Honest Art vs. Entropy: How Andrei Burlaka Preserved the History of the Soviet Rock Underground

On the eve of Saint Petersburg music journalist and producer, historian of Russian rock music, has passed away Andy Rover.

His name may not be as well known as the names of his close friends - Viktor Tsoi, Yuri Shevchuk or Boris GrebenshchikovBut it was Burlaka who became the man who transformed the phenomenon of Russian rock into recorded history.

He combined engineering precision, impeccable production instinct, and an educational passion. Burlaka discovered cult bands, published the premier music samizdat magazine, RIO, debunked myths, and single-handedly compiled the monumental three-volume "Rock Encyclopedia."

Read about the main historian of the Leningrad and Russian rock movement together with #notradio_notMoscow on the cards.