Picnic (band) explained

Background:group_or_band
Picnic
Landscape:yes
Origin:Leningrad, Soviet Union
Current Members:
  • Edmund Shklyarskiy
  • Leonid Kirnos
  • Marat Korchemny
  • Stanislav Shklyarskiy
Past Members:See band members
Years Active:–present

Picnic (Russian: Пикник), or Piknik, is a Russian rock band known for its unique style, a mixture of art rock, progressive rock and original Russian rock. The band was formed in 1978 in Leningrad, though the members consider the band's official starting point to be Edmund Shklyarsky's arrival, in 1981, or the year the first album was recorded—1982.[1]

Some of their early songs are in Polish, due to Shklyarsky's paternal heritage.[2] [3]

In 2016, the band was barred from playing in Ukraine due to their performance in Crimea after it was annexed by Russia.[4] [5] [6]

Music critic Andrei Burlaka notes the group as a cult phenomenon in Russian rock music.[7]

Picnic were set to perform at the Crocus City Hall on 22 March 2024 before a terrorist attack took place there, killing 145 people.[8] [9] On the afternoon of 24 March, it became known that Ekaterina Kushner, the assistant to the director of the group, had died in the attack.[10]

Band members

Current

Past

Discography

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Interview with Piknik. 25 February 2019. inyourpocket.com.
  2. Web site: Эдмунд Шклярский спел на польском языке. ru. 27 August 2019. Nashe Radio.
  3. Web site: 15 фактов о группе Пикник. ru. 26 September 2019. SkyRock.
  4. Web site: Музыканты группы "Пикник": "нам плевать на санкции". Russian. 13 August 2016. РИА Крым. The musicians of Piknik: "we do not care about the sanctions". 20 July 2017.
  5. Web site: Знаменитые российские рокеры приехали в оккупированный Крым "поплевать на санкции": появилось видео. 15 August 2016. news.online.ua. Famous Russian rockers have come to the occupied Crimea "spit on sanctions": there was a video. Russian. 20 July 2017.
  6. Web site: United Nations A/RES/68/262 General Assembly. 1 April 2014. United Nations. 24 April 2014.
  7. Web site: «Пикник» не на обочине. 10 December 2009. Весть. Игорь Фадеев.
  8. News: 29 March 2024 . Death toll from concert hall attack in Russia's Moscow region rises to 144 . . 29 March 2024 . 30 March 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240330062453/https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/death-toll-from-concert-hall-attack-in-russia-s-moscow-region-rises-to-144/3178519 . live .
  9. Web site: Moscow attack latest: At least 40 dead at concert hall, says Russian intelligence service . 22 March 2024 . BBC News.
  10. News: Помощница директора группы "Пикник" погибла при теракте в "Крокусе". РИА Новости. 24 March 2024. ru.
  11. Web site: Барабанщик и солист группы «Пикник» больше всех пострадали в ДТП под Владимиром . 11 September 2020 . 17 March 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180317023459/https://www.gazeta.ru/auto/2018/03/16_a_11685499.shtml . live .
  12. Web site: ru. Стрельба в московском клубе «Крокус Сити Холл». Медиазона. 24 March 2024.
  13. Web site: Необычный перфоманс от известной группы «Пикник» прошёл во Владивостоке. 30 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141030041841/http://www.vlc.ru/news/2013/76971/ . 30 October 2014 .
  14. Web site: Стас Шклярский: Инкогнито не разовый проект, это надолго. 18 May 2016 . 1 June 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160601162934/http://rockcult.ru/interview-stas-shklyarski-inkognito . live .
  15. Web site: Группа «Инкогнито», интервью лидера. Валерия Верхорубова. Комсомольская правда. 22 April 2015. 1 July 2023. 1 July 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230701104048/https://www.vologda.kp.ru/daily/26370/3251479/.
  16. Web site: Алексей Добычин (Пикник). Легенды и мифы ЛРК.. 22 March 2024 . Комсомольская правда.
  17. Web site: Rock-n-roll.ru. Энциклопедия. 17 June 2022 . 10 October 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141010084801/http://www.rock-n-roll.ru/show.php?file=encyclopedia%2F%D0%9F%2F%D0%9F%D0%98%D0%9A%D0%9D%D0%98%D0%9A.
  18. News: Пикник. Last.fm. ru.
  19. News: Рок-клуб приоткрывает карты… . rock-n-roll.ru . 9 April 2008 . 25 March 2024 . ru . Rock club opens its cards....
  20. Web site: Судьба барабанщика. Главные ударники в русском роке. . 29 June 2019.
  21. Web site: Большой железный колокол . 2 November 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131018174346/http://music-review.ru/artist/2326 . 18 October 2013.
  22. Web site: 'Алиса' . 20 November 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080610082329/http://www.ozon.ru/context/detail/id/199256/ . 10 June 2008.
  23. Web site: Пикник. Андрей Бурлака. rock-n-roll.ru. 19 November 2016. 10 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141010084801/http://www.rock-n-roll.ru/show.php?file=encyclopedia%2F%D0%9F%2F%D0%9F%D0%98%D0%9A%D0%9D%D0%98%D0%9A.
  24. Web site: Группа Пикник . Reproduktor. ru.
  25. Web site: Умер клавишник группы 'Пикник' . 25 June 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131112141332/http://music.com.ua/news/rock/2006/12/11/22905.html . 12 November 2013.
  26. Web site: Пикник: состав новый, лица знакомые! . 18 May 2016 . 9 November 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181109024743/http://www.rock-n-roll.ru/details.php?mode=show&id=1979.
  27. Web site: Пикник. Программа «А». 19 November 2016.
  28. Web site: Стёршийся иероглиф: Последнее интервью Андрея Мерчанскогo. Russian Bazaar. 2006.
  29. Web site: Мне нравится это болото. Московский комсомолец. 6 March 2013.
  30. Web site: Лабиринт. Андрей Бурлака. rock-n-roll.ru. 19 November 2016. 8 November 2016. https://archive.today/20161108000502/http://www.rock-n-roll.ru/show.php?file=encyclopedia/Л/ЛАБИРИНТ%20(2). live.
  31. News: Виниловые пластинки группы «Пикник»: все издания. Репродуктор.Net. 14 March 2012. 4 November 2017. ru. 7 November 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171107030453/https://reproduktor.net/vinil/lp_piknik/.
  32. News: Информация с буклета CD «Полная История. Харакири» (2004). 26 December 2010.
  33. Web site: История в картинках (1997). ru. 5 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150610003034/http://www.piknik.info/history/index/year/1997. 10 June 2015.
  34. Book: Рок-энциклопедия. Популярная музыка в Ленинграде – Петербурге. 1965–2005 . 2015 . Litres . 3 . 9785457851337.
  35. Web site: Трибьют свершился.... piknik.info. 1 November 2011. https://archive.today/20130218053825/http://www.piknik.info/news/view/id/11. 18 February 2013.
  36. Web site: Новость о концертах с Самойловым на официальном сайте. https://archive.today/20130218071343/http://piknik.info/news/view/id/288. 18 February 2013. 26 July 2012.
  37. http://www.ytime.com.ua/ru/50/675 «Королевство кривых»
  38. Web site: Мракобесие и джаз . Совершенно конкретно . 12 December 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080601221930/http://www.soverkon.ru/2008/6/13.php . 1 June 2008.
  39. Web site: Пикник записывает новый альбом. https://archive.today/20120715102409/http://rrock.ru/news.rrock?id=41232. 15 July 2012. 27 March 2011.
  40. Web site: Пикник: Певец декаданса. Дмитрий Прочухан. 2013. NEWSmuz. 28 February 2022. 28 February 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220228225254/https://newsmuz.com/news_2_27720.htm.
  41. Web site: Официальный сайт группы "Пикник". 7 August 2014. 8 August 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140808044857/http://piknik.info/news/view/id/395. live.
  42. Web site: «Искры и Канкан»: «Пикник» выпустил новый альбом в день рождения Шклярского // С. Корунный, Moika78.ru . 24 September 2019 . 24 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190924123426/https://moika78.ru/news/2017-09-26/1276-iskry-i-kankan--piknik--vypustil-novy-albom-v-den-rozhdeniya-shklyarskogo/.
  43. Web site: История альбома «Искры и канкан» (2017. 30 June 2022 . 6 September 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190906203622/http://www.kursivom.ru/%D0%BF%D0%B8%D0%BA%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%BA-%D0%B8%D1%81%D1%82%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D1%8F-%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8C%D0%B1%D0%BE%D0%BC-%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%8B-%D0%B8-%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD/.
  44. https://www.intermedia.ru/news/338992 «Пикник» выпустил альбом «В руках великана» (слушать)
  45. Web site: Пикник «Весёлый и злой» . KM.RU . Денис Ступников . 14 October 2022 . 16 October 2022.