Forbidden freedom: Rock music in the USSR and Soviet Lithuania (Part 5 of 5)

LITHUANIAN HARD ROCK

There were some bands who were playing hard rock. Here are some songs:

I really love the guitar riff of the song above which starts at 0:34. It is so catchy! 

By the way, I asked my dad how the things with rock music were in his eyes. He said that he knew one his classmate who was very artistic, played the guitar and was very good person. However, his parent's were drinking alcohol all the time and didn't take care of him. The teachers didn't like him, because he looked like a hippie. My dad also added that all the rock records they had owned back then were smuggled through the USSR customs.

What is more, I've found some old communistic newspapers which contained some articles about 'How Rock Music Makes People Destructive' and so on. I've also found a list of Lithuanian rock bands. I tried to find them on the internet, but there were no traces of them. Too bad that these musicians were forgotten.
Anyway, here's the photo of those magazines:

I'd love to quote the beginning of one article shown in the photo:

'Three broken chairs, one broken window and ten hours of music. This is how this article about the first  hard rock festival 'Hard express-88' in Kaisiadoriai cultural centre should be called'

A MOVIE WORTH THOUSAND WORDS
Back in 1990, Lithuanian film makers released a movie, called Kids From Hotel America. It's about the hard way of rock music in Soviet Lithuania, it shows how hard things were, shows the cruel reality. This movie has English subtitles. Well they aren't that good, but the meaning you will understand. In this movie there are some true facts, for example the man who burned himself was Romas Kalanta

CONCLUSION AND THE END OF SERIES

I had an idea about these posts a long time ago. While I was writing this post and searching for even more information, I started to feel proud that I'm Lithuanian because back then Lithuanians were very eager for freedom, they were all together in bringing forbidden rock music to our country. They didn't care about the penalties, limitations and other stuff. They wanted to be themselves by breaking long lasting Soviet system and laws. They were all dreamers of better life...

Hope you liked these series. I've learnt a lot about my own country. It's strange how people seem to forget this period of time.

But look what we've become. Popculture set its roots very deeply into peoples' lives. Any other different type or style of music, doesn't matter if it's new or very intellectual, if will be forgotten without ability to be heard in public...

Even in 1969 Lithuanians knew what NME is. And now… nobody knows, except those who are interested in British indie or alternative rock music… Those who want to change the rotten order of Lithuania...

Just look what Lithuania has become now: a country of loss and desperation….

Maybe this sounded pessimistic, but I am writing what I personally think.

The End