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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 51. Chapters: N.O.M., Red Elvises, DDT, Nogu Svelo!, Nochniye Snaiperi, Mashina Vremeni, Aquarium, Alisa, Kolibri, Safe, Mumiy Troll, Agatha Christie, Dvar, Krematorij, Lumen, Korol i Shut, Roulette, Lubeh, Tarakany!, Kino, Spitfire, Splean, Holland, Yat-Kha, Nautilus Pompilius, The Dartz, Distemper, Won James Won, Bi-2, Melnitsa, Kalinov Most, Bravo, Piknik, Zemlyane, Allegoriya, Zveri, Neschastny Sluchai, BOCTOK-ZAPAD, Animal Jazz, Everything Is Made in China, Orgia Pravednikov, Smyslovye Gallyutsinatsii, Chaif, Secret, Umka and Bronevik, Chizh & Co, Center, Corpse, Zvuki Mu, Moral Code X, Michael Men Project, Raznyie Lyudi, Korni, Tequilajazzz, Auktyon, Zoopark, U-Piter, Undervud, Those Days, Volunteer, Voskreseniye, Trepanga, Markscheider Kunst, Vesyolye Rebyata, Tsvety, Kolovrat, Poyushchiye Gitary, Hot Zex, Optimalniy Variant, Elisium, 7B, Xat. Excerpt: N.O.M. (also, NOM: Neforma lnoye objedine nie molodio zhi - The Informal Youth Association) - a Soviet/Russian experimental rock band, formed in 1987 in Saint Petersburg (then Leningrad), known for its highly eclectic avant-guard mix of art-rock, folklore, classical influences (including occasional bouts of operatic singing), innovative arrangements, and theatrical stage shows. According to A. Burlaka's Russian rock encyclopaedia entry, N.O.M. - "eccentric, multi-faceted and defying all categorization" - have become "one of Russian rock's brightest phenomena of the 90s." The band's most striking feature has always been highly literary (somewhat baffling, occasionally offensive but always hilarious) lyrics which according to one source, continued "the tradition of Russian surrealism and absurdism which was made famous by authors like Nikolai Gogol and Daniil Harms. NOM songs' characters were being compared to those of E. T. A. Hoffmann and Zoshchenko. N.O.M.'s national breakt...
