Yanka Dyagileva
Yanka Dyagileva | |
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USSR | |
Died | 9 May 1991 | (aged 24)
Genres | Post-punk, psychedelic rock, folk punk, underground, punk rock |
Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
Instrument(s) | Singing, guitar, bass guitar, glockenspiel |
Years active | 1988–1991 |
Yana Stanislavovna "Yanka" Dyagileva (Russian: Яна Станиславовна Дягилева; 4 September 1966 – c. 9 May 1991) was a Russian poet and singer-songwriter and one of the most popular figures of her time in Russia's underground punk scene. She both played solo and performed with others, including Yegor Letov and bands Grazhdanskaya Oborona and Velikiye Oktyabri ("Great Octobers"). Dyagileva was greatly influenced by Letov and Alexander Bashlachev, who were her friends. Her songs explored themes of desperation and depression, punk-style nihilism, and folk-like lamentations. Her death in 1991 has been considered as a symbolic end to the Siberian punk scene.[1]
Biography
Yanka (born Yana) Dyagileva was born on 4 September 1966, in
In April 1987, Yanka met
9 May 1991 is accepted as her official date of death. That evening she left her family's countryside home outside Novosibirsk and did not return. Her body was found by a fisherman on 17 May in the
Discography
- 1988 - Ne polozheno (Not Allowed)
- 1988 - Deklassirovannim elementam (To the Fringe Elements)
- 1988 - Live in Kurgan
- 1989 - Prodano! (Sold!)
- 1989 - Krasnogvardeyskaya (Live in Moscow) - Named after the Moscow Metro station. A.k.a. "Akustika".
- 1989 - Live in Kharkiv (Ukraine)
- 1989 - Domoi! (Going home!)
- 1989 - Angedonia ("Anhedonia")
- 1990 - Yanka & Grazhdanskaya Oborona live in MEI
- 1991 - Styd i Sram (Shame and Reproach) - There are two variants of this album, one containing four acoustic songs. The other is a compilation with remastering done by Letov; the compilation contains seven songs, mostly electrified (not acoustic).
- 2009 - Angedonia (remastered) ("Anhedonia")
See also
References
- ^ "Allowed for Performance: Punk and Rebellion in 1980s Siberia". Vice.com. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- ^ "Янка Дягилева / Биография". Yanka.lenin.ru. Retrieved 17 September 2020.
- ^ For instance Baranaul concert, october 13th 1990, anarchybehindtheironcurtain.tumblr.com
- ^ Borisova, Ekaterina. "Друг народа ("Friend of the People")" (PDF). FUZZ Magazine, 2003, No. 11. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
- ^ "Yanka Dyagileva - Biography". Yanka.lenin.ru. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
- ^ What does punk band Pussy Riot owe to Yanka Dyagileva
External links
- Yanka Dyagileva discography at Discogs
- Tribute web site (in Russian)
- Yanka, Messenger of Russian Anguish (Biography)