Viktor Tsoy

Viktor Tsoy

1962-06-21

Biography

Viktor Robertovich Tsoi (Russian: Ви́ктор Ро́бертович Цой; 21 June 1962 – 15 August 1990) was a Soviet and Russian singer and songwriter who co-founded Kino, one of the most popular and musically influential bands in the history of Russian music. Born and raised in Leningrad, Tsoi started writing songs as a teenager. Throughout his career, Tsoi contributed a plethora of musical and artistic works, including ten albums. After Kino appeared and performed in the 1987 Soviet film Assa, the band's popularity sparked, triggering a period referred to as "Kinomania", and leading to Tsoi's leading role in the 1988 Kazakh new wave art film The Needle. In 1990, after their high-profile concert at the Luzhniki Stadium, Tsoi briefly relocated to Latvia with bandmate Yuri Kasparyan to work on the band's next album. Two months after the concert, Tsoi died in a car collision. He is regarded as one of the pioneers of Russian rock and is credited with popularizing the genre throughout the Soviet Union. He retains a devoted following in many ex-Soviet countries, such as Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Lithuania, where he is known as one of the most influential and popular people in the history of Russian music. (Wikipedia)

Also appears in

The Needle

The Needle

6.6

Assa

Assa

7.1

Rock around the Kremlin

Rock around the Kremlin

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Sex & Perestroika

Sex & Perestroika

3.3

Tsoi

Tsoi

4.4

Last Hero

Last Hero

7.5

Yahha

Yahha

4.9

The End of a Vacation

The End of a Vacation

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The Needle Remix

The Needle Remix

4.1

Sunny Days

Sunny Days

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Dialogues

Dialogues

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конец каникул (End of the Holidays)

конец каникул (End of the Holidays)

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Rock Beyond

Rock Beyond

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Rock

Rock

5.8

Viktor Tsoi and the Kino group - concert at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex

Viktor Tsoi and the Kino group - concert at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex

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Просто хочешь ты знать

Просто хочешь ты знать

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Виктор Цой - Концерт в Донецке. Фестиваль МузЭко 1990

Виктор Цой - Концерт в Донецке. Фестиваль МузЭко 1990

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