Televizor
{{expand Russian|topic=cult|Телевизор (группа)|date=May 2016}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Televizor
Телевизор
| image = Berlin Noon Against Putin asv2024-03-17 img30.jpg
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| origin = St. Petersburg, Russia
| years_active = 1984–present
| genre = Dark wave
Gothic rock
Industrial rock
Techno
Funk rock
Synthpop
| label =
| associated_acts = Nautilus Pompilius
DDT
| website = {{URL|https://televizor.band/}}
| current_members = {{ill|Mikhail Borzykin|ru|Борзыкин, Михаил Владимирович}}
Sergey Sivickiy
Sergey Rusanov
}}
Televizor ({{langx|ru|link=no|Телевизор}}, "Television set") is a Soviet/Russian gothic rock/industrial group formed in 1984[http://www.ytime.com.ua/ru/50/950 Происхождение названия группы ТЕЛЕВИЗОР. "Время Z"] in Saint-Petersburg. {{Interlanguage link|Mikhail Borzykin|ru|Борзыкин, Михаил Владимирович}} is the lead singer{{Cite web|last=Pushkin|first=Yuri|date=2009-10-06|title=Banned in the USSR: How Russian rock bands are being censored|url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/musicblog/2009/oct/06/russian-rock-bands-censored|access-date=2021-03-02|website=The Guardian|language=en}} and founder of group.{{cite book|author=Burlaka|first=Andrey|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8pOfAAAAMAAJ|title=Рок блиц|publisher=Изд-во "Сов. композитор"|year=1990|language=ru}} They began to perform at the Leningrad Rock Club.{{Cite web|last=Boyarinov|first=Denis|date=2014-04-10|title=Михаил Борзыкин: «Я не ухожу из протеста»|url=https://www.colta.ru/articles/music_modern/2857-mihail-borzykin-ya-ne-uhozhu-iz-protesta|access-date=2021-03-02|website=Colta.ru|language=ru}} They are noted for their strong views against authoritarianism in Russian politics, and have repeatedly denounced the actions of Vladimir Putin in their lyrics.{{Cite web|date=2009-08-14|title="Телевизор" "Дежавю" ("Геометрия")|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/1216719|access-date=2021-03-02|website=Kommersant|language=ru}} At the time the group first formed, it was one of comparatively few political rock bands in Soviet Union.[http://www.rockanet.ru/100/76.phtml#1 Televizor. 100 Magnitoalbums of Soviet Rock]
Televizor's songs were selected for the Legends of Russian Rock collection.
History
The band got its start in the 1984, in Leningrad, and is considered part of the Leningrad Rock Club.[http://www.cbc.ca/lovehatepropagandacoldwar/2011/11/mikhail-borzykin.html Borzykin] Their 1987 album Otechestvo Illyuziy ({{Langx|ru|link=no|Отечество иллюзий}}) is among the best albums in the history of Russian rock.[http://www.rockanet.ru/100/76.phtml А. Кушнир Телевизор – Отечество иллюзий (1987)]
"Your Papa Is a Fascist" is one of their most famous songs.{{Cite web|last=Flintoff|first=Corey|date=2014-12-10|title=Russian Pop Stars Pay A Price For Speaking Out On Ukraine|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2014/12/10/369367027/russian-pop-stars-pay-a-price-for-speaking-out-on-ukraine|access-date=2021-03-02|website=NPR|language=en}}
Mikhail's songs and the Televizor music are influenced by Talking Heads,[http://televizor.narod.ru/papers/steinholt.html Петербургские рок-интервью: Михаил Борзыкин] The Cure,[http://art1.ru/music/pretenzii-iskusstva-na-volshebnuyu-silu-neobosnovanny/ Михаил Борзыкин. «Претензии искусства на волшебную силу необоснованны»]Михаил Борзыкин. Творческий вечер в клубе «ШУМ» (06.11.10) Cocteau Twins, The Beatles, Depeche Mode,[http://televizor-tver.ru/tz4.jpg Михаил Борзыкин. Человек должен идти один... ″Rothmans Адреналин″ — стр. 4] The Smiths, philosophers Arthur Schopenhauer and Friedrich Nietzsche, as well as writers: Arkady and Boris Strugatsky, Mikhail Bulgakov[http://www.nneformat.ru/archive/?id=1603 "Nашъ Драйвъ" №2, январь 1996 (М. Борзыкин и др.)] and Hermann Hesse.[http://televizor-tver.ru/pressa/mai1993.jpg Рок-музыка: Бог или Сатана? Интервью для журнала Fuzz]
On May 13, 2015 they performed the song "Ty prosti nas, Ukraina" ({{langx|ru|Ты прости нас, Украина|lit=Forgive us, Ukraine}}) at the Atlas nightclub in Kyiv. The song expresses the group's position towards the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, containing criticism of Vladimir Putin and mentioning the Heavenly Hundred.{{cite news|url=https://ua.korrespondent.net/showbiz/music/3515108-rosiiska-rok-hrupa-napysala-pisnui-ty-prosty-nas-ukraino |title=Російська рок-група написала пісню "Ти прости нас, Україно" |language=uk|agency=Korrespondent|date=14 May 2015|access-date=5 July 2018}}
Discography
= Studio albums =
- 1985 Шествие рыб
- 1987 Отечество иллюзий
- 1989 Отчуждение
- 1990 Мечта самоубийцы
- 1992 Дым-туман
- 1995 Двое
- 2001 Путь к успеху
- 2004 МегаМизантроп
- 2005 Отчуждение-2005
- 2009 Дежавю
- 2016 Ихтиозавр
= Live albums =
- 1984 II фестиваль Ленинградского рок-клуба
- 1985 III фестиваль Ленинградского рок-клуба
- 1987 Музыка для мёртвых
- 1990 Концерт в Амстердаме
- 1994 Живой
- 2002 Перекрёсток
- 2010 XXV лет в одной лодке
Members
- Mikhail Borzykin – singing, keyboards, synthesizer, programming
- Sergey Sivickiy – guitar
- Sergey Rusanov – drum kit
References
https://blog.allo.ua/istoriya-razvitiya-televizorov-ot-sovetskogo-rubin-do-nashih-dnej_2021-09-55/
История телевизора{{reflist}}
External links
- {{Official website}}
- {{Discogs artist}}
{{Rock music in Russia}}
{{Authority control}}
Category:Musical groups from Saint Petersburg
Category:Russian rock music groups
Category:Soviet rock music groups