Attack on Moscow: What role does the band Piknik play?

Russia is paralyzed, the whole world is expressing its support, rumors give and take. Four suspects have been arrested from Tajikistan, accused of participating in a terrorist attack and facing life in prison. The carnage began on Friday night at the Crocus City Hall concert center in Moscow, an hour before the big name of the night, the rock band Piknik, took the stage. Was this the aim of the attack after all? “Wash your face with your blood” “Fear nothing, no flame, no shadow. You're not a rosy little boy anymore. Wash your face every morning with your own blood.” That's how some lyrics from Piknik's latest hit, uploaded to YouTube on March 7, are rendered. Piknik are considered by the veterans of the Russian rock scene. They appeared for the first time in 1978 in St. Petersburg, then still called Leningrad, as “Orion”. In 1981 they were renamed “Piknik”. It was common practice for Soviet-era rock bands to choose names that […]
Source: News Beast

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