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Sergei Shnurov is the frontman for the ska-punk band Leningrad, a group that enjoys lengendary popularity despite the fact that most of their songs cannot be played on the radio. Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov has banned Leningrad from playing in Moscow, but this did not stop President Vladimir Putin's wife from taking off her shoes and dancing to Leningrad during St. Petersburg's 300th anniversary celebrations. Shnur, as he's affectionately known, is a local hero despite his foul language. Western audiences can check out a few of his songs on the soundtrack to Everything is Illuminated, including the hugely popular "Dikij Mushchina," which translates as "Wild Man." "Yes, you are right/I am a wild man/BALLS/ TOBACCO/ HANGOVER BREATH/ BEARD STUBBLE." Yuri Mikhailovich Luzhkov (Ю́рий Миха́йлович Лужко́в) (born September 21, 1936 in Moscow, Russia, USSR) is a Russian political figure. ... Jump to: navigation, search Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (Russian: Владимир Владимирович Путин, pronunciation â–¶(?), Pútin; born 7 October 1952) is a Russian politician and the current President of the Russian Federation. ... Saint Petersburg (Russian: Санкт-Петербу́рг, English transliteration: Sankt-Peterburg), colloquially known as Питер (transliterated Piter), formerly known as Leningrad (Ленингра́д, 1924–1991) and Petrograd (Петрогра́д, 1914–1924), is a city located in Northwestern Russia on the delta of the river Neva at the east end of the Gulf of Finland... Everything Is Illuminated is a novel by Jonathan Safran Foer published in 2002. ...
The group helped score the hugely popular film "Bumer," the unforgettably distinctive theme song of which is still to be heard on many a mobile phone, two year's after the film's release.
Shnurov won the Nika award for best soundtrack, which is Russia's equivalent to the Oscar.
During the last two years Shnurov has been experimenting with Russian chanson, electronic music and absurdist punk rock, which some critics see as an almost 180-degree turn from the vivid, brainless and easy-going punk and rock music that Leningrad was famous for from 1997 to 2002.
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