“How much punk rock do you hear in Russia?”

stolen from: http://maximumrocknroll.com
“How much punk rock do you hear in Russia?”        27 04 2010

Tigran, a kind reader from the former USSR sent in this rad selection of Soviet-era punk rock for your listening pleasure. Tigran writes, “It contains great ’80s Soviet punk bands that were really innovative and talented. They created a unique sound not even heard of in western punk at that time.” Take that, Mykel Board!

Grazhdanskaya Oborona

Adolf Gitler, 1986 (not a Nazi band)

Putti (1983)

He also sent these great pics! Here’s the download.  — насладитесь!
Soviet mixtape playlist:
1. mi sjadem na tanki / ADOLF GITLER
2. rejgan provokator / AVTOMATICHESKIE UDOVLETVORITELI
3. rukoyatka / CHIMERA
4. serij golub / ZVUKI MU
5. totalitarizm / GRAZHDANSKAYA OBORONA
6. vintovka eto prazdnik / GRAZHDANSKAYA OBORONA
7. budushego net / INSTRUKCIJA PO VIZHIVANIJU
8. opredeljonnije / MATROSSKAJA TISHINA
9. deklosirovannim elementam / YANKA
10. epidemija sili / NJURNBERG
11. na blazhennom ostrove kommunizma / KOMMUNIZM
12. novobranci / ARMIJA VLASOVA
13. tretij reih / ADOLF GITLER
14. trezvost / BRIGADNIJ PODRJAD
15. zagovor / GRAZHDANSKAYA OBORONA
16. zoopark / POSEV
17. davaj vojnu / PIZHEVIJE OTHODI
18. radiodiversija / AUKCION
-[Update from Tigran & Facebook readers: A few bands here are actually post-Soviet — Grazhdanskaya Oborona, Chimera and Nyurnberg are from the '90s. Thanks nerds!]