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Agatha Christie (Russian: Агата Кристи) was a Soviet and Russian rock band. Formed in 1985 by Vadim Samoylov, Alexander Kozlov, and Peter Mai in Sverdlovsk.[1] under the name VIA RTF UPI (Russian: ВИА РТФ УПИ) the band changed their name to Agatha Christie, after the detective fiction author, in 1988[1] 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.

Agatha Christie (band)
Also known as	VIA RTF UPI (1985)
Origin	Sverdlovsk, Russia
Genres	Gothic rock post punk psychedelic rock alternative rock art rock new wave glam rock hard rock
Years active	1985 (1985)–2010, 2015 (Reunion)
Labels	Sintez Records Extraphone Nikitin/WWW Records Style Records Soyuz Studio
Past members	Gleb Samoylov Vadim Samoylov Konstantin Bekrev Roman Baranyuk Alexander Kozlov Andrei Kotov Peter Mai Lev Shultyev Albert Popatkin Dimitri Khakimov
Website	Official site

The band's music has spanned through a variety of genres across their albums, including gothic rock, post punk, alternative rock, psychedelic rock,[2] glam rock,[2] art rock and hard rock.[2]

The band has released 10 studio albums, 5 compilation albums, 2 remix albums, 3 extended plays, and 18 music videos in their career. The band announced their breakup in 2009, embarking on a final tour across Russia and nearby countries. The band released their final album "Epilogue" in 2010, and played their final concert at the Nashestvie festival that same year.

After the dissolution of Agatha Christie in 2010, the former lead singer Gleb Samoylov, together with keyboardist Konstantin Bekrev and drummer Dmitry Khakimov, formed the group The Matrixx.

Discography

LP

Data release	Title	Translate
1988	Второй фронт	The Second Front
1989	Коварство и любовь	Cunning and love
1991	Декаданс	Decadence
1993	Позорная звезда	Shameful Star
1995	Опиум	Opium
1997	Ураган	The Hurricane
1998	Чудеса	Wonders
2000	Майн Кайф?	Mein Bliss?
2004	Триллер. Часть 1	Thriller. Part 1
2010	Эпилог	Epilogue

Honors and awards

• 1991: Grand Prix at the Festival of young European bands Open du Rock (Burgundy, France) [3]
• 1996, 1997, 2001: Ovation
• 1997: Golden Gramophone Award
• 1998: World Music Awards in the nomination Successfully selling foreign artist (Monte Carlo)[1]
• 2004: Komsomolskaya Pravda, according to a survey of readers, Agatha Christie was the fourth most influential group in the history of Russian rock.[4]

References

External links

• RIP
• Проект Триллер

На других языках

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[de] Agata Kristi

Agata Kristi (russisch Агата Кристи, auch Agatha Christie) ist eine russische Gothic-Rock-Band unter der Leitung der Brüder Wadim und Gleb Samoilow, die 1988 in Swerdlowsk gegründet wurde. Sie ist nach der britischen Schriftstellerin Agatha Christie benannt.

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[ru] Агата Кристи (группа)

«Ага́та Кри́сти» — советская и российская рок-группа, одна из наиболее популярных в стране в середине и во второй половине 1990-х годов. Основана в 1985 году в Свердловске Вадимом Самойловым, Александром Козловым и Петром Маем под названием ВИА «РТФ УПИ», официально же история группы отсчитывается с концерта 20 февраля 1988 года. Во время записи альбома «Второй фронт» в начале того же года к группе примкнул младший брат Вадима Глеб. Впоследствии состав группы неоднократно менялся, но её лидерами и вокалистами неизменно оставались братья Самойловы. Они же, вместе с Александром Козловым, являются авторами всех песен «Агаты Кристи».

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