A gallop journey through the entire history of rock music on the Eurasian continent.
Materials for the talk given on October 27, 2019, in the frame of the Linguistic Festival (Festival of Languages) in Saint Petersburg.
I. Rock in the West
England
Italy
— Alphataurus
— Campo di marto
— Litfiba
— Premiata Forneria Marconi
— Semiramis
— Nuova idea
Germany
— Einstürzende Neubauten
— Lacrimosa
— Edgar Fröse
France
— La Rue Ketanou
— Debout sur le zinc
— «Mozart», opéra rock
Spain
— Sidonie
— M-Clan
— Los Delinqüentes
— Andrés Calamaro
Sweden
— Europe
— ABBA «The Visitors»: Let Poland Be Poland
— Garmarna
Finland
— Don Huonot
— Zen Café
— Ultra Bra («belated Finnish ABBA»)
— Tehosekoitin
— Happoradio
— Egotrippi
II. Warsaw Block
Hungary
— Edda Művek
— Omega
— Illés
— Locomotiv GT
— Republic
— Bikini
Czechia
— The Blue Effect
— Kreyson
— The Plastic People of the Universe
— Brutus
— Dunaj
— Olympic
Poland
— Myslovitz
— Wilki
— Skaldowie
— Jacek Kaczmarski
Lithuania
— Hiperbolė
— Biplan
Latvia
— Prāta Vētra
— The Sound Poets
— Double-Faced Eels
— JUUK
Estonia
— Vennaskond
— J.M.K.E.
Belarus
— Lavon Volski
— Krama
Ukraine
— Žadan i Sobaki
— Okean Elzy
— Lapis Trubetzkoy
Georgia
— Mgzavrebi
Bulgaria
— Achat
Romania
— Compact
— Cargo
— Vank
— Alternosfera
— Holograf
Slovakia
— Elan
— I.M.T. Smile
III. Regions
Catalonia
— Manel
— Els Catarres
Latgalia
— Bez PVN
Yakutia
— 103
IV. Too Far Far East is West
Japan
-Porno Graffitti
Vietnam
-UnlimiteD
27 October 2019. — Saint Petersburg (Russia)