Splean
Splean Сплин | |
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Splean at B1 Maximum, Moscow, 2010. | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Genres | Alternative rock, Acoustic rock, Indie rock, Progressive rock, Folk rock, Russian rock, Pop-rock |
| Years active | May 27, 1994 – present |
| Labels | Frost Records, Sound Product, Mystery of Sound |
| Spinoffs | SEtI, Oedipus Complex, Bi-2, Year of the Rat |
| Members | Alexander Vasilyev Vadim Sergeyev Dmitry Kunin Nikolay Rostovsky Alexey Mesherekov |
| Past members | Alexander Morozov Stas Berezovsky Nikolay Lysov Yan Nikolenko Sergei Navetny Nikolay Voronov |
Splean (Russian: Сплин, romanized: Splin) is a popular Russian rock band, formed in Saint Petersburg in 1994. Since then, they have remained one of the most popular rock bands in Russia and the former Soviet Union. The band's name is derived from "spleen" (in the sense of "depression"), and the "ea" spelling in English is a pun on the spelling of the Beatles. It was borrowed from a short poem by Sasha Cherny, which the band set to music.