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The alternative, or a wrong path of the rock. Korol i shut.

Today we are turning our eyes to the great failure of the Russian rock during this Big wave. The Russian rock was a main theme, some kind of an undercurrent mainstream of a previous Big wave, one that occured in the late eighties early nineties. But in the new circumstances there was no place for rock, the pop unequivocally became the main genre this time. What if we try to make a rock a little more poppish, well we will have got a bullshit. So how it happened.

This try has his name it is Nashe Radio and its creator Misha Kozyrev. It will be fair to say from the beginning that this radio was the best. Another stations were a meaningless hodgepodge, and may be turned into a cd-changer without any loss that anyone can notice. But Nashe Radio had an idea and created a second incarnation of russian rock. It had a formative influence that can be compared to the MTV. So what Misha did. He sorted out a groups that was young, had guitars, and was playing a light rock music, without any social tension, depression, self-destruction, and proselytism of hell or heaven of the previous, we may call it a great Russian rock.

Let`s entertain people like pop does but with the musical material of greater quality, with a tinge of a more intellectual and sophisticated lyrics, having human faces and urban clothes instead of scenic underwear of pop dolls, and other embellishments of this sorts that pamper to the young well-educated middle class, longing for their socially accepted and stylish way to revel. The frames were established, the hard rotations paved the path, the station became hugely popular, and the influx of new groups ensued. It was the real success, even more substantial it begot a new genre, a very rare thing in a culture. But something went wrong.

Let`s take a step aside and meet our today host a group Korol i Shut. The frontmen has canines growing second row above other teeth, and the same time lacks incisor. The image of group is unkempt ragtag anarchists. Themes of lyric are cannibalism, alcoholism, friendship, brotherhood, joyful suicide, black magic, satan, and musketeers. And it was most popular group that Nashe Radio brings into existence.

What the hell is wrong with you people, you ask. Isn`t it supposed to be some easy listening britrock radio for twenty-something stylish urbanites. How could you so fast came from “harukami” to the lead singer named Gorshok (potty). Well, that is the magic power of art.

There is two thoughts I have about it. First is there some kind of a soft rock. Of cause the answer is yes, for example the group singing out loud a teenage angst. Let`s make a one step farther, is there a light positive soft rock, well it may be construct somehow “blink your eyelashes and fly up”. But innocently carousing young adult student rejoicing over flowers, it is too much. The russian word glum means the opposite of its english counterpart, it is cruel mocking and deriding. And that was done by Korol i Shut, they`ve come, trampled the flowers, and made the debauchery, by the way full of joy and happiness.

Second problem is truthfulness. The Great russian rock was extremely truthful and all the way serious. The backdrop of a New russian rock turned to be illusory. From the other side when new groupstried to use an old card and began to play seriousness or even self-destruction it was a pretense and therefore the false. So they try to continue to put up an edifice but simultaneously toppled two supporting pillars.

What can grew out from these juxtaposition and contradiction. Only the likes ofKorol i Shut. The full stop and a dead end for the russian rock, but a really good group itself. Inebriated reverie and carousing with magic, hell, and anarhy no sinister than dark beer. This our light and soft and they rock it.