Dmitry Spirin

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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Aleksandrovich and the family name is Spirin.
Dmitry Spirin in 2018

Dmitry Aleksandrovich Spirin (Russian: Дми́трий Алекса́ндрович Спи́рин; born February 22, 1975, Moscow) is a Russian rock musician, former vocalist of the Moscow pop-punk band Tarakany!

Biography[edit]

Spirin was born on February 22, 1975, in Moscow.[1]

Since 1995, he has been the vocalist and also the author of most of the songs of the group Tarakany!

In 2003, together with the director of the group Tarakany! Ilya Ostrovsky, founded an independent record label called FM Silent Records.[2]

In 2004, he also joined the metropolitan street punk band Zuname.

According to personal words, he has a negative attitude towards Russian President Vladimir Putin, “because he is flesh and blood a gopota”.[3] He took part in charity events in support of those convicted in the Bolotnaya Сase.[4][5] In 2021, he moved to Budapest, in his own words, this was “connected with the Putin regime”.[3] In 2021, he came out in support of politician Alexei Navalny after his arrest.[6]

He repeatedly opposed the War in Donbas,[4][5][7] condemned the annexation of Crimea by Russia, saying that Russia “violated international norms, and thus this territory was annexed illegally”, refused to perform in the annexed Crimea.[8][9]

Opposed the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[10] Organized a sale of his collection of vinyl and merchandise to buy products for the Ukrainian Center in Budapest and a tour of charity concerts in support of Ukraine.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Интервью на сайте «Город Киров» (19 января 2007)". Archived from the original on 2014-07-28. Retrieved 2014-07-20.
  2. ^ Каталог релизов FM молчит Records на сайте Discogs (in Russian)
  3. ^ a b c Ilya Azar. ""Я не хотел плясать на сцене, когда моя страна развязала братоубийственную войну". Большой разговор Ильи Азара с лидером распавшейся группы "Тараканы!" Дмитрием Спириным". republic.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2023-11-12. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  4. ^ a b Назарец, Евгения (2020-04-16). "У человека есть право не быть "за"". Радио Свобода (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2023-11-12. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  5. ^ a b Крутов, Марк (2013-04-29). ""Один день – одно имя". День Елены Кохтарёвой". Радио Свобода (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2023-11-12. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  6. ^ "Звезда НХЛ Артемий Панарин выступил в поддержку Навального". Радио Свобода (in Russian). 2021-01-23. Archived from the original on 2023-10-08. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  7. ^ ""Я больше не верю в панк-рок". Дмитрий Спирин — о том, почему он распустил группу "Тараканы!" и выступил против войны". Новая газета Европа. 1998-07-31. Archived from the original on 2023-11-12. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  8. ^ "Дмитрий Спирин: Разве это предательство Родины?!". Собеседник (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2023-09-14. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  9. ^ Позднякова, Антонина (2017-03-21). "Против захватческих амбиций. Лидер группы "Тараканы" о присоединении Крыма". AiF (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2023-11-12. Retrieved 2023-10-06.
  10. ^ ""Это безумие!" Российские музыканты, ученые, режиссеры, писатели и спортсмены против войны в Украине". The Insider (in Russian). Archived from the original on 2023-09-14. Retrieved 2023-10-06.

External links[edit]

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