Egor Letov

Birthday: 9/10/1964
Deathday: 2/19/2008
Place of birth: Omsk, Soviet Union
Fame for: Acting
Also known as: Egor Letov, Егор Летов, Yegor 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)