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4	Not to be confused with the Music/LeningradCowboys.
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6	''Leningrad'' (Ленинград), or ''Gruppirovka Leningrad,'' is a Russian Ska Punk band from St. Petersburg, UsefulNotes/{{Russia}} (formerly known as Leningrad, as you may know) led by Sergei Shnurov. Since their start in the late '90s, they've evolved considerably. However, their signature [[ClusterFBomb obscenity ridden]] lyrics and rich brass sound has remained largely the same. Their lyrics largely revolve around alcohol and women, however, they also touch in on more serious things, such as politics and social problems like police brutality.
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8	Since their 2006 album ''Bab'e Leto '' (Indian Summer), they've started incorporating female vocals, originally provided by [[FieryRedhead Yulia Kogan]], then Alisa Voks, and as of 2018, Florida Chanturiya.
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10	The band dissolved in 2008 and reunited in 2010.
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13	!! Contains examples of:
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15	* AllElectionsAreSeriousBusiness: Subverted in "Elections" (Выбора).
16	* AnimatedMusicVideo: "WWW", "Money", "Manager" (Менеджер), "Mamba" (Мамба), "Babu Budu" (Бабу буду), "Gelendzhik" (Геленджик), "Khimki Forest" (Химкинский лес), "Zhu-Zhu"(Жу-Жу).
17	* BackToFront: The music video for "Tattoo Artist" (Кольщик).
18	* CensoredTitle: Inevitably.
19	* ClickbaitGag: Lyrics to "Full F..." ("Полный П..") entirely consists of exaggerated shocking clickbait titles mocking newspapers and sites.
20	* ClusterFBomb: Their lyrics are infamously vulgar, and that in a country where public swearing is officially illegal.
21	* ConceptAlbum: ''Babarobot'' (2004) is the story of four factory workers pretending to make and sell fembots by dressing one of their own in drag.
22	* ConceptVideo: The band has become famous for producing high quality concept videos since their revival. Examples include "Art Piece" (Экспонат) (in which a girl painstakingly prepares for a date) , "Tattoo Artist" (Кольщик) (in which a disastrous chain of events leading to a fire in a circus is shown [[BackToFront in reverse]]), "[=NotParis=]" (НеПариж) (which shows a day in the life of a Russian female special agent/superhero who, by day, is a regular housewife) and "Voyage" (in which a bank robber spends all his loot in an outrageous fashion [[spoiler:before committing a SuicideByCop]]) . Most of these videos have nothing to do with the respective songs' lyrics and don't feature the band itself.
23	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In their earliest tracks, vocals were provided by Igor Vdovin, who sounds ''nothing'' like Sergei Shnurov. It took Shnurov two years to join Vdovin on the mic, and another one to completely replace him when he left.
24	* EdibleThemeNaming: "Bread" (Хлеб) (2004), "Fish" (Рыба) (2012), "Ground Meat" (Фарш) (2014).
25	* GuysAreSlobs: Glorified in "Wild Man" (Дикий мужчина). "Balls, tobacco, fumes, and stubbles."
26	* LyricalTic: A lot of "hey!"'s, "da"'s, and "opa!"'s, as is to be expected in energetic Russian music.
27	* {{Punchline}}: The last line of "Elections" (Выбора).

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