Rock and roll is a style of African American music which has long been popular in Russia. The first native bands appeared around 1966, and they grew popular in spite of governmental restrictions. This continued into the 1980s, when amateur bands gained some success, but were still hampered by state regulators, who did not allow them to officially recorded. There were also restrictions on lyrical content. Underground bands evolved during this time, including Pojuschie Gitary (the singing guitars). This was the band that started the VIA movement, and were followed by Tcvety , Golubiye Gitary and Sinyaya Ptica .

In the early 1970s, artists like Jury Morozov invented a kind of Russian psychedelic rock, using elements of progressive rock as well.

In 1980, the first and last rock festival was held, with bands like Avtograf , Machina Vremeni and Gunesh performing.

World rock

Argentina - Armenia - Australia - Austria - Belgium - Brazil - Canada - Chile - China - Colombia - Croatia - Denmark - Estonia - Finland - France - Greece - Germany - Iceland - Ireland - Israel - Italy - Japan - Mexico - New Zealand - Norway - Peru - Philippines - Portugal - Russia - Serbia and Montenegro - Slovenia - South Africa - Spain - Sweden - Switzerland - Thailand - Turkey - Ukraine - United Kingdom - United States - Zambia