Russian rock is a direction in the genre of rock music. In turn, it is divided into punk rock, folk rock , hard rock, jazz rock, country rock, psychedelia, underground and some other styles.
Modern rock bands use all these styles of music. We begin the review of performers with all the beloved classics of the genre.
Natives of Ufa, a group of DDT and their permanent leader Yuri Shevchuk, probably know everything. Over the long years of his work, he has earned the love of all of Russia. They were first heard about them in 1980, and still they continue to develop and delight their fans with new songs. Their music is universal - it is interesting for both young people and older generations. Soft rock mixed with jazz and blues. At the same time, songs carry a serious semantic load. During its existence, the group released 20 albums.
If you list the best rock bands of our time, it is impossible not to mention "Alice". They play in the style of hard rock, their music is tough, but their audience is very wide - at concerts you can meet people of all ages, from adolescents to people of advanced age.
Modern rock bands are very diverse in style of performance. Since 1972, Boris Grebenshchikov, with his collective Aquarium, has continued to firmly maintain its position on the domestic rock scene. Despite his venerable age, he continues to delight fans with new songs.
You can also classify Russian rock classics with such performers as “Aria” - followers of heavy and hard, the group “Chayf” led by Shakhrin, “Chizh and Co”, “Picnic”, “Crematorium”, “King and the Jester” and more many others.
Modern Russian rock bands with female soloists constitute a separate category according to the style of performance. The list of the brightest performers can be started with Diana Arbenina. Her songs are simply "taken for the soul."
Diana Arbenina was previously one of the soloists of “Night Snipers”, who recently ceased to exist. The second performer of this group - Svetlana Surganova also began solo activities and successfully sings both her songs and compositions to the words of Tsvetaeva, Akhmatova and Brodsky.
"Mill", founded in 1999, is deservedly included in the list of "Best modern rock bands" , because it was thanks to this musical collective that folk rock entered the big stage.
Now a few words about such artists as “Spleen”, Sergey Babkin, “Torba na Kruche”. They all work in some special style, their songs are imbued with real feelings and understanding of life. The subtext of the words is the desire for a better world, humanity of people and universal harmony. Easy to perceive music and sincere performance few people are indifferent.
List all modern rock bands can be very long. Their list is long and constantly updated with new performers. In this article we have listed only those who are especially popular among the people. In addition to them, there are still a huge number of young groups performing songs in various styles of the rock genre, but they are still less known.