Active until 1998 | Years active 1979–1998 Genre Punk rock | |
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Past members Andrey "Svin" PanovAlexey RybinYevgeny FyodorovDmitriy Pshishliakand others Origin Saint Petersburg, Russia (1979) | ||
Avtomaticheskie udovletvoriteli nadristat 1984
Avtomaticheskie udovletvoriteli abbreviated AU (The Automatic Satisfiers, Russian: Автоматические удовлетворители abbreviated АУ) were an iconic and highly influential Russian punk band, formed in Saint Petersburg in 1979.
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Though they have been described as "the definitive Russian punk rock band", the Avtomaticheskie udovletvoriteli were active for nineteen years (1979—1998), and released zero albums, and zero singles during that time. The "Father of Russian Punk," the late Andrei Panov (ru), better known as "Svin" ("Pig"), was one of the first punk rockers in the city even before he heard the music. According to one interview, he fell in love with punk rock after reading an article criticizing the Sex Pistols in a Soviet newspaper. His band, Avtomaticheskie udovletvoriteli, was a sort of underground club for dozens of local musicians, including Kino's late frontman, Viktor Tsoi, and Tequilajazzz's Yevgeny Fyodorov (ru). Panov died of an abdominal disorder at the age of 38 on August 20, 1998.
Discography
CDs of the band's music sometimes feature АУ (the abbreviation "AU") in large letters on the cover artwork. Their last studio album had фАУ ("fAU") on the cover.