The
Leningrad Rock Club was a historic
music venueA music venue is any location regularly used for a concert or musical performance. Music venues range in size and location, from an outdoor bandshell or bandstand to an indoor sports stadium. Typically, different types of venues host different genres of music...
of the 1980s in
LeningradLeningrad is the former name of Saint Petersburg, Russia.Leningrad may also refer to:Places:* Leningrad Oblast, a federal subject of Russia, around Saint Petersburg* Leningrad, Tajikistan, capital of Muminobod district in Khatlon Province...
, situated on Rubinstein Street in the city center. Opened in 1981 and overseen by the
KGBThe KGB was the national security agency of the USSR. From 1954 until 1991, the Committee for State Security was the Communist state's premier secret police, internal security, and espionage organization, whose coat of arms—the Shield and the Sword—illustrate a national military hierarchy...
, it became the first legal rock music venue in Leningrad. Overall, it was the largest
rockRock music is a genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the 1960s. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, rhythm and blues, country music and also drew on folk music, jazz and classical music....
scene in the
Soviet UnionThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. The name is a translation of the , tr. Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated СССР, SSSR. The common short name is Soviet Union, from , Sovetskiy Soyuz...
, which featured such bands as
KinoKino was a Soviet rock band headed by Viktor Tsoi. It was one of the most famous Soviet rock groups of the 1980s.-History:The band was formed in the summer of 1981 in Leningrad, USSR Kino ( "cinema", often written uppercase, ; pronounced ) was a Soviet rock band headed by Viktor Tsoi. It was one...
,
AlisaAlisa is a Russian hard rock band, who are credited as one of the most influential bands in the Russian rock movement.-Biography:...
, Aquarium,
ZooparkZoopark was one of the founding rock groups which began the Russian rock movement. The group was founded in 1980. It consisted of Mike Naumenko, Aleksander Khrabunov and a varied group of artists. The first album recorded by Maik was "All Brothers and Sisters" with Boris Grebenshikov in 1978...
,
PiknikPiknik is a Russian rock band known for its unique style which is a mixture of Jazz rock, Art-rock, Progressive rock and original Russian rock. Since the year it was formed, 1978, the band's formation changed a few times with the only constant member being Edmund Shklarsky, its leader. It is...
, Automatic Satisfiers,
DDTDDT is a popular Russian rock band founded by its current lead singer, Yuri Shevchuk , in Ufa in 1981.-Original Members:* Yuri Shevchuk — vocals, guitar* Vladimir Sigachyov — keyboard* Rustem Asanbayev — guitar...
,
Grazhdanskaya OboronaGrazhdanskaya Oborona is one of the earliest and most famous Russian punk bands and now maintains a huge army of fans, admirers, and followers. It inspired hundreds of subsequent Soviet and then Russian bands...
, and became an important influence on the Russian rock music.
The
Leningrad Rock Club was a historic
music venueA music venue is any location regularly used for a concert or musical performance. Music venues range in size and location, from an outdoor bandshell or bandstand to an indoor sports stadium. Typically, different types of venues host different genres of music...
of the 1980s in
LeningradLeningrad is the former name of Saint Petersburg, Russia.Leningrad may also refer to:Places:* Leningrad Oblast, a federal subject of Russia, around Saint Petersburg* Leningrad, Tajikistan, capital of Muminobod district in Khatlon Province...
, situated on Rubinstein Street in the city center. Opened in 1981 and overseen by the
KGBThe KGB was the national security agency of the USSR. From 1954 until 1991, the Committee for State Security was the Communist state's premier secret police, internal security, and espionage organization, whose coat of arms—the Shield and the Sword—illustrate a national military hierarchy...
, it became the first legal rock music venue in Leningrad. Overall, it was the largest
rockRock music is a genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the 1960s. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, rhythm and blues, country music and also drew on folk music, jazz and classical music....
scene in the
Soviet UnionThe Union of Soviet Socialist Republics was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. The name is a translation of the , tr. Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, abbreviated СССР, SSSR. The common short name is Soviet Union, from , Sovetskiy Soyuz...
, which featured such bands as
KinoKino was a Soviet rock band headed by Viktor Tsoi. It was one of the most famous Soviet rock groups of the 1980s.-History:The band was formed in the summer of 1981 in Leningrad, USSR Kino ( "cinema", often written uppercase, ; pronounced ) was a Soviet rock band headed by Viktor Tsoi. It was one...
,
AlisaAlisa is a Russian hard rock band, who are credited as one of the most influential bands in the Russian rock movement.-Biography:...
, Aquarium,
ZooparkZoopark was one of the founding rock groups which began the Russian rock movement. The group was founded in 1980. It consisted of Mike Naumenko, Aleksander Khrabunov and a varied group of artists. The first album recorded by Maik was "All Brothers and Sisters" with Boris Grebenshikov in 1978...
,
PiknikPiknik is a Russian rock band known for its unique style which is a mixture of Jazz rock, Art-rock, Progressive rock and original Russian rock. Since the year it was formed, 1978, the band's formation changed a few times with the only constant member being Edmund Shklarsky, its leader. It is...
, Automatic Satisfiers,
DDTDDT is a popular Russian rock band founded by its current lead singer, Yuri Shevchuk , in Ufa in 1981.-Original Members:* Yuri Shevchuk — vocals, guitar* Vladimir Sigachyov — keyboard* Rustem Asanbayev — guitar...
,
Grazhdanskaya OboronaGrazhdanskaya Oborona is one of the earliest and most famous Russian punk bands and now maintains a huge army of fans, admirers, and followers. It inspired hundreds of subsequent Soviet and then Russian bands...
, and became an important influence on the Russian rock music.