12.04 NОМ - The Kings of St.Petersburg - in Berlin

[youtube id="g57C1A7OY-U&list=PLCCFnR2KK2Yy2KbQ0A-ZjMQ3q5Mb1-9pN"] NOM first time in Berlin with full line-up including their original vocalist Alexander Liver. Nikolai Gusev: Keyboard/ vocal Andrei Kagadeev: Bass guitar / vocal Varvara Zverkova: Accordion / vocal Alexei Zubkov: Electric guitar / vocal Vadim Latyshev: Drums Alexander Liver: vocal Nikolai Kopeikin: vocal NOM is an acronym for the Russian “Informal Youth Organization” (Neformalnoe Obyedinenie Molodezhi), the term used by the official Soviet press in the 80es. The band “NOM” appeared in St. Petersburg in 1987 as an absurdistic-ironical answer to rock bands in post-soviet Russia. The band used musical cliches mixed queerly together with elements of mimic show of idiots, thus reaching strong emotional effect over the audience. "The kings of St.Petersburg" remain unique phenomenon of Russian music culture. For the 32 years of existence the band created their own style, in which you can discover elements of progressive rock, punk, electronic minimalism, symphonic music , Russian folk, Soviet music and even opera. Lyrics plays very important role for NOM who follows traditions of such bright representatives of modern Russian poetry like Nikolay Gogol, Daniil Kharms, Nikolay Oleynikov and others. Critics called NOM "The last bastion of ruthless Russian satire". Their discography includes 15 studio and 4 concert albums, several compilations, remixes, and a special release "Russisches scweine" on British Manufracture label. http://morezvukov.nl/artist-roster/nom/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N.O.M.