Despite the absence of any method of underground music marketing or distribution like those found in Western Europe and the United States (independent labels, distro, zines, clubs), these bands laid the foundation for a future developed punk scene with all its typical attributes.
In 1992, they released their debut album, Duty Free Songs, featuring tracks in both English and Russian performed by their new vocalist, Denis Petukhov.
Three of the songs the band decided to produce music videos for, "Personal Jesus", "Punk-Rock Pesnya" and "Poezd V Storonu Arbatskoy" ended up being selected for broadcast by then fledgling, MTV Russia.
"Punk-Rock Pesnya" and "Poezd V Storonu Arbatskoy" reached the top chart positions at Russian rock station Nashe Radio.
To present the album, the band arranged their first nationwide tour from the eastern to the western edge of Russia followed by Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya, Japan with SOBUT, Assfort and Samurai Attack.
None of the songs sound the same; they are all loaded with individual flavor, often laced with traces of hardcore guitar riffs and street punk gang vocals.
celebrated their 12th anniversary with a show in DKG (Gorbunov Palace of Culture), a famous Moscow rock landmark, where they performed 45 songs for over 2500 people.
For those who do not want to remain indifferent, to tolerate their own drawbacks, who are not afraid to be misunderstood… The new release is not only invigorating and providing "mind and heart" music with healthy anger inoculation.
Concerts were held in Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Czech Republic, Austria, and Netherlands, and included performances from such bands as Manges, Peawees, and Moped Lads.
Four of these new songs entered the Russian radio rock charts: "Kto-To Iz Nas Dvoikh", "10 Millionov", "Pozvol Mne Pobyt' Odnomu", and "Vlasteliny Vselennoy".
celebrated their 15th anniversary by putting on two gigs at Moscow's Club Tochka (about 1,500 people each show) whose audio and video materials were recorded in the double CD+DVD combo, Krepkie Zuby I Ostrye Kogti.
In particular, they expanded their live line-up with back-vocalists, a wind section, and dramatically re-arranged their old songs by performing them in surprising styles such as bossa nova, latina, surf, and rhumba.
Some songs from the album were used by Cannes-award winning director Valeriya Gai Germanika towards the soundtrack for her notorious series, Shkola (School).
have recorded their most integral, and, at the same time, most versatile album, delivering teeth grinding hardcore-punk ("Vykhod V Gorod"), surf-rock ("Almazy I Istrebiteli"), as well as late Social Distortion-style punk ballads ("To, Chto Ne Ubivaet Tebya").
"Sobachye Serdtse" ("Heart of a Dog") another of the EP tracks, dedicated itself to the idea of treating homeless people humanely, and this subject was dealt with poignantly in its music video.
In 2011, by signing an open letter in support of Belarusian political prisoners, the band was placed on the so-called "black list" of artists who are ineligible to perform within the borders of Belarus.
In 2012, at the Kubana Open-Air Festival (which was outrageously and officially banned the next year due to an incident involving the Bloodhound Gang and the Russian flag.)
For this album, they invited special guests such as Chris Barker (Anti-Flag), Yotam Ben-Horin (Useless ID), Rodrigo González (Die Ärzte), and singer-songwriter Frank Turner.
1 position on the Nashe Radio Russian rock chart, Chartova Dyuzhina, with their song "Pyat' Slov" featuring guest vocals by Lousine Gevorkian of Louna.
There were other videos from the album as well, including for the track, "Bog I Politisiya" ("God and Police") jointly made with Chris Barker of Anti-Flag.
The music video for the song "Plokhie Tantsory" ("Schlechte Tänzer") featuring Rodrigo González from Die Ärzte, was deleted by YouTube's administrators 10 hours after being uploaded due to numerous complaints because of profanity.
Although Russia's political outrage has been more transparent than that of the United States over the last half of a century I can certainly relate to this line because I am afraid of what I see in my own country these days.
Overall I really dig this album and I have added it to my keeper collection far away from the garage sale bargain pile that I've compiled and that crap that ends up in my desktop recycle bin.
In early 2017, Soyuz Music released Larger than… Live!, a triple combo outfit featuring two audio CDs and one DVD from their Moscow performances and include tracks from other artists such as Siberian Meat Grinder, Distemper, Louna, Lumen, and many others.
Among the guests on the album are musicians from the Russian groups: Pornofilmi, Teni Svobodi, Plan Lomonosov, SMEX, Animal Jazz, Useless ID (Israel), and others.
include: The band's musicians actively support animal-rights and social initiatives by posting video appeals and participating in campaigns of various organizations like the WWF, Golos Za Pravo Zhivotnykh, and others.
In 1996, the band became a participant of Uchites Plavat, a movement of alternative rock musicians against heavy drugs, fascism, and racism, as well as the radio programme, audio compilations, and festivals of the same name.
initiated a set of audio compilations and festivals called, Tipa Punki I Vsyo Takoe, to help out and support punk/hardcore beginners.
Also, the band performed a concert at the Moscow Institute of Emergency Care for the campaign, My Odnoy Krovi, which is interested in having rock musicians encourage the public to more regularly donate blood.
took part in a charitable programme Kislorod, under the auspices of Planeta.ru, a Russian crowd-funding platform, aimed at helping people with cystic fibrosis.