khoy".
Picnic, or Piknik, is a Russian rock band known for its unique style, a mixture of art rock, progressive rock and original Russian rock. The band was formed in 1978 in Leningrad, though the members consider the band's official starting point to be Edmund Shklyarsky's arrival, in 1981, or the year the first album was recorded—1982.
The Pretty Reckless is an American rock band from New York City, formed in 2009. The band consists of Taylor Momsen, Ben Phillips, Mark Damon (bass), and Jamie Perkins (drums). In August 2010, the band released their debut studio album, Light Me Up. The album spawned three moderately successful singles, most notably "Make Me Wanna Die". The band released the Hit Me Like a Man EP in early 2012. In March 2014, the band released their second studio album, Going to Hell, which included the singles "Heaven Knows" and "Messed Up World", both of which topped the US and UK rock charts.
"Не Время" is the sixth single by Russian girl group Serebro. The single was released on 19 April 2010 and is the second single to feature the vocals of group member, Anastasia Karpova, as well as the second single to be written by group producer Maxim Fadeev and band member Olga Seryabkina following "Сладко". The single's English counterpart "Sexing U" was first performed at the MTV Russia Beach Party on 28 August 2010 and later released on 18 September 2010.
Tracktor Bowling was a Russian nu metal band, formed in Moscow in 1996.
Lusine Gevorkyan is the lead singer of the Russian nu metal band Tracktor Bowling and the alternative rock/punk band Louna.
Jane Air is a Russian rock band. The band was founded in 1999 in Saint Petersburg. In 2002, Jane Air signed a contract with Kapkan Records and released their first record, Pull Ya? Let It Doll Go!.
Instruktsiya po vyzhivaniyu is the 17th album by the Russian punk band Grazhdanskaya Oborona, released in 1990. It was their final album before their break up a week later, but they reformed in 1993.
Behind a Mask is the debut English-language album by Russian alternative/punk rock band Louna. It was released on 30 April 2013, in North America on Red Decade Records. The disc is a compilation of the best tracks from the albums Let's Get Louder and The Time of X, translated from Russian to English.
Sto let odinochestva is the second album by Russian psychedelic rock band Egor i Opizdenevshie. It was released in 1993 by Zolotaja Dolina.
Going to Hell is the second studio album by American rock band the Pretty Reckless. It was released on March 12, 2014, by Razor & Tie. The album debuted at number five on the Billboard 200 with 35,000 copies sold in its first week, becoming the band's first top-10 album on the chart. Going to Hell spawned five singles, including "Heaven Knows", "Messed Up World ", and "Follow Me Down", all three of which reached number one on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Songs chart.
Batyrkhan Kamaluly Shukenov was a Soviet Kazakhstan and Russian singer, musician, composer, and poet. Shukenov was co-founder and lead singer of the Kazakh-Russian pop music group A-Studio from 1987 until 2000. After leaving the group in 2000, he began his solo career.
Affinage is a Russian band founded in 2012 by songwriter and lead singer Mikhail Em Kalinin and bass player Sergei Sergeich Shiliaev in the city of Saint Petersburg. The band plays songs in its own style of noir-chanson and takes its name from the process of purifying an impure metal.
Feelee is one of the first Russian independent music labels, founded by Igor Tonkikh in 1988.
