“Agatha Christie” appeared in 1988. It was fund by two brothers: Gleb Samoylov and Vadim Samoylov. This band was one of the most popular rock bands in Russia in 90ies. Their songs were very well known among the people. They were broadcasted on the radio a lot. Though nowadays they are broadcasted less, they still have many thousands of fans in Russia and Ukraine. The band doesn’t exist anymore. Gleb Samoylov and two other musicians from “Agatha Christie” created a band called “The Matrix”. In 2015 “Agatha Christie” got together to give two concerts. Probably the music by “Agatha Christie” is less pompous than the music by Marlin Manson, but they’ve got some unique and interesting tunes. I know a lot of Russian speaking rock fans who dislike Russian rock music, saying that it sounds much worse than British or American rock. I have the other opinion. For example in the song “Я ненормальный” (I am not normal) “Agatha Christie” used only one guitar, keyboards and vocal, but it is amazing because it is sincere. Sensual vocal is the other feature which makes songs of this band really authentic and recognizable. Singing is usually performed by both of brothers. Also they wrote almost all of the lyrics of the band. The other person who wrote song lyrics in “Agatha Christie” was Alexander Kozlov. Most of the song lyrics of this band are sad. Also there are ironical elements in some songs. For example their song “Wiper” (“Дворник”) is about drugs: “The time had come, the door was closed An angel had sang, and the skin blew out We’d drank the live, but didn’t become wiser We’d spent the death, but didn’t become younger Wiper, dear wiper Besom me out of the road Wiper, dear wiper You’re an ass with a broom Oh God, you and me were singing near the water We were walking the dreamroad, and now we’re getting dry like flowers
Blowballs, girls and boys Eyes glisten, lalalalala But that’s because of poison, lalalalala”
