Artist
Кино
Кино is a new wave artist from Leningrad, Soviet Union formed in 1981. 6 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
New Wave · Leningrad, Soviet Union · Best new wave albums
- 6
- Releases
- 1982–2025
- Active years
- 1981
- Formed
Artist
Кино is a new wave artist from Leningrad, Soviet Union formed in 1981. 6 releases are catalogued on Riffiter.
New Wave · Leningrad, Soviet Union · Best new wave albums
Kino (Russian: Кино́ "film", also "cinema", often written uppercase, КИНО; pronounced kiˈno) was an iconic Soviet post-punk band headed by Viktor Tsoi. It was one of the most famous rock groups in the Soviet Union. History: Early years: Kino was formed in 1981 by the members of two earlier groups from Leningrad (now Saint Petersburg), Palata No. 6 and Piligrim. They initially called themselves Garin i Giperboloidy after Tolstoi's novel The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin. The group consisted of Viktor Tsoi, guitarist Aleksei Rybin, and drummer Oleg Valinskiy. They began rehearsing, but Valinskiy was drafted and had to leave the band. In the spring of 1982, they began to perform at the Leningrad Rock Club and met with the influential underground musician Boris Grebenshikov. It was around this time they finally changed the band's name to Kino. The name was chosen because it was considered short and "synthetic," and the band members took pride in that it had only two syllables and was easy to pronounce by speakers all over the world. Tsoi and Rybin said later that they had got the idea for the name itself after having seen a bright cinema sign. 45 and the beginning of a career (198…
