Nautilus Pompilius

Nautilus Pompilius is a russian rock band. Its popularity was extremely high in late 1980s in the USSR, and they were well respected in Russia until their breakup in 1997. The band is a landmark of "Ural rock" style, with rather deep and philosophical lyrics, and melodic, often dark, electric guitar-led sound with a fair amount of keyboards and other occasional instruments.

The image of the group is mostly formed by Vyacheslav Butusov, its invariable frontman, lead guitar and composer. The lyrics is mostly written by Ilya Kormiltsev, who also wrote lyrics for several other notable "Ural rock" bands of the period.

Band's official site is www.nautilus.ru

The history of the band starts in 1978, when three students of Sverdlovsk Institute of Architecture, Vyacheslav Butusov, Dmitry Umetsky, and Igor Goncharov informally started playing rock-n-roll together. Their first more or less real amateur recording was made in 1982. [to be continued]