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>alternative rockart rock>New wave music>glam rockhard rock>pop-rock|russian rock}}Sintez RecordsNikitin RecordsSoyuz Studio}}| website = Official site| past_members = Gleb SamoylovVadim SamoylovKonstantin BekrevRoman BaranyukAlexander KozlovAndrei KotovPeter MaiLev ShultyevAlbert PopatkinDimitri Khakimov}}Agatha Christie () was a Soviet and Russian rock band. Formed in 1985 by Vadim Samoylov, Alexander Kozlov, and Peter Mai in Sverdlovsk.Этапы большого пути 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,Алексеев А.С. Кто есть кто в российской рок-музыке. — Москва: АСТ, 2006. — С. 22—24. — 559 с. — {{ISBN|5-17-025606-X}}. 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 (:ru:The Matrixx|The Matrixx).NEWS, Вадим Самойлов готовит подарок к юбилею “Агаты Кристи”,nsn.fm/music/vadim-samoylov-gotovit-podarok-k-yubileyu-agaty-kristi.html, nsn.fm, 2018-11-08, ru, 2018-11-08,nsn.fm/music/vadim-samoylov-gotovit-podarok-k-yubileyu-agaty-kristi.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20181108224632nsn.fm/music/vadim-samoylov-gotovit-podarok-k-yubileyu-agaty-kristi.html,">web.archive.org/web/20181108224632nsn.fm/music/vadim-samoylov-gotovit-podarok-k-yubileyu-agaty-kristi.html,

Discography {| class“wikitable“|+LP

!Data release!Title!Translation|1988|Второй фронт|The Second Front|1989|Коварство и любовьA hint to Schiller’s Intrigue and Love}}|1991|Декаданс|Decadence|1993|Позорная звезда|Shameful Star|1995|Опиум|Opium|1997|Ураган|The Hurricane|1998|Чудеса|Wonders|2000|Майн Кайф?A pun with Mein Kampf}}|2004|Триллер. Часть 1|Thriller. Part 1|2010|Эпилог|Epilogue(File:Глеб Самойлов.JPG|thumb|319px|Gleb Samoylov in 2008)

Honors and awards

• 1991: Grand Prix at the Festival of young European bands Open du Rock (Burgundy, France) Агата Кристи. Русский poк
• 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.Группы, которыe измeнили наш мир

(File:Vadim Sasmoylov Agata Kristy agata-2-3 by Alexey Nikishin.jpg|thumb|319px|Vadim Samoylov in 2008)

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External links

• RIP
• agata.3iller.ru/" title="web.archive.org/web/20140219070352agata.3iller.ru/">Проект Триллер

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