From Underground to Mainstream

In the early 2000s, St. Petersburg suddenly became the center of the Russian underground and independent rock music, attracting artists from Kaliningrad to Vladivostok. The most unimaginable groups and projects were formed. Nobody divided music into styles, but the guitar sound and bold punk sound even penetrated rap, electronic music, and, frighteningly, chanson. The clubs in Petersburg worked around the clock, presenting something new to the audience every evening. A notable player in this crazy series of events was the music label «Kap-Kan Records», which turned the prevailing chaos into a profitable industry: over a decade, hundreds of albums were released, and the heroes of the underground transitioned to the status of show business stars. Gennady Bachinsky, «Khimerа», «Psychea», «P.T.V.P.», «Animal ДжаZ», [Amatory], Jane Air, Stas Baretzky, «Lя-MinorЪ» - these are just a few key names for millions of Russian clubbers and music lovers of that time. This book is a chronicle of the rock noughties, backed by a wealth of rare photographs, unbiased reviews, and memories from the artists themselves, many of whom will never give interviews again...