Yegor Letov

About

Russian poet, musician, singer-songwriter, and audio engineer best known as the founder and leader of the post-punk/psychedelic rock band Grazhdanskaya Oborona. He's also well known for his songs "Everything goes according to plan," "About a fool," and "My defense."

Before Fame

From a young age, he and his older brother had health issues, and he experienced clinical deaths in his childhood. After graduating from school, he went to live with his brother in Moscow, where he learned to play the drums and the bass guitar. He then enrolled in a professional technical school as a builder, later working as a plasterer. 

Trivia

He was the founder of the conceptual art avant-garde project Kommunizm and psychedelic rock outfit Egor i Opizdenevshie. 

Family Life

He is the son of Fyodor Letov and Tamara Letova. He was married to Natalia Chumakova between 1997 to 2008. His older brother is the free jazz saxophonist Sergey Letov.

Associated With

He and Igor Nikolayev are both songwriters from Russia.