Belarusianrock has been developing from the early 1980s. The most important rock bands include Mroja, N.R.M., Krama, Kriwi, Neuro Dubel, ULIS, Novaje Nieba. The most popular rock band now is NRM. Rock and roll (also spelled Rock n Roll, especially in its first decade), also called rock, is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles. ... Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ... N.R.M. band N.R.M. is a prominent rock band from Minsk, Belarus. ...
Basoviszcza is the most important Belarusian rock music festival. A music festival is a festival that presents a number of musical performances usually tied together through a theme or genre. ...
Maria Paula Survilla explained that under the tight hand and watchful eye of Soviet legislation, rock music and rock musicians in Belarus began a revolution that brought the native culture, language and native identity back into the suppressed public eye in the late 1980's and early '90s.
The lyrics are steeped with thinly veiled allusions to Belarusian culture.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who came to power in 1994, subsequently banned most aspects of traditional Belarusian culture; which included changing the flag and the postal system.
Later in the century, American rock and roll became popular while the country was controlled by the Soviet Union.
Overall, Belarusianrock musicians and fans find life in Belarus today no less difficult than in the USSR era, many of the bands can never get to FM or any state-sponsored event, they can't rent music halls for their concerts.
It is no wonder then, that the biggest and most famous festival of Belarusianrock music takes place outside of Belarus, in Grodek (Belarusian: Haradok), northeastern Poland, a small town some 40 kilometers east of Bialystok -- the center of Podlasie Province, which is inhabited by a 200,000-strong Belarusian minority.
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