Piknik is a Russian rock

Russian rock

Russian rock refers to rock music made in Russia or in the Russian language. Rock and roll became known in the Soviet Union in the 1960s and quickly broke free from its western roots. According to many music critics, its "golden age" years were the 1980s , when the Soviet underground rock bands...

 band known for its unique style which is a mixture of Jazz rock, Art-rock, Progressive rock

Progressive rock

Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...

 and original Russian rock

Russian rock

Russian rock refers to rock music made in Russia or in the Russian language. Rock and roll became known in the Soviet Union in the 1960s and quickly broke free from its western roots. According to many music critics, its "golden age" years were the 1980s , when the Soviet underground rock bands...

. Since the year it was formed, 1978, the band's formation changed a few times with the only constant member being Edmund Shklarsky, its leader. It is considered to be one of the "classic" Russian rock

Russian rock

Russian rock refers to rock music made in Russia or in the Russian language. Rock and roll became known in the Soviet Union in the 1960s and quickly broke free from its western roots. According to many music critics, its "golden age" years were the 1980s , when the Soviet underground rock bands...

 bands.

Discography

• Dym (1982)(lit. "Smoke")(Rus. "Дым")
• Tanetz Volka (1984)(Wolf's Dance) (Танец волка)
• Iyeroglif (1986)(Hieroglyph) (Иероглиф)
• Rodom Niotkuda (1988)(Born Nowhere)(Родом Ниоткуда)
• Harakiri (1991) (Харакири)
• Nemnogo Ognya (1994)(A Little Bit of Fire) (Немного Огня)
• Vampirskiye Pesni (1995)(Vampire Songs) (Вампирские Песни)
• Jen-Shen (1996)(Ginseng) (Жень-Шень)
• Steklo (1997)(Glass) (Стекло)
• Pit' Electrichestvo (1998)(To Drink Electricity) (Пить Электричество)
• The Best (Compilation) (1998)
• Egiptyanin (2001)(Egyptian) (Египтянин)
• Fioletovo-Cherniy (2001)(Compilation)(Violet-black) (Фиолетово-черный)
• Smutniye dni 1982-1992 (Compilation) (2002)(Dark Days) (Смутные Дни)
• Nastoyashiye dni 1992-2002 (Compilation) (2002)(Actual Days) (Настоящие Дни)
• Chuzhoy (2002)(Alien) (Чужой)
• Govorit I Pokazyvayet (2003)(Tells and Shows) (Говорит и показывает)
• Tribute (Piknik songs performed by other artists) (2003) (Трибьют)
• Ten' Vampira (with Vadim Samoylov from Agata Kristi
  Agata Kristi
  Agatha Christie is a Russian gothic rock band led by brothers Vadim and Gleb Samoylov, that was established in Sverdlovsk in 1988. It is named after English detective writer Agatha Christie. According to Gleb Samoylov, it's the band playing art-rock and rock'n'roll, and with texts infiltrated by...
  
  ) (2004)(Shadow of Vampire) (Тень Вампира)
• Korolevstvo Krivyh (2005)(Kingdom of the Crooked) (Королевство Кривых)
• Novoegipetskiye Pesni (Re-works of old songs) (2005)(New-Egyptian Songs) (Новоегипесткие Песни)
• Mrakobesiye i Jazz (2007)(Obscurantism and Jazz) (Мракобесие и Джаз)
• Zhelezniye Mantri (2008)(Iron Mantras) (Железные мантры)
• Teatr absurda (2010)(Theatre of the absurd) (Театр абсурда)

External links

• Official site (Russian)
• Shklarsky's blog (Russian)
• Piknik lyrics interpretations, with excerpts from Shklarsky interviews (Russian)
• band info on another website (English)
• English lyrics (English)
• http://stihi.ru/2007/08/08-47 The song "Under a star" (off the 'Ginseng" album" translated in English

"And they taught me how to fly" (off the "Wolfedance" album) http://stihi.ru/2009/12/13/1276
"Fetish" (off the "Absurd Theater") http://stihi.ru/2010/05/04/1224
"Werewolf" (off the "Vampire's shadow") http://stihi.ru/2010/05/06/9144