Gorodskaya Kultura

Gorodskaya Kultura (Urban Culture) was formed in 1996 in Moscow Youth Institute by two students of this University - Mikhail "Kotyol" Kotelnikov and Pavel "Yazda" Yazdovskiy. During the first years of its existence the band was a typical Moscow student-band, playing gigs in campuses and on various festivals dedicated to student-arts. First changes came with the new bass-player Sergey "Dun" Karmalito, who joined the band in Autumn of 1999. He brought in a certain level of professionalism, and, eventually, a new drummer, Vladimir "Strika" Kokorin, in Summer of 2000. Together they raised the band's groove to a new, previously undreamed-of level. By 2001 it was decided that the band needs a second guitarist (the first one was lead-singer Kotyol), and by Summer 2001 the band was joined by violent Andrei "Abron" Abroskin, fan of Jimi Hendrix, who played in other projects with Dun and Strika before. Since then Gorodskaya Kultura is constantly working on developing its own unique style by crossing the most interesting melodical trends of modern Rock music, at the same time keeping the musical structure quite simple. The band regularly plays gigs in Moscow clubs and is going to release its debut album in Spring 2008!