Leningrad Punk. Korol i Shut, Brigadny Podryad, Narodnoye Opolcheniye, Avtomaticheskiye Udovletvoritely, Otdel Samoiskoreniya, Durno Vliyaniye and Ob'ekt Nasmeshki through the Eyes of an Eyewitness

Anton Soya is a Russian writer, poet, and rock producer. He was the producer of the bands "Brigadny Podryad", "MultFilymy", "Kukryniksy", "Bashakov BAND" and the solo album of Mikhail Gorshenyov. He is the author of the cult satirical song "Popsa". In 2004-2005, he compiled and released a 10-volume anthology "Poets of Russian Rock". He is the author of more than 30 books, the most famous of which is "EmoBoy".

"The collection of essays, articles, and artistic works under the general title "Leningrad Punk" is not an objective and comprehensive study of this multifaceted subcultural phenomenon of the 1980s, which originated and passed away in the cultural capital of totalitarian USSR. It is merely a subjective attempt to superficially delve into this almost untouched fertile layer, an attempt to tell and show you what I saw with my own eyes, to tell about my comrades, Leningrad punkers, who lived bright, scandalous, short lives and left us as a legacy their screaming, unrelenting, and uncomfortable creativity. Of course, I could not write about everyone. There were surely some other cult figures and interesting punk bands in Leningrad that I simply did not cross paths with. I hope that someone will also tell about them."