Viktor Robertovich Tsoi (Russian: Ви́ктор Ро́бертович Цой; 21 June 1962 – 15 August 1990) was a Soviet and Russian singer and songwriter who co-founded Kino, one of the most popular and musically influential bands in the history of Russian music. Born and raised in Leningrad, Tsoi started writing songs as a teenager. Throughout his career, Tsoi contributed a plethora of musical and artistic works, including ten albums. After Kino appeared and performed in the 1987 Soviet film Assa, the band's popularity sparked, triggering a period referred to as "Kinomania", and leading to Tsoi's leading role in the 1988 Kazakh new wave art film The Needle. In 1990, after their high-profile concert at the Luzhniki Stadium, Tsoi briefly relocated to Latvia with bandmate Yuri Kasparyan to work on the band's next album. Two months after the concert, Tsoi died in a car collision. He is regarded as one of the pioneers of Russian rock and is credited with popularizing the genre throughout the Soviet Union. He retains a devoted following in many ex-Soviet countries, such as Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Lithuania, where he is known as one of the most influential and popular people in the history of Russian music. (Wikipedia)
Movie | Rock Beyond | self (archive) | 2021-08-28 |
Movie | Tsoi | (archive footage) | 2020-11-12 |
Movie | The Needle Remix | Moro (archive footage) | 2010-09-16 |
Movie | Просто хочешь ты знать | 2006-12-14 | |
Series | Как уходили кумиры | Himself / archive footage | 2005-08-15 |
Movie | Sunny Days | Himself | 1996-09-13 |
Movie | Last Hero | himself | 1992-01-01 |
Movie | Viktor Tsoi and the Kino group - concert at the Olimpiysky Sports Complex | Himself / Vocals | 1990-05-05 |
Movie | Sex & Perestroika | himself | 1990-10-10 |
Movie | The Needle | Моro | 1988-09-16 |
Movie | Rock | himself | 1988-01-19 |
Movie | Assa | Музыкант | 1987-11-01 |
Movie | Yahha | 1986-01-02 | |
Movie | Dialogues | himself | 1986-11-01 |
Movie | The End of a Vacation | 1986-06-01 | |
Movie | Rock around the Kremlin | himself | 1985-08-01 |