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Leningrad Rock club
Leningrad Rock club is on one of the brightest pages in the history of Russian music. Many bands that played there became real legends. Some are still active. It was in the Leningrad Rock club where in the years of Perestroika debuted such bands as Aquarium, Kino, Alisa, Zoopark, Auktyon, Televizor, Nol', etc.
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In 2021 Leningrad Rock club celebrates a jubilee. How old is it?
In 2021 Leningrad Rock club celebrates its 40th birthday. The opening date is considered to be on March, 7, 1981, when at a concert in the Leningrad all-union house of amateur art such bands as Picnic, Mify, Zerkalo and Rossiane played.
For soviet musicians it was a day of great meaning. The society of rock music lovers was finally legalized: they got a space and equipment to play, and the allowance to do it.
In 2021 Leningrad Rock club celebrates its 40th birthday. The opening date is considered to be on March, 7, 1981, when at a concert in the Leningrad all-union house of amateur art such bands as Picnic, Mify, Zerkalo and Rossiane played.
For soviet musicians it was a day of great meaning. The society of rock music lovers was finally legalized: they got a space and equipment to play, and the allowance to do it.
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In 2021 Leningrad Rock club celebrates its 40th birthday. The opening date is considered to be on March, 7, 1981, when at a concert in the Leningrad all-union house of amateur art such bands as Picnic, Mify, Zerkalo and Rossiane played.
For soviet musicians it was a day of great meaning. The society of rock music lovers was finally legalized: they got a space and equipment to play, and the allowance to do it.
In 2021 Leningrad Rock club celebrates its 40th birthday. The opening date is considered to be on March, 7, 1981, when at a concert in the Leningrad all-union house of amateur art such bands as Picnic, Mify, Zerkalo and Rossiane played.
For soviet musicians it was a day of great meaning. The society of rock music lovers was finally legalized: they got a space and equipment to play, and the allowance to do it.
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How could people get to a concert in the Leningrad Rock club?
Nah, it was much more complicated...
The Leningrad Rock club hall could fit 500-550 viewers. The tickets were free and not for sale. They were for the members of the club. For a stranger it was nearly impossible to get in. One had to make friends with some rockers, photographers, artists or journalists first and ask for a ticket. But sometimes the member were selling there tickets at the entrance for 5 rub. It was big money back then! Enough to travel from Leningrad to Tallinn!
But when very famous bands played, like Aquarium, Alisa or Kino, the crowd around the building was huge and some people got in through toilet windows.
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The Leningrad Rock club hall could fit 500-550 viewers. The tickets were free and not for sale. They were for the members of the club. For a stranger it was nearly impossible to get in. One had to make friends with some rockers, photographers, artists or journalists first and ask for a ticket. But sometimes the member were selling there tickets at the entrance for 5 rub. It was big money back then! Enough to travel from Leningrad to Tallinn!
But when very famous bands played, like Aquarium, Alisa or Kino, the crowd around the building was huge and some people got in through toilet windows.
Correct! Looks like you are a true fan!
The Leningrad Rock club hall could fit 500-550 viewers. The tickets were free and not for sale. They were for the members of the club. For a stranger it was nearly impossible to get in. One had to make friends with some rockers, photographers, artists or journalists first and ask for a ticket. But sometimes the member were selling there tickets at the entrance for 5 rub. It was big money back then! Enough to travel from Leningrad to Tallinn!
But when very famous bands played, like Aquarium, Alisa or Kino, the crowd around the building was huge and some people got in through toilet windows.
Nah, it was much more complicated...
The Leningrad Rock club hall could fit 500-550 viewers. The tickets were free and not for sale. They were for the members of the club. For a stranger it was nearly impossible to get in. One had to make friends with some rockers, photographers, artists or journalists first and ask for a ticket. But sometimes the member were selling there tickets at the entrance for 5 rub. It was big money back then! Enough to travel from Leningrad to Tallinn!
But when very famous bands played, like Aquarium, Alisa or Kino, the crowd around the building was huge and some people got in through toilet windows.
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Where was the Leningrad Rock club located?
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Rubinshteina st., 13 is the sacred address for all rock lovers. The club was here until 2000, and now there is Zazerkalye musical theatre.
But the other addresses are also important:
Blokhina st., 15 is the address of famous heating plant Kamchatka where in the 1980s worked Viktor Tsoi, leader of Kino. Other musicians visited him there to play and sing. Now it is a memorial museum and a club.
Pushkinskaya-10 art centre with an entrance form Ligovsky pr., 53 is a unique space, that was an abandoned house in 1989 and independent artists and musicians decided to squat it. In 1990s rockers played and shot music videos here. It also housed the rehearsal spots of Nautilus Pompilius and Aquarium. Today rock fans can visit the street of John Lennon, created by Kolya Vasin. And the first national rock museum by Vladimir Rekshans, who collected instruments, plates, posters and many more here.
Ligovsky pr., 47 is the address of the oldest rock shop in the city – Castle Rock, founded in 1993. In 1990s it was the main gathering spot, and it's still open.
Rubinshteina st., 13 is the sacred address for all rock lovers. The club was here until 2000, and now there is Zazerkalye musical theatre.
But the other addresses are also important:
Blokhina st., 15 is the address of famous heating plant Kamchatka where in the 1980s worked Viktor Tsoi, leader of Kino. Other musicians visited him there to play and sing. Now it is a memorial museum and a club.
Pushkinskaya-10 art centre with an entrance form Ligovsky pr., 53 is a unique space, that was an abandoned house in 1989 and independent artists and musicians decided to squat it. In 1990s rockers played and shot music videos here. It also housed the rehearsal spots of Nautilus Pompilius and Aquarium. Today rock fans can visit the street of John Lennon, created by Kolya Vasin. And the first national rock museum by Vladimir Rekshans, who collected instruments, plates, posters and many more here.
Ligovsky pr., 47 is the address of the oldest rock shop in the city – Castle Rock, founded in 1993. In 1990s it was the main gathering spot, and it's still open.
Rubinshteina st., 13 is the sacred address for all rock lovers. The club was here until 2000, and now there is Zazerkalye musical theatre.
But the other addresses are also important:
Blokhina st., 15 is the address of famous heating plant Kamchatka where in the 1980s worked Viktor Tsoi, leader of Kino. Other musicians visited him there to play and sing. Now it is a memorial museum and a club.
Pushkinskaya-10 art centre with an entrance form Ligovsky pr., 53 is a unique space, that was an abandoned house in 1989 and independent artists and musicians decided to squat it. In 1990s rockers played and shot music videos here. It also housed the rehearsal spots of Nautilus Pompilius and Aquarium. Today rock fans can visit the street of John Lennon, created by Kolya Vasin. And the first national rock museum by Vladimir Rekshans, who collected instruments, plates, posters and many more here.
Ligovsky pr., 47 is the address of the oldest rock shop in the city – Castle Rock, founded in 1993. In 1990s it was the main gathering spot, and it's still open.
Rubinshteina st., 13 is the sacred address for all rock lovers. The club was here until 2000, and now there is Zazerkalye musical theatre.
But the other addresses are also important:
Blokhina st., 15 is the address of famous heating plant Kamchatka where in the 1980s worked Viktor Tsoi, leader of Kino. Other musicians visited him there to play and sing. Now it is a memorial museum and a club.
Pushkinskaya-10 art centre with an entrance form Ligovsky pr., 53 is a unique space, that was an abandoned house in 1989 and independent artists and musicians decided to squat it. In 1990s rockers played and shot music videos here. It also housed the rehearsal spots of Nautilus Pompilius and Aquarium. Today rock fans can visit the street of John Lennon, created by Kolya Vasin. And the first national rock museum by Vladimir Rekshans, who collected instruments, plates, posters and many more here.
Ligovsky pr., 47 is the address of the oldest rock shop in the city – Castle Rock, founded in 1993. In 1990s it was the main gathering spot, and it's still open.
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How do you think the audience behaved on rock concerts?
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Concerts in USSR were very different from the present ones. No fan zone for dancing, just chairs like in a theatre. And the viewers' behaviour was supervised. It was strictly forbidden to walk, dance and approach the stage. Everyone seated quietly and clapped after each song. If someone stood up and moved, he/she was taken away. And it could have had a negative effect on the 'rebel's future. Fortunately, the strictness smoothed soon.
It's hard to imagine, but concerts in USSR were very different from the present ones. No fan zone for dancing, just chairs like in a theatre. And the viewers' behaviour was supervised. It was strictly forbidden to walk, dance and approach the stage. Everyone seated quietly and clapped after each song. If someone stood up and moved, he/she was taken away. And it could have had a negative effect on the 'rebel's future. Fortunately, the strictness smoothed soon.
It's hard to imagine, but concerts in USSR were very different from the present ones. No fan zone for dancing, just chairs like in a theatre. And the viewers' behaviour was supervised. It was strictly forbidden to walk, dance and approach the stage. Everyone seated quietly and clapped after each song. If someone stood up and moved, he/she was taken away. And it could have had a negative effect on the 'rebel's future. Fortunately, the strictness smoothed soon.
It's hard to imagine, but concerts in USSR were very different from the present ones. No fan zone for dancing, just chairs like in a theatre. And the viewers' behaviour was supervised. It was strictly forbidden to walk, dance and approach the stage. Everyone seated quietly and clapped after each song. If someone stood up and moved, he/she was taken away. And it could have had a negative effect on the 'rebel's future. Fortunately, the strictness smoothed soon.
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Activists of the Leningrad Rock club issued a SamIzdat (self-published) magazine. What was its name?
It was a Leningrad rock music zine, but not the one by the Leningrad Rock club.
Activists of the Leningrad Rock club issued a magazine called Roxy – the first self-published zine about rock music in the USSR. 15 issues were published between 1977 and 1990. The zine accumulated news about fresh records, upcoming concerts and told about the place of rock music in contemporary life.
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Activists of the Leningrad Rock club issued a magazine called Roxy – the first self-published zine about rock music in the USSR. 15 issues were published between 1977 and 1990. The zine accumulated news about fresh records, upcoming concerts and told about the place of rock music in contemporary life.
It was a Leningrad rock music zine, but not the one by the Leningrad Rock club.
Activists of the Leningrad Rock club issued a magazine called Roxy – the first self-published zine about rock music in the USSR. 15 issues were published between 1977 and 1990. The zine accumulated news about fresh records, upcoming concerts and told about the place of rock music in contemporary life.
It was a Leningrad rock music zine, but not the one by the Leningrad Rock club.
Activists of the Leningrad Rock club issued a magazine called Roxy – the first self-published zine about rock music in the USSR. 15 issues were published between 1977 and 1990. The zine accumulated news about fresh records, upcoming concerts and told about the place of rock music in contemporary life.
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Once famous foreign musicians played in the Leningrad Rock club. Who was it?
It's hard to believe, but Scorpions did perform in the Leningrad Rock club in 1988. They came on tour and gave 10 concerts in Leningrad on an arena of 15 thousand spectators. To the Leningrad Rock club they came accidentally, following someone's invitation. Impressed by the atmosphere and Russian musicians, they also went on stage and played a few songs.
They were not the only ones to come on tour to the USSR though. In Perestroika times, when the relations with the West were getting better and the country became more open, a number of foreign artists came to the USSR, including Uriah Heep, Sonic Youth and Pink Floyd.

Video of the Scorpions performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FfP0HQkwBk&t=89s
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Scorpions did perform in the Leningrad Rock club in 1988. They came on tour and gave 10 concerts in Leningrad on an arena of 15 thousand spectators. To the Leningrad Rock club they came accidentally, following someone's invitation. Impressed by the atmosphere and Russian musicians, they also went on stage and played a few songs.
They were not the only ones to come on tour to the USSR though. In Perestroika times, when the relations with the West were getting better and the country became more open, a number of foreign artists came to the USSR, including Uriah Heep, Sonic Youth and Pink Floyd.

Video of the Scorpions performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FfP0HQkwBk&t=89s
It's hard to believe, but Scorpions did perform in the Leningrad Rock club in 1988. They came on tour and gave 10 concerts in Leningrad on an arena of 15 thousand spectators. To the Leningrad Rock club they came accidentally, following someone's invitation. Impressed by the atmosphere and Russian musicians, they also went on stage and played a few songs.
They were not the only ones to come on tour to the USSR though. In Perestroika times, when the relations with the West were getting better and the country became more open, a number of foreign artists came to the USSR, including Uriah Heep, Sonic Youth and Pink Floyd.

Video of the Scorpions performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FfP0HQkwBk&t=89s
It's hard to believe, but Scorpions did perform in the Leningrad Rock club in 1988. They came on tour and gave 10 concerts in Leningrad on an arena of 15 thousand spectators. To the Leningrad Rock club they came accidentally, following someone's invitation. Impressed by the atmosphere and Russian musicians, they also went on stage and played a few songs.
They were not the only ones to come on tour to the USSR though. In Perestroika times, when the relations with the West were getting better and the country became more open, a number of foreign artists came to the USSR, including Uriah Heep, Sonic Youth and Pink Floyd.

Video of the Scorpions performance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FfP0HQkwBk&t=89s
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Having learnt a bit about the story, let's see if you can recognize Russian musicians. Who is it?
No, it is Aquarium. And legendary Boris Grebenshchikov in the middle.
No, it is Aquarium. And legendary Boris Grebenshchikov in the middle.
No, it is Aquarium. And legendary Boris Grebenshchikov in the middle.
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What band are these rockers from?
Right you are! Oleg Garkusha is hard to confuse!
Please, meet the Auktyon band, founded by Leonid Fedorov. On the left is the leader Oleg Garkusha.
Please, meet the Auktyon band, founded by Leonid Fedorov. On the left is the leader Oleg Garkusha.
Please, meet the Auktyon band, founded by Leonid Fedorov. On the left is the leader Oleg Garkusha.
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Do you know these young men?
This is the legendary Kino, one of the most popular soviet rock bands, members of the Leningrad Rock club. Their leader and author of nearly all the songs was Viktor Tsoi, who died in a car crash in 1990 at the age of 28. Go on youtube to listen their songs. You will be surprised by their relevance.
Yes! This is the legendary Kino, one of the most popular soviet rock bands, members of the Leningrad Rock club. Their leader and author of nearly all the songs was Viktor Tsoi, who died in a car crash in 1990 at the age of 28.
This is the legendary Kino, one of the most popular soviet rock bands, members of the Leningrad Rock club. Their leader and author of nearly all the songs was Viktor Tsoi, who died in a car crash in 1990 at the age of 28. Go on youtube to listen their songs. You will be surprised by their relevance.
This is the legendary Kino, one of the most popular soviet rock bands, members of the Leningrad Rock club. Their leader and author of nearly all the songs was Viktor Tsoi, who died in a car crash in 1990 at the age of 28. Go on youtube to listen their songs. You will be surprised by their relevance.
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And these guys for the final question are...
Another band to join your playlist – Zoopark, founded by Mikhail (Mike) Naumenko.
True! This is Zoopark, founded by Mikhail (Mike) Naumenko.
Another band to join your playlist – Zoopark, founded by Mikhail (Mike) Naumenko.
Another band to join your playlist – Zoopark, founded by Mikhail (Mike) Naumenko.
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