Dmitry Selivanov


Dmitry Alekseevich Selivanov was a Siberian rock singer. He was best known for being the guitarist for Grazhdanskaya Oborona.

History

He first started playing music in 1979. He was a member of Grazhdanskaya Oborona and Kalinov Most and founded Industrial Architecture in June 1988.
On 22 April 1989, he visited the band A'MBE, who were rehearsing at Novosibirsk State Technical University. He said what turned out to be his last words: Don't worry, there's more for me to do at the end of the corridor before hanging himself from a nearby staircase. He was found dead 12 hours later. Grazhdanskaya Oboronas lead singer Egor Letov wrote the song Tops and Roots about him.
A live cover of the Peter, Sue and Marc song "The Birds of Paradise", recorded in 1987 with Selivanov on vocals, was released on
Kommunizm
s final album Chronicle of a Dive Bomber in 1990.