Russian rock. New Era. Photographs. Interviews. Documents

Joanna Stingray – an American singer, music producer, and social activist, one of the significant figures and promoters of Soviet and post-Soviet rock culture in the West. Joanna Stingray on the new album Russian rock. New Era: The late 80s... was a wonderful time in Russia. Glasnost was in full swing, and people on the streets seemed noticeably freer and happier. A new era also arrived in Russian rock – the period of the underground became a thing of the past... Many new interesting bands took the stage of the Rock Club, the emergence of which in 1987 I missed due to my status as an enemy of the state and my inability to come to Russia. Therefore, it was especially gratifying to see that life in the Rock Club and on the rock scene in the country was thriving with the appearance of such bands as DDT, Nautilus Pompilius, Televizor, Chaif, Kalinov Most, and many others... The book contains exclusive materials: photographs, interviews, as well as the memories of the participants of those events, specifically written for this album.