Auktyon (russian: АукцЫон, ) is a Russian
alternative rock
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band from
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
.
The band was founded by
Leonid Fyodorov
Leonid Fyodorov (25 March 1928 – 1993) was a Soviet ski jumper. He competed at the 1956 Winter Olympics and the 1960 Winter Olympics
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at the
Polytechnic Institute of Leningrad.
Though they originally played
post-punk
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and
new wave, the group came to be influenced by European and Central Asian folk music, avant-garde jazz, the poetry of Russian futurist
Velimir Khlebnikov
Viktor Vladimirovich Khlebnikov, better known by the pen name Velimir Khlebnikov ( rus, Велими́р Хле́бников, p=vʲɪlʲɪˈmʲir ˈxlʲɛbnʲɪkəf; – 28 June 1922) was a Russian poet and playwright, a central part of th ...
, and aspects of Russian high culture and literature.
[
Auktyon was particularly popular from 1987 through 1995, but became less active in the late 1990s when Fyodorov began to produce records for ]Leningrad
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
.[ The group continues to play together and to release new albums. They toured the ]United States
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in 2006 in support of their first US release, the album ''Pioneer''. The group returned to the US in 2008 when they released the album ''Girls Sing.''
Band members
Current members
* Leonid Fedorov — vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, percussion (1978—present)
* Viktor Bondarik — bass (1980—1983, 1985—present)
* Oleg Garkusha — vocals, dance, declamation, show, lyrics (1985—present), sound engineer, lyrics, other (1980—1985)
* Dmitriy Ozersky — keyboards, trumpet, percussion, lyrics (1981—present)
* Nikolay Rubanov — saxophones, bass-clarinet, jaleika, keyboards (1986—наши дни)
* Boris Shaveinikov — drums, percussion (1988—present)
* Mikhail Kolovsky — tuba, trombone (1995—present)
* Vladimir Volkov — double bass, keyboards (2007—present)
* Yuriy Parfyonov — trumpet (2011—present)
* Mikhail Rappoport — sound engineer (1987—present)
Former members
Блю Бойз/Параграф/Фаэтон (1978—1983)
* Dmitriy Zaychenko — bass, electric organ (1978-1980)
* Aleksey Vikhrev — drums (1978-1980)
* Mikhail Makov — guitar, vocals (1980-?)
* Aleksey Vittel — guitar (1980-?)
* Alexander Pompeev — keyboards (1980-1981)
* Sergey Skvortsov — lighting engineer (1981-1988), director (1987—1988)
* Sergey Melnik — guitar (1981—1983)
* Evgeniy Chumichev — drums (1981—1983)
* Sergey Gubenko — bass (1983)
* Valeriy Nedomovniy — vocals (1983)
* Sergey Lobachev — vocals, guitar (1983)
Аукцион/АукцЫон (1983—present)
* Sergey Skvortsov — lighting engineer (1981-1988), director (1987—1988)
* Evgeniy Chumichev — drums (1981—1983)
* Sergey Gubenko — bass (1983)
* Sergey Lobachev — vocals, guitar (1983)
* Igor Cheridnik — drums (1985—1988)
* Nikolay Fedorovich — saxophone (1985—1987)
* Arkadiy Volk — vocals (1985)
* ??? nknown name— bass (1985) riend of Arkadiy Volk* Sergey Rogozhin — vocals (1985—1987)
* Kirill Miller — visual artist, stage design, costume design, artwork (1985—1992)
* ??? nknown name— drums (1988) rummer of "Лес" band* Pavel Litvinov — percussion (1987—2005)
* Igor Skaldin — guitar (1987)
* Dmitriy Matkovsky — guitar (1987—1995)
* Vladimir Vesyolkin — dance, show, vocals (1987—1992)
* Evgeniy Dyatlov — vocals, violin (1988)
Timeline
Discography
Studio albums
References
External links
Official Website (English)Official Website (Russian)
Russian rock music groups
Musical groups from Saint Petersburg
Musical groups established in 1978
1978 establishments in the Soviet Union
Soviet rock music groups
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