Ploho

The group was established in Novosibirsk in 2013. In an interview with Post-Punk.com{{Cite web|date=2020-11-13|title=An Introduction to Russian Post-Punk with Ploho and Molchat Doma|url=https://post-punk.com/russian-post-punk/|access-date=2021-02-26|website=Post-Punk.com|language=en-US}} the band cited growing up in the "rather cold and dark time" of "total crime and chaos" of Russia in the 1990s as drawing the band members towards punk music from an early age. Most influential to the band in this period was the seminal Soviet 80s post punk band Kino.

In 2018, the American radio station XRAY.fm listed the band's album Kuda ptitsy uletayut umirat ({{Langx|ru|Куда птицы улетают умирать|lit=Where the birds fly away to die}}) in their ranking of the top 25 best albums of the year.{{Cite news |title=A Different Kind of Infamy - 2018's 25 Best Albums, Pt 2 - Songs from under the Floorboard /// XRAY.fm |work=XRAY.FM |url=http://xray.fm/broadcasts/26880?url=broadcasts%2F26880 |access-date=2020-10-13}}{{Cite web|last=Vyun|first=Masha|date=2019-01-05|title=Альбом новосибирской группы Ploho вошел в топ американского радио|url=https://ngs.ru/text/culture/2019/01/05/65813471/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200926043918/https://ngs.ru/text/culture/2019/01/05/65813471/|archive-date=2020-09-26|access-date=2021-02-25|website=ngs.ru|language=ru}}

In June 2020, the band signed with Canadian record label Artoffact Records.{{Cite web|date=2020-11-13|title=Ploho releases new single from upcoming album on Artoffact|url=https://regenmag.com/news/ploho-releases-new-single-from-upcoming-album-on-artoffact/|access-date=2021-02-26|website=ReGen Magazine}} In February 2021, the band released Fantomniye chuvstva ({{Langx|ru|Фантомные Чувства|lit=Phantom Feelings}}).

The band relocated to Serbia in March 2022 after the Russian invasion of Ukraine.{{Cite web|date=2024-07-24|title='No One Needs Your English Single': Anti-War Russian Performers Grapple With Staying Relevant in Exile|url=https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/07/24/no-one-needs-your-english-single-anti-war-russian-performers-grapple-with-staying-relevant-in-exile-a85752|author=Camilla Bell-Davies|access-date=2024-11-22|website=The Moscow Times}}

The group made a cameo in the film Isaac from the Lithuanian director Jurgis Matulevičius. They cameo as a band during a scene and play their songs "Crosses" and "Down".{{Cite web|last=Manko|first=Nikita|date=2017-10-13|title=Новосибирская группа Ploho сыграла в фильме о холокосте в Литве|url=https://sib.fm/news/2017/10/13/novosibirskaja-gruppa-ploho-sygrala-v-filme-o-kholokoste-v-litve|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190617182154/https://sib.fm/news/2017/10/13/novosibirskaja-gruppa-ploho-sygrala-v-filme-o-kholokoste-v-litve|archive-date=2019-06-17|access-date=2021-02-25|website=sib.fm|language=ru}}{{Cite web|last=Osintseva|first=Lidiya|date=2017-10-17|title=Новосибирская группа Ploho появится в фильме о холокосте|url=https://www.sobaka.ru/nsk/entertainment/music/63294|access-date=2021-02-25|website={{ill|Sobaka.ru|ru|Собака.ru}}|language=ru}}

• Buerak
• Molchat Doma

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• [https://eatmusic.ru/gruppa-ploho-novyj-albom-recenziya/ Группа Ploho выпустила новый альбом «Культура Доминирования». Eatmusic.ru.]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20190617182151/http://muzstorona.ru/music/ploho-kogda-ploho/ Плохо когда Ploho. Muzstorona.]

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