Anton Soya is a Russian writer, poet, and rock producer. He was a producer for the groups “Brigadny Podryad,” “MultFильmy,” “Kukryniksy,” “Bashakov BAND,” and for Mikhail Gorshenev’s solo album. He is the author of the cult satirical song “Popsa.”
In 2004–2005 he compiled and released a 10-volume anthology “Poets of Russian Rock.”
He has written more than 30 books, the most famous of which is “EmoBoy.”
The collection of essays, articles, and fiction under the general title “Leningrad Punk” is not an objective and complete study of this multifaceted subcultural phenomenon of the 1980s that was born—and ended—in the cultural capital of the totalitarian USSR. It is only a subjective attempt to dig superficially into this fertile layer—almost untouched by anyone—an attempt to tell and show you what I saw with my own eyes, to tell about my comrades, Leningrad punks, who lived bright, scandalous, short lives and left us their loud, restless, and inconvenient creativity. Of course, I couldn’t write about everyone. There were surely still other cult characters and interesting punk bands in Leningrad that I simply hadn’t crossed paths with.
“I hope someone will tell about them, too.”