Kino 🇷🇺

📺 Kino (1982-1990) was a Soviet rock band formed in Leningrad in 1982. The band was co-founded and headed by Viktor Tsoi, who wrote the music and lyrics for almost all of the band's songs

after Tsoi's death in a car accident in 1990, the band shortly broke up after releasing their last album, consisting of songs that Tsoi and the group were working on in the months before his death

the Tsoi Wall is a graffiti covered wall in Moscow, dedicated to Viktor Tsoi and Kino and full of messages left by fans. The wall was first inscribed on 15 August 1990 with "Viktor Tsoi has died today" in black. Subsequently, someone inscribed a reply: "Tsoi is alive!" 

Kino has remained popular in modern Russia, and Tsoi, in particular, is a cult hero. The group's popularity is referred to as "Kinomania"

in 1999 the list of 100 greatest Russian songs was announced; Kino had 10 songs in that list, more than any other band, and "Gruppa Krovi" took the first place

🎵 Musical style: post-punk, new wave, jangle pop, folk rock

👤 Band leader – Viktor Tsoi: lead vocals, guitar, bass

💿 Labels: AnTrop, Yanshiva Shela, Melodiya, Moroz Records

©️ "I believe that people live on the planet, not the state"

— Viktor Tsoi