Egor Letov
Personal information
- Known for
- Acting
- Known credits
- 8
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- September 10, 1964
- Died
- February 19, 2008
- Place of birth
- Omsk, Soviet Union
- Also known as
- Egor LetovЕгор ЛетовYegor Letov
Biography
Igor Fedorovich "Yegor" Letov; 10 September 1964 – 19 February 2008) was a Russian poet, musician, singer-songwriter, audio engineer and conceptual art painter, best known as the founder and leader of the post-punk/psychedelic rock band Grazhdanskaya Oborona (Russian: Гражданская Оборона, lit. 'Civil Defense'). He was also the founder of the conceptual art avant-garde project Kommunizm and psychedelic rock outfit Egor i Opizdenevshie. Letov collaborated with singer-songwriter Yanka Dyagileva and other Siberian underground artists as a record engineer and producer. (Wiki)
