[List of Prohibited Rock Musicians, USSR, 1984]

[List of Prohibited Rock Musicians, USSR, 1984]

Musicians -- Soviet Union -- Political activity

Digital image sourced from x-rayaudio.com (X-Ray Audio, Bureau of Lost Culture) of a list of Western musicians deemed "harmful" by the Soviet State in 1984. Based off of rough Russian translations, the list was published for the Regional Committee of the Young Communist League of Ukraine as a means of strengthening control over disco dance halls. The document was originally discovered by Dr. Alexei Yurchak from the University of California, Berkeley.

Soviet Union. Ministry of Culture

X-Ray Audio (Bureau of Lost Culture). "Rock Musicians Prohibited in the USSR." x-rayaudio.com, December 22, 2016. https://www.x-rayaudio.com/x-rayaudioblog/2016/10/22/rock-musicians-prohibited-in-the-ussr. Accessed March 9th 2026

Soviet Union. Ministry of Culture

1984-10-01

Image reproduced from x-rayaudio.com for academic purposes. Original image credit: Kass Bay and Grimnir74. Rights status unclear.

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