Leningrad (band)

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Leningrad (Ленинград in Russian) is a Russian ska punk band from Saint Petersburg (former Leningrad).

Composed of 14 members, the band appeared in the late 1990s around singer Sergey "Shnur" Shnurov (Сергей Шнуров). It soon became famous for its vulgar lyrics (see Russian mat), the main reason it was avoided by most radio stations at first. But this did not stop its growing popularity. As Shnurov said himself: "Our songs are just about the good sides of life, vodka and girls that is." The band is known to be disliked by Moscow mayor Yuri Mikhailovich Luzhkov, who cancelled many of their concerts in the city. But since then, the band has made its way to radio and TV (filler noises covering the rude words, certain songs containing many of these filler noises), with Shnurov even presenting some New Year's Eve TV shows.

Leningrad has gained some popularity in other parts of the world due to a well known Adobe Flash animation, created by Toondra, set to their song "Menya Zovut Shnur" (Russian: «Меня зовут Шнур») or "My Name is Shnur" in English.

Three songs by Leningrad appeared prominently on the soundtrack to the 2005 movie Everything Is Illuminated.

[edit] Discography

Cover	Year	Title	Translation	Trivia
	1999	Пуля	Bullet
	1999	Мат Без электричества	Mat without the Electricity
	2000	Дачники	Cottage People
	2001	Пуля+ (Диск 1)	Bullet+ (Disc 1)
	2001	Пуля+ (Диск 2)	Bullet+ (Disc 2)
	2001	Маде Ин Жопа	Made in the Ass
	2002	Пираты XXI века	Pirates of the 21st Century
	2002	Точка	Point	Contains the song "Money"
	2003	Ленинград уделывает Америку (Диск 1)	Leningrad does America (Disc 1)
	2003	Ленинград уделывает Америку (Диск 2)	Leningrad does America (Disc 2)
	2003	Для миллионов	For Millions	Contains the song "Меня зовут Шнур".
	2004	Бабаробот	Babarobot
	2004	(Не) Полное собрание сочинений	Collected Works
	2005	Хлеб	Bread
	2005	Хуйня	Crap	Collaboration with The Tiger Lillies.
	2006	Хлеб	Bread	German release of Хлеб

[edit] Current line-up

• Sergey Shnurov "Shnur" (Сергей Шнуров "Шнур") - arrangement, lyrics
• Vyacheslav Antonov "Sevych" (Вячеслав Антонов "Севыч") - backing vocals, maracas
• Aleksandr Popov "Puzo" (Александр Попов "Пузо") - percussion, vocals
• Andrey Antonenko "Antonenych" (Андрей Антоненко "Антоненыч") - tuba, arrangement
• Denis Mozhin (Денис Можин) - sound director
• Grigoriy Zontov "Zontik" (Григорий Зонтов "Зонтик") - saxophone
• Roman Parygin "Shukher" (Роман Парыгин "Шухер") - trumpet
• Denis Kuptsov "Kashchey" (Денис Купцов "Кащей") - drums
• Andrey Kurayev "Ded" (Андрей Кураев "Дед") - bass
• Ilya Rogachevskiy "Pianist" (Илья Рогачевский "Пианист") - keyboard
• Konstantin Limonov "Limon" (Константин Лимонов "Лимон") - guitar
• Vladislav Aleksandrov "Valdik" (Владислав Александров "Валдик") - trombone
• Aleksey Kanev "Lekha" (Алексей Канев "Леха") - saxophone

[edit] External links

• The official website of the Sergey Shnurov, in Russian
• The official website of the band, in Russian
• Menya Zovut Shnur, animated by Toondra
• Leningrad's music page at Media Club
• Leningrad's music page at MP3Search.ru
• Lyrics (in russian)
• Some lyrics with English translations (in English)
• Fan page (in russian)
• Official page (in german)