ПОРТ(812) 3x + Маррадёры
Yet another punk rock band that’s been around for a long time. Founded in the previous century (1999), you’d think ПОРТ(812) would be nearing its expiration date by now. But judging by their latest album, ПОРТ(812) is still fresh and energetic—and punk is far from dead.
812 is the area code for Saint Petersburg, where ПОРТ(812) is based. The founding date, 8-12, is a nice coincidence.
Честь, свобода и любовь (2020)
Honor, freedom, and love. And нет других богов—no other gods. From the album Подарок (Gift, 2020). A gift for fans of old-school straightforward positive punk. Check out other tracks from the album, like Мама, прости, Собачий вальс, Как Чача Пьян, Мы (Время И Друзья), and the title track.
99 Шлюх из ста (2019)
A rather unflattering description of (99 out of 100) people to choose from: спортсменов, певцов, актёров, and лжецов—athletes, singers, actors, and liars. From 2019, also found on Подарок.
Гулял (2017)
“Wohowoho” is Esperanto in punk, and everyone can do it. Otherwise, I walked and saw a lot (гулял и столько видывал), flipped through roads (дороги перелистывал), tossed worries aside (печали прочь откидывал), loved, and lived passionately (любил и жил неистово). From Королевы и хулиганы (Queens and Hooligans, 2017), for which this is the title track.
More ПОРТ(812)
- Любовь убивает меня (2018)
- Моя Философия. Мой Бог. (2018)
- Крылья (featuring Лёха Никонов, Илья Чёрт, Антон Лиссов, 2017)
- У Александрийского Столпа (2017)
- Живей Живых (2016)
- Война (2016)
Check out more on Last.fm (RU), listen on Apple Music, Bandcamp, or Spotify, and follow on Instagram and VK.
Маррадёры
Singer Илья Никитин is also in Маррадёры. Slightly older (since 1993) than ПОРТ(812), and a bit rawer too. Here’s the connection with their hometown in Санкт-Петербург, Ты - Мой, based on England Belongs To Me by Cock Sparrer.
Most of the music here is also available in an
R1 playlist on YouTube (in order of posting).
See also
Best Russian Music and
Russian Song Lyrics.
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Anyone who wants to present Russian music cannot ignore Zemfira. Popular and mainstream – millions of records sold – but also distinctly idiosyncratic. The music is usually accessible (we categorize it under Pop), but the attitude is rock.
Raw Anti-Putin punk from
Nizhny Novgorod /
Нижний Новгород. Loosely based on ‘Maggie’ by The Exploited.
From the green city of
Zelenograd /
Зеленоград. Dreamy indie-folk with a melancholic undertone. Created by
Mikhail Rodionov (1992).
The alarm blares (Ревёт тревога), the road awaits (ждёт дорога). They are many (Их немало), we are few (нас немного). We are in an unjust world (Мы в несправедливом мире) tin wolves in the shooting range (Жестяные волки в тире).
The word offret is Swedish and means ‘sacrifice’; the band Offret is Russian and makes heavy music. The link between the word and the band: a
1986 film in Swedish by the Russian Andrei Tarkovsky.
A band from Saint Petersburg that makes a kind of post-punk/indie-pop. Not for long yet, so not much material yet. However, they already have a few very successful tracks with original music videos. До свиданья, дорогая is the
Russian title for the film
The Goodbye Girl (1977), but it has nothing to do with it.
