hooks that weave in an introspective quality revealing a deep reservoir of feeling and an incisive intelligence behind the songwriting. We caught up with Mumiy Troll’s charming and engaging frontman ...

The members of Russian rock group Mumiy Troll were teenagers when they were publicly blacklisted for being a "dangerous band" in the 1980s by their local Communist Party committee. While such ...

Founded in 1983 by musician/actor/philanthropist Ilia Lagutenko, Russia’s Mumiy Troll actually went on hiatus twice—once while Lagutenko served in the Soviet Army ...

For the average unsuspecting American rock fan, Mumiy Troll, Russia’s biggest independent rock band for the past decade and counting, can present a lot to take in. At first there is, of course, that ...

I can pinpoint the exact moment that I decided I loved "Hey Tovarich," the new music video from Russia's Mumiy Troll. About halfway through the video, there's a quick clip of singer Ilya Lagutenko ...

What would Russia's Led Zeppelin be? Possibly, Mumiy Troll. The Vladivostak-born group, somewhat named after a series of Finnish children's books, is one of the biggest rock bands in the ...

Fresh off the heels of a sold out show at LA’s famed Troubadour, Mumiy Troll returned to SXSW, Austin, Texas, to premiere songs from their upcoming English-language album Malibu Alibi at the first ...

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One of Russia’s biggest rock bands, Mumiy Troll‘s members grew up in Vladivostok, a city of a half-million people in the far eastern edge of the country, a good 10-hour flight from Moscow. “It’s like ...

The band that was to be called "Mumiy Troll" was formed in 1985 in Vladivostok (Russian Far-East). Winning over countries and people began for the band with the release of the album "Morskaya" ...

Most readers' knowledge of contemporary Russian music is likely to be limited to faux-lesbian pop duos, but Mumiy Troll have actually been releasing records for nearly 30 years; though this is the ...

The name Mumiy Troll might suggest some bizarre creature out of a Tolkien novel, but wrong. Mumiy Troll (the name is a pun on Moomin Troll, a series of Finnish children’s books) is a hugely popular ...