Umka and Bronevik

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Umka (on the fence) and the Armoured Car before their performance in Rybinsk, Russia.
Umka (on the fence) and the Armoured Car before their performance in Rybinsk, Russia.

Umka and Bronevik (Russian: Умка и Броневик, Umka and the Armoured Car) is a Russian band playing in the American and British guitar rock styles of 1960-1970's, ranging from classic rhythm-and-blues to psychedelic.

The present band members are:

  • Anna Gerasimova ("Umka"), lead singer, songwriter
  • Boris Kanunnikov, lead guitar
  • Mikhail Trofimenko, bass guitar
  • Boris Markov, drums
  • Igor Oistrakh, harp

Umka's songs and the Bronevik music are influenced by Grateful Dead, Iggy Pop, Bob Dylan, Jack Kerouac, as well as Russian Silver Age poets: Daniil Kharms, Osip Mandelshtam, Alexander Vvedensky.

[edit] Discography

Note: only the CDs listed on the English official site are listed here.
  • 1998 The CD (Russian: Компакт)
  • 1998 To Command The Parade (Командовать парадом)
  • 1999 Mole's Move (Ход кротом)
  • 2000 Dandelion Movie (Кино из одуванчиков)
  • 2000 Weltschmerz
  • 2001 Stash (Заначка)
  • 2002 Handicap's Paradise (Рай для инвалидов)
  • 2003 Unplugged
  • 2004 Victory Park (Парк Победы)
  • 2004 Umka and Bro at AnTrop's (Умка и Броневичок на студии "АнТроп")
  • 2005 600
  • 2006 No Fear (Ничего страшного)
  • 2007 Breaking Isn't Building (Ломать не строить)

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