Rock music in Belarus


Belarusian rock has been developing since the early 1980s. The most important rock bands include Bonda, Krama, Mroja, ULIS, Novaje Nieba, Palac, Kriwi, Lyapis Trubetskoy, Verasy, Open Space, Neuro Dubel, Accent, and Otrazhenie.
Famous metal bands are Asguard, Apocryphal, Gods Tower, Vicious Crusade, 5diez, Rasta, and TT-34.
Basovišča is the most important Belarusian rock music festival. Other festivals in the field are "Be Free" and "Rock-kola".

Censorship

There is another side to Belarusian music life which is censorship. Researchers Maya Medich and Lemez Lovas reported in 2006 that "independent music-making in Belarus today is an increasingly difficult and risky enterprise", and that the Belarusian government "puts pressure on ‘unofficial’ musicians - including ‘banning’ from official media and imposing severe restrictions on live performance."
In a video interview on freemuse.org the two authors explain the mechanisms of censorship in Belarus.
Another black list became know in 2011, when Krama, Krambambula, Lyapis Trubetskoy, N.R.M., Naka, Palats, Neuro Dubel among others were banned from performing concerts in Belarus.

Notable festivals

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