Russkaja is an Austrian Ska-Band from Vienna, Austria, consisting of Georgi… Read Full Bio ↴Russkaja is an Austrian Ska-Band from Vienna, Austria, consisting of Georgij Alexandrowitsch Makazaria (vocals / ex-member from stahlhammer), Engel Mayr (guitar), Dimitri Miller (bass, vocals), Mario Stübler (drums) & Hans-Georg "H-G" Gutternigg (trombone, trumpet), Rainer Gutternigg (trumpet) and Ulrike Müllner (violin).
Ex members are Titus Vadon (drums, vocals / ex-member from drahdiwaberl & das balaton combo), Zebo Adam (guitar, vocals / ex-member from hallucination company), Antonia-Alexa Georgiew (violin, vocals), Werner Köck (guitar), Manfred Franzmeier (saxophone / member from hot pants road club, ex-member from madrid de los austrias) and Christoph Schödl (drums).
Their music is a rousing mixture of russian folkmusic and ska / ska-punk.
"Russkaja is the exact opposite of Easy Listening music, Russkaja - terror of terrors of all Russian folk music societies - stands for fat Austrian Polka beats. The group members are the most illustrious musicians of the Alpine region, who possess a colourful mix of cultural backgrounds. They pour these various cultural influences into a postmodern version of Russian folk and spread their distinctive music all over Europe. It is sweaty and shouts out loud: Dance Dance Dance! It is a clash of trash metal, world jazz, funky stuff and Frank Zappa-esque Rock. All these things signify: Get down to business!"

There is a word play in the name of the band: RUSSKAJA means 'russian' on russian language, but it also stands for: 'Rus' = Russia - 'Ska' = style of music - 'Ja' = German for: Yes.

Discography:
2006 Dawai, Dawai (EP)
2007 Dope Shit (Single)
2008 Kasatchok Superstar (Album)
2008 More (Single)
2009 Kasatchok Superstar the Song (Single)
2010 Russian Voodoo (Album)
2010 Hammer Drive (Download Single)

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Break Down the Wall
Russkaja Lyrics

You are sick of this game
day to day you're feeling the shame
Look at you - understand
what you see's an angry young man

But it is plain to see the future lies ahead
No delays, let us raise
A bridge instead
No delays, let us raise

A bridge instead

Break down the wall inside your headinside your head, inside your head
We gonna build a bridge insteadBreak down the wall inside your head!
So c'mon, c'mon, c'mon
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon
We gonna build a bridge insteadSo c'mon, c'mon, c'mon
C'mon, c'mon, c'mon
Break down the wall inside your head

Barriers in your mind
you can't see the goodness behind
If you just rearrange
all those blocks, it will make a change

Lyrics © BMG Rights Management

Written by: Hannes Braun, Hartmut Krech, Mark Nissen, Richard A. Jung

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