The Gunnar Graps Group was an Estonia

Estonia

Estonia , officially the Republic of Estonia , is a state in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland, to the west by the Baltic Sea, to the south by Latvia , and to the east by Lake Peipsi and the Russian Federation . Across the Baltic Sea lies...

n rock group formed by Gunnar Graps

Gunnar Graps

Gunnar Graps-Grafs was a popular Estonian musician and one of the pioneers of hard rock in Estonia and Soviet Union. He has sold hundreds of thousands of records all over the world and in 2004 Graps was given a lifetime award at Estonian Music Awards...

 in January, 1984 in Tallinn

Tallinn

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 after his previous Magnetic Band

Magnetic Band

-History:Magnetic Band was formed in 1976 by Gunnar Graps. They played jazz-rock, which had influences of reggae and funk-soul. Later, after Graps graduated from Tallinn music school , Magnetic Band was reformed and started to play metal-rock as well...

 was banned by Soviet authorities. In 1980s the GGG achieved popularity also in Russia

Russia

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.

After its participation in Tartu

Tartu

Tartu is the second largest city of Estonia. In contrast to Estonia's political and financial capital Tallinn, Tartu is often considered the intellectual and cultural hub, especially since it is home to Estonia's oldest and most renowned university. Situated 186 km southeast of Tallinn, the...

 rock-festival in 1984, the group entered to state philarmonia. GGG played the songs of Graps, Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...

, Rolling Stones and others. In 1989 they recorded their first official album in Melodia.
Among the most popular songs of GGG are "Roosid papale", "Rahatuvi", "Äärelinna blues", "Lugu on Vollist", "Tühjad pihud", "Raudmees", "Valgus".

According to Stas Namin

Stas Namin

Stas Namin is a Russian-Armenian musician, composer, and record producer; artist and photographer; theatre and film director and producer; entrepreneur, promoter, and businessman...

, "Gunnar was a real, non-compromise rock-n-roll man. He always demonstrated the clear style".