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Gerald Brennan's avatar

I met some young Russian guys in Berlin just before the Wall came down who thought Aquarium was the very best thing happening in Russian music.

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Kirill Krasilnikov's avatar

Ленин - гриб! Sorry, couldn’t help myself.

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Kirill Krasilnikov's avatar

There is a story that after this broadcast a delegation of old Bolsheviks went to a local party HQ and asked, "Is it true that Lenin is a mushroom?"

Thank you for posting this conversation BTW. Did you ever interview Egor Letov?

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