Archive 1978 — 2011

Concert History

Timeline of events, concerts, and releases from 1978 to 2011

24 Events
14 Albums
2 Concerts
33 Years Active
6 Cities

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2011

Passing of Sergey Bogaev — on the Alley of Stars

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1970s
1978 Milestones

Born from a birch log: "Myortvye Ushi"

Arkhangelsk

Sergey Bogaev (guitar, vocals), Igor Lyskovsky (organ), Nikolay Lyskovsky (bass) and Oleg Rautkin (drums, vocals) assemb...

1978 Albums

First magnetic album "Bolshoye Zhelezo" (Big Iron)

Arkhangelsk

The first magnetic album of "Myortvye Ushi". Recorded on household tape recorders, distributed through magnitizdat. Heav...

1980s
1980 Albums

Album "Made in Vaneeva 12-88"

Arkhangelsk

Second magnetic album. The title is the address of the apartment-studio on Vaneeva Street, where the guys recorded on br...

1981 Milestones

Rejected at the contest: birth of "Oblachny Kray"

Novodvinsk

At a Soviet pop song contest in Novodvinsk, the band played a hard rock song "He was buried in the globe" on verses by w...

1982 Albums

"Forest Secrets" — Aquarium musicians in shock

Arkhangelsk

In January 1982 Bogaev was barely 21, Rautkin 17, Lyskovsky 16. Aquarium musicians and Andrey Tropillo, arriving on tour...

04.1982 Albums

"Agri-Rock" — the Russian Pink Floyd

Arkhangelsk

A non-stop album modeled after Pink Floyd with kraut-rock elements. Vocal duties shared by Rautkin, Vladimir Budnik (fro...

11.1982 Albums

"Great Harmony" — three albums in one year

Arkhangelsk

November 1982. Third album in one year — unstoppable productivity! The band got heavier, with Budnik singing all vocals....

1983 Albums

"X-Ya Amateur Show" — and the end of freedom

Arkhangelsk

A conceptual art-rock, fully anti-Soviet album. After its release the KGB pressure began: the band was expelled from DK ...

01.1984 Albums

"Peak of Idiocy" — farewell to Arkhangelsk

Arkhangelsk

The last Arkhangelsk album. Recorded in near-clandestine conditions, with guest musicians from "Stsena". Invited by Trop...

11.1984 Albums

"Bastard’s Fate" — the Leningrad breakthrough

Leningrad

First Leningrad album, recorded at Tropillo’s studio simultaneously with Alisa recording "Energiya". Behind the drums: l...

1985 Albums

"Stirrup and People" — a masterpiece enters history

Leningrad

The album was included in the "100 Magnetic Albums of Soviet Rock" book. Recorded on borrowed instruments (Grebenshchiko...

1985 Milestones

Gradsky on All-Union Radio

Moscow

Alexander Gradsky includes "Kostya Perestukin" in his show "45 minutes in the Sunday studio" on All-Union Radio. He call...

1987 Concerts

Triumph at Podolsk-87 Festival

Podolsk-87 Rock Festival, Podolsk

Star hour! Rautkin ran around the stage, Bogaev tried to smash his "Ural" guitar — it survived. Lineup: Bogaev, Rautkin,...

1988 Concerts

Concert for bandits and arrest with Kinchev

Arkhangelsk

A legendary concert where both fans and thugs in raspberry jackets sat in the audience. After the show Bogaev and Konsta...

1990s
1990 Albums

Vinyl "Wanted Freedom?" on state label Melodiya

Leningrad

A real vinyl on the state label Melodiya thanks to Tropillo. Powerful metal sound, distributed across the country in mas...

1991 Albums

Album "1991" — last recording of the classic lineup

Moscow

Recorded at Petrostudia in Moscow, sound engineer Igor Patokin from Shish. Lost notebook with lyrics, drummer played wit...

1991 Memorial

Death of Andrey Lukin — end of an era

Saint Petersburg

After recording the album "1991", bassist Andrey Lukin died tragically. Oblachny Kray in its usual form ceased to exist....

1999 Milestones

Return after 8 years: "Love for Life"

Saint Petersburg

Bogaev records at Antrop studio with Dmitry Leontiev (drums). For the first time he became the lead vocalist, recording ...

2000s
2003 Albums

Album "Patriot" — metal of the new era

Saint Petersburg

Very mature in musical forms, but heavy — transitioning into modern metal music. Recorded with Dmitry Leontiev (drums), ...

2004 Albums

Instrumental "Life in 2007" — Bogaev as composer

Saint Petersburg

An instrumental album where Bogaev revealed himself as a talented composer. Diverse and interesting, but never officiall...

2007 Milestones

Plen Off experiments & Top 10 sound engineers

Saint Petersburg

Two experimental instrumental albums with Plen Off g.r. + Metal M. Plus Bogaev entered the Top 10 best sound engineers o...

2007 Milestones

Full-scale heritage reissue

Saint Petersburg

From original master tapes or their digital copies made by Sergey Supalov — the keeper of Oblachny Kray’s heritage — all...

2010s
2011 Albums

"Ygyatta" — the most powerful sound in Russian recording history

Saint Petersburg

The final album, recorded over 6 years with Bogaev, Alexey Vishnya (loops, keys) and Guberman (drums). Named after a riv...

02.06.2011 Memorial

Passing of Sergey Bogaev — on the Alley of Stars

Saint Petersburg

Sergey Bogaev (1961–2011) — founder, guitarist, composer, poet, arranger and sound engineer in one. Buried at Bogoslovsk...