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in 1990. It was the main group of the club

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The group disbanded after Starkov's death.

Legacy

Chimera's songs have been covered by artists and bands such as Psychea, Pilot, Iva Nova, Zakhar May, and PTVP. of PTVP said: "Chimera is the best thing about Russian rock 'n' roll. I am completely sure: throughout the 1990s in music, only two new words were spoken: in the States there was

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, and in Russia — Chimera". Chimera's influences include

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Discography

*1991 Redt Starkov & Co (russian: Рэдт Старков и компания) *1991 Half-Petrograd Acoustics (Полупетроградская акустика) *1991 Nautiluses (Кораблики) *1991 Stoker Dreams (Сны кочегара) *1991 Commissioner of Smoke Gendarmerie (Комиссар дымовой жандармерии) *1992 Visionaries (Фантазёры) *1993 Chimera (Химера) *1994 Electric Train (Электричка) *1994 Kalevala (Калевала) *1995 Nuihuli *1997 It's Me (Это я) *1997 ZUDWA

Members

* ("Redt") - lead singer,

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electric guitar An electric guitar is a guitar that requires external amplification in order to be heard at typical performance volumes, unlike a standard acoustic guitar (however combinations of the two - a semi-acoustic guitar and an electric acoustic gu ...

, accordion,

wind instrument A wind instrument is a musical instrument that contains some type of resonator (usually a tube) in which a column of air is set into vibration by the player blowing into (or over) a mouthpiece set at or near the end of the resonator. The pitc ...

- guitar,

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* Urij Lebedev -

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* Vladislav Viktorov ("Vitus") -

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* Paul Labutin -

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References

Bibliography

*''Аксютина О.'' Панк-вирус в России. Леан, 1999. — 320 с. — *''Бурлака А.'' Рок-энциклопедия. Популярная музыка в Ленинграде-Петербурге. 1965—2005. Том 3. — М.: Амфора, 2007. — С. 433—477. *''Никонов А.'' Нулевые. С-Пб.: Карма Мира/ШSS, 2009. — 186 с.

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