Sergei Shnurov
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Sergey Vladimirovich Shnurov is a Russian musician and songwriter, best known as Shnur, of the ska
-punk
band Leningrad
which he formed in 1997 and was the frontman of till the end of 2008. In December 2008 the group disbanded, Shnur with some of its members forming Rubl.
Three of Shnur's songs featured on the Everything Is Illuminated
soundtrack, including hugely popular Дикий Мужчина (Dikiy Muzhchina, "Wild Man"). Shnurov also composed music for many other movies, including the Russian cult film Boomer and its sequel.
He has a daughter named Siham. She lives in France and is a talented drummer and songwriter.
Ska
Ska |Jamaican]] ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s, and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues...
-punk
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
band Leningrad
Leningrad (band)
Leningrad , also known as Gruppirovka Leningrad and Bandformirovanie Leningrad , is a popular Russian ska punk band from Saint Petersburg , led by Sergey "Shnur" Shnurov....
which he formed in 1997 and was the frontman of till the end of 2008. In December 2008 the group disbanded, Shnur with some of its members forming Rubl.
Three of Shnur's songs featured on the Everything Is Illuminated
Everything Is Illuminated (film)
Everything Is Illuminated is a 2005 adventure/dramedy film, written and directed by Liev Schreiber and starring Elijah Wood and Eugene Hütz...
soundtrack, including hugely popular Дикий Мужчина (Dikiy Muzhchina, "Wild Man"). Shnurov also composed music for many other movies, including the Russian cult film Boomer and its sequel.
He has a daughter named Siham. She lives in France and is a talented drummer and songwriter.