DK (band)

DK
DK at the punk festival in Zelenograd. On the left sits Andrey Panov (Svin) from Avtomaticheskie udovletvoriteli.
Background information
Origin	Moscow, USSR (now Russia)
Genres	Experimental rock art punk[1] avant-garde[2]
Years active	1980–1990 (Reunion: 2001)
Website	http://www.letov.ru/DK/
Members	Sergey Zharikov Dmitry Yanshin Igor Belov Sergey Letov Alexander Belonosov Sergey Polyansky
Past members	Evgeny Morozov Victor Klemeshov Oleg Opoitsev Oleg Andreev Alexander F. Sklyar Alexei Vishnya etc

DK (or ДК in cyrillic) is a cult Soviet underground rock band founded by its drummer and leader Sergey Zharikov in Moscow in 1980. It was one of the first Soviet and Russian experimental rock bands. DK was known for the dirty art punk style, sound, that combined blues rock, free jazz and RIO, and their scandalous satirical anti-Soviet creativity.^[3] The band released about 40 albums from 1980 to 1990. It's one of the most influential bands in USSR, they influenced many famous Soviet and Russian bands e.g. Grazhdanskaya Oborona, Sektor Gaza, Mongol Shuudan, Dna Error etc.

History

Sergey Zharikov thought about creating your own rock band in 1979, after he returned from the army.

Sergey Zharikov, band leader, lyricist, songwriter, drummer and ideologist

During the ten years of existence, the band went through a few lineups, and only the drummer Sergey Zharikov remained a constant member of the band. He was also the author of lyrics and music. The first album was recorded in the basement of the Moscow hostel on tape. The first vocalist was the singer Evgeny Morozov graduated from the Gnesin school of music. In 1984 he was jailed for speculation.^[4] Dmitry Yashin was one of the co-founders of the group and almost a permanent member of staff. He was the lead guitarist in DK from 1981 to 1985 and from about 1987 to 1989. Yanshin was also the head of the band "Vesyoliye Kartinki", in which played some former members of DK. Sergey Letov was a saxophonist of DK from 1984 to 1989. He also remastered some albums of DK.^[5]

In 2001 was an official reunion concert of DK, timed to the 20th anniversary of the band. The members and organizers of concert were vocalist Igor Belov, guitarist Dmitry Yashin, bassist Sergey Polyansky, keyboardist Alexander Belonosov, saxophonist Sergey Letov and drummer Sergey Zharikov. The concert was attended by music critic Sergei Guriev, Siberian rock musician Nick Rock-n-Roll and many others.^[6]

Discography

• Lirika (1982, 1985)
• Desyatiy Molodezhniy Album (1983)
• Goliye Nogi (1983)
• Boga Net (1984)
• Kisilyov (1984)
• Malenkiy Prints (1984)
• Strizhenaya Umnaya Golovka (1984)
• Vtoroe Aprelya (1984)
• Snova Lyubov poselitsya (1984)
• DMB-85 (1985)
• Chashka Chaya (1986)
• Minnoe Pole im. 8 Marta (1986)
• Geenno-Ognennoe (1986)
• Neprestupnaya zabyvchivost' (1988)
• Chornaya Lentochka (1988)
• Zerkalo — dushi (1988)
• Tsvetochniy Korol (1989)
• Okkupatsiya (1989)
• V Gostyah U Veterana (1989)
• Pozhar V Mavzolee (1990)

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