Agatha Christie (band)

Agatha Christie (Агата Кристи) was a Soviet and Russian rock band. Formed in 1985 by Vadim Samoylov, Alexander Kozlov, and Peter Mai in Sverdlovsk. under the name VIA RTF UPI (Russian: ВИА РТФ УПИ) the band changed their name to Agatha Christie, after the detective fiction author, in 1988 and went on to become one of the most notable Russian rock acts in the mid to late 1990s. During the recording sessions for their debut album "Second Front", Vadim's younger brother, Gleb, became a full-time member of the band. The band lineup changed continuously since then, with the Samoylov brothers being bandleaders, swapping vocal duties. The Samoylov brothers have been the principal songwriters of the band, together with keyboardist Alexander Kozlov.

History
The band's music has spanned through a variety of genres across their albums, including gothic rock, post punk, alternative rock, psychedelic rock, glam rock, art rock and hard rock.

After the dissolution of Agatha Christie in 2010, the former lead singer Gleb Samoylov, together with keyboardist Konstantin Bekrev  and drummer Dmitry Khakimov, formed the group The Matrixx.

"The Golden Line-up"

 * Vadim Samoilov — vocals, guitars, keyboards, arrangements, songwriter (1987-2010, 2015)
 * Gleb Samoilov — vocals, bass guitar, guitar, keyboards, arrangements, songwriter (1988-2010, 2015)
 * Alexander Kozlov — keyboards, synthesizer bass, arrangements, songwriter (1987-2001)
 * Andrey Kotov — drums (1990-2008)[9]

Other members

 * Lev Shutylev — keyboards (1989-1990)
 * Albert Potapkin — drums (1989-1990)
 * Peter May — drums (1988-1989)
 * Dmitry "Snake" Khakimov — drums (2008-2010)
 * Konstantin Bekrev — keyboards, bass guitar, backing vocals (2008-2010, 2015)
 * Roman Baranyuk — drums (2010, 2015)
 * Arkady Baranyuk — keyboards (2015)
 * Alexander Radchenko — guitar, bass (2015)

Honors and awards

 * 1991: Grand Prix at the Festival of young European bands Open du Rock (Burgundy, France)
 * 1996, 1997, 2001: Ovation
 * 1997: Golden Gramophone Award
 * 1998: World Music Awards in the nomination  Successfully selling foreign artist  (Monte Carlo)
 * 2004: Komsomolskaya Pravda, according to a survey of readers, Agatha Christie was the fourth most influential group in the history of Russian rock.