USSR Forbidden Rock Bands – 1985
Over 100,000 people turned out for the Moscow Peace Festival in 1989. You think any of them had never heard of these bands before then? More proof that saying ‘no’ to kids, just makes them want it more.
List of Forbidden Rock Bands in the USSR in 1985
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