Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds

Released 28 May , 2013

Aleksandr Bashlachev | Time Of Little Bells

He might not be the most famous member of the 27 Club, but Alexander Bashalchev sure does have an interesting story. He was a poet, guitarist, and singer-songwriter who found fame after playing at the 1984 Leningrad Rock Festival.  Rock music was heavily censored by the Russian government at the time, so he had to play small concerts in people’s homes to try and get around the censorship.  The small concerts were common among Russian artists, and were called “kvartirniks.”  On February 17^th, 1988, Bashlachev died after falling from his 9^th floor apartment window in Leningrad.  He had been suffering from depression and, although never verified, his death was believed to have been suicide.