Viktor Tsoy

Biography

Viktor Robertovich Tsoi (Russian: Ви́ктор Ро́бертович Цой; 21 June 1962 – 15 August 1990) was a Soviet and Russian singer and songwriter who co-founded Kino, one of the most popular and musically influential bands in the history of Russian music.

Born and raised in Leningrad, Tsoi started writing songs as a teenager. Throughout his career, Tsoi contributed a plethora of musical and artistic works, including ten albums. After Kino appeared and performed in the 1987 Soviet film Assa, the band's popularity sparked, triggering a period referred to as "Kinomania", and leading to Tsoi's leading role in the 1988 Kazakh new wave art film The Needle. In 1990, after their high-profile concert at the Luzhniki Stadium, Tsoi briefly relocated to Latvia with bandmate Yuri Kasparyan to work on the band's next album. Two months after the concert, Tsoi died in a car collision.

He is regarded as one of the pioneers of Russian rock and is credited with popularizing the genre throughout the Soviet Union. He retains a devoted following in many ex-Soviet countries, such as Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Lithuania, where he is known as one of the most influential and popular people in the history of Russian music. (Wikipedia)

Known For

Rock Beyond
Rock Beyond
The Needle
The Needle
Assa
Assa
Виктор Цой - Концерт в Донецке. Фестиваль МузЭко 1990
Виктор Цой - Концерт в Донецке. Фестиваль МузЭко 1990
Просто хочешь ты знать
Просто хочешь ты знать
The Needle Remix
The Needle Remix
Yahha
Yahha
The End of a Vacation
The End of a Vacation

Filmography

2021 Rock Beyond
as self (archive)
2020 Tsoi
as (archive footage)
2010 The Needle Remix
as Moro (archive footage)
2006 Просто хочешь ты знать
as
2005 Как уходили кумиры
as Himself / archive footage
1996 Sunny Days
as Himself
1992 Last Hero
as himself
1990 Sex & Perestroika
as Self
1990 Viktor Tsoi and the Kino group - concert at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex
as Himself / Vocals
1989 The Needle
as Моro
1988 Rock
as himself
1987 Assa
as Музыкант
1986 Dialogues
as himself
1986 The End of a Vacation
as
1986 Yahha
as
1985 Rock around the Kremlin
as himself
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as