Mongol Shuudan ( rus, Монгол Шуудан, , mɐnˈɡoɫ ʂu.uˈdan) is a rock band formed in Moscow in 1988.
"Монгол Шуудан" means "
Mongol Post" in the Mongolian language. This unusual choice is explained by the band vocalist Valeri Skoroded very simply: the band was standing at a bus stop by a booth and their eyes were caught by fancy postage stamps with the exotic words on them.
The group's music is mostly anti-governmental, pro-anarchist in its message, with the group identifying themselves with the
Black Guards
Black Guards (russian: Чёрная гвардия, ) were armed groups of workers formed after the February Revolution and before the final Bolshevik suppression of other leftwing groups. They were the main strike force of the anarchists. They ...
of the
Russian Civil War
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.
Many of their songs are modernized versions of anarchist civil war songs. Some of their songs include "
Commissar," "
Chekist," "Freedom or Death," "Sabbath on the Bald Mountain", and so forth. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, the group has continued to produce music, much of which is available on their website.
The band has performed over 100 shows and toured Europe, Israel, and all of the Russian Federation.
Members
*Valery Skoroded () – vocal, guitar, all texts
*Eugenyi Poot'makov aka Nicholas Crowen () – bass
*Sergey Kryuchkov () – lead guitar
*Aleksey Portnov () – drums
*Gleb Gorshkov () – sound engineering
Discography
*1989 "Паровоз анархия",
*1991 "Гуляй поле",
*1991 "Бандитский альбом",
*1992 "Черемуха",
*1993 "Собачья чушь ",
*1994 "Гомерический хохот",
*1995 "Чересчур",
*1996 "Истина",
*1997 "ALIVE",
*1999 "Абрикосы",
*2001 "Дюжинолетие",
*2001 "Скатертью дорога",
*2002 "Choisis de..",
*2002 "Свобода или смерть",
*2003 "Жертва",
*2004 "Заплати и свободен"
*2004 "Сплошь и рядом"
*2006 "Вечная мерзлота"
*2006 "Собственность—это кража"
*2011 "Естественный отбор"
*2018 "Инстинкт агрессивности".
External links
Mongol Shuudan website
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Russian punk rock groups
Anarcho-punk groups
Musical groups from Moscow
Soviet punk rock groups