Agatha Christie (band)

Agatha Christie was a Soviet and Russian rock band. Formed in 1984 by Vadim Samoylov, Alexander Kozlov, and Peter Mai in Sverdlovsk. under the name VIA RTF UPI the band changed their name to Agatha Christie, after the detective fiction author, in 1988 and went on to become one of the most notable Russian rock acts in the mid to late 1990s. During the recording sessions for their debut album "Second Front", Vadim's younger brother, Gleb, became a full-time member of the band. The band lineup changed continuously since then, with the Samoylov brothers being bandleaders, swapping vocal duties. The Samoylov brothers have been the principal songwriters of the band, together with keyboardist Alexander Kozlov.

History

The band's music has spanned through a variety of genres across their albums, including gothic rock, post punk, alternative rock, psychedelic rock, glam rock, ==Members==

Members

"The Golden Line-up" • Vadim Samoilov — vocals, guitars, keyboards, arrangements, songwriter (1987-2010, 2015) • Gleb Samoilov — vocals, bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, arrangements, songwriter (1988-2010, 2015) • Alexander Kozlov — keyboards, synthesizer bass, arrangements, songwriter (1987-2001) • Andrey Kotov — drums (1990-2008) Other members • Lev Shutylev — keyboards (1989-1990) • Albert Potapkin — drums (1989-1990) • Peter May — drums (1988-1989) • Dmitry "Snake" Khakimov — drums (2008-2010) • Konstantin Bekrev — keyboards, bass guitar, backing vocals (2008-2010, 2015) • Roman Baranyuk — drums (2010, 2015) • Arkady Baranyuk — keyboards (2015) • Alexander Radchenko — guitar, bass (2015) == Discography ==

Honors and awards

• 1991: Grand Prix at the Festival of young European bands Open du Rock (Burgundy, France) • 1996, 1997, 2001: Ovation • 1997: Golden Gramophone Award • 1998: World Music Awards in the nomination Successfully selling foreign artist (Monte Carlo) ==Notes==

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