Мумий Тролль (Mumiy Troll)
feat Interzona

Sunday, April 16th
doors @ 7pm/ show starts @9pm

Club Roxy
515 W 18th St, Ny, NY

Troll (Мумий Тролль) is a Russian rock group, founded in 1984 in Vladivostok by linguist Ilia Lagutenko (Илья Лагутенко). The name of the band, mummy troll, has no specific meaning in Russian, and is reminiscent of the Tove Jansson characters, the Moomintrolls.

Mumiy Troll began as a garage band during the last years of the Soviet Union; as the climate improved for rock music, they became a popular act in Vladivostok. The band broke up when Lagutenko, who speaks both Mandarin Chinese and English went to the United Kingdom and China to work for a consultancy, but when he returned to Russia the group reunited. They gained immense popularity with the release of their first (official) CD Morskaya (Морская, Marine) in May 1997, which showcased a combination of melodic hard rock and Lagutenko's offbeat lyrics and coy, androgynous performance style. The second CD Ikra (Икра, Caviar), followed seven months later, and was equally successful.

However, apart from a few singles, it would be another three years until their third studio album, by which time the band's popularity had peaked. Even so, Mumiy Troll remains one of Russia's most popular musical acts. The band represented Russia at the Eurovision Song Contest 2001 in Copenhagen, where they finished twelfth with the song Lady Alpine Blue.

Mumiy Troll has a significant following in Scandinavia, and the band performed at the No Name Fever exhibition for AIDS in Gothenburg, Sweden in 2005.

In the same year, the band released a live concert DVD Pohititeli Knig (Похитители Книг, The Book Thieves).

Members
Ilia Lagutenko: lead vocals, guitar
Eugene "Sdwig" Zvidionny: bass guitar
Oleg Pungin: drums
Yuri Tsaler: guitars, keys, saxophone




Mumiy Troll (pronounced Moo-me Troll) is undoubtedly the top band on the current ex-Soviet Rock and Pop scene and has really made its mark with startling albums and live performances that are bursting with energy, combining warmth with total debauchery.

The charismatic frontman, lead singer and songwriter of the band, Ilia Lagoutenko, has been the driving force since the beginning.
Originally from the port of Vladivostok, in the Far East of Russia, he formed his first psychedelic punk band named Bunny Pee at the age of 11. This was at a time when Russia was still isolated behind the Iron Curtain, and any rock’n’roll activities were considered subversive and were forced underground.

During the eighties Ilia formed Mumiy Troll, experimenting with different music styles from neo-romanticism to big beats. Mumiy Troll released two cassette only albums and became established a following in the underground scene of many Russian cities. However, being labelled “the most socially dangerous band in the world - alongside Black Sabbath and the Sex Pistols” by local Communist Party Chief, but “sweet popsters” by aggressive rock critics, did not help the band to become recognized by the general public. Ilia spent the first half of the next decade in oriental studies and traveling the world in search of some purpose!

In 1996, having been almost forgotten, Mumiy Troll was offered a modest record deal in Russia. It enabled Ilia and his long-term collaborator, Leo Burlakov (now the band’s manager), to start their first proper studio project in London. The resulting album,“Morskaya” (Nautical), along with some fantastic promo videos (with constant rotation on MTV Russia), intrigued the Russian audience enough to get Mumiy Troll the status of “Best Band of the Millennium”, and “Morskaya’’ reached Number 1 in the Russian charts, as well as their other albums.
Mumiy Troll then delivered a successful live version of the album, exploding all the rumours about Mumiy Troll being a “one-hit wonder” studio project.

Having found their audience, Mumiy Troll are now seen a Russian treasure – ‘The Dostoyevskys of Modern Pop’. Their enigmatically smiling leader has not only became a sex-symbol of his generation but also a most desirable and adorable figure for the Russian media, who found they had finally met an intelligent, human, faithful and independent creator amongst the morass of second-rate Russian pop stars.

Mumiy Troll is now a household name in Russia, throughout the former Soviet bloc, and in an increasing number of other countries. Fan mail and interview requests arrive all over the world. Still independent and even without any distribution outside Russia, Mumiy Troll successfully played concerts in the UK, USA, Israel and Japan. Their live performance at Kanemori Hall, Hakodate, Japan, was broadcast by satellite to over 40 million viewers in Asia. Hong Kong’s Channel V has broadcast television documentaries about the band. Scandinavian radio stations play their songs...

In Russia Mumiy Troll usually play 5,000 - 20,000 seat arenas on their tour. They headlined the Moskowsky Komsomoletz Festival in Luzhniki, playing for over 100,000 people!

The band is currently on tour promoting their latest CD, “Mergers and Aquisitions”, and are working on new English language material.

”The most socially dangerous band in the world” has arrived!

What the papers say:

“…the meteoric rise of Mumiy Troll, a Vladivostok band that has sparked a Beatlemania-like phenomenon in Russia.”
- Time Out, UK

"... the charismatic lead singer, with his raw energy, biting sarcasm and catchy choruses, is at present perhaps the only truly vital singer on the Russian music scene. The rest are either crushing bores, fools, or just con-artists…"
- St Petersburg Times, Russia

“...The band with no borders.”
- Hokkaido Simbun, Japan

“…Russia’s hottest band. Young Russians do not believe in Santa Claus, they believe in Mumiy Trolls…”
- Dagens Nyheter, Sweden

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