Yegor Letov

Egor Letov Егор Летов
Letov in 2007
Background information
Birth name	Igor Fedorovich Letov
Also known as	Egor Letov
Born	10 September 1964 Omsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	19 February 2008(2008-02-19) (aged 43) Omsk, Russian Federation
Genres	punk post-punk noise rock garage rock psychedelic rock shoegaze hardcore punk noise industrial experimental music avant-garde musique concrète plunderphonics conceptual art
Occupations	Poet musician vocalist singer-songwriter producer painter
Instruments	Guitar bass guitar drums noises tape loops
Years active	1982–2008
Labels	GrOb Records [ru] Zolotaya Dolina (on LP 1992–1994) BSA HOR Misteriya Zvuka Vyrgorod
Formerly of	Grazhdanskaya Oborona Kommunizm Kuzya UO [ru] Egor i Opizdenevshie Yanka Dyagileva
Website	http://www.gr-oborona.ru

Igor "Yegor" Fedorovich Letov (Russian: И́горь "Его́р" Фёдорович Ле́тов, IPA: [ˈiɡərʲ ˈfʲɵdərəvʲɪtɕ jɪˈɡor ˈlʲetəf]; (10 September 1964 – 19 February 2008)^[1] was a Russian poet, musician, singer-songwriter, audio engineer and conceptual artist, best known as the founder and leader of the post-punk/psychedelic rock band Grazhdanskaya Oborona (Russian: Гражданская Оборона, lit. 'Civil Defense'). He was also the founder of the conceptual art avant-garde project Kommunizm and psychedelic rock outfit Egor i Opizdenevshie. Letov collaborated with singer-songwriter Yanka Dyagileva and other Siberian underground artists as a record engineer and producer.