Auktyon

Auktyon (АукцЫон) is a rock band from Saint Petersburg (formerly Leningrad), founded by singer and guitarist Leonid Fedorov. The group has existed in various forms since about 1978, took the name Auktyon in May 1983 on joining the Leningrad Rock Club, and had settled its style and core line-up by 1986. Its music draws on ska, reggae, new jazz, North African and Middle Eastern music and 1960s beat and pop, and since the late 1980s the band has toured widely in Europe and the United States. Its long-standing members include Oleg Garkusha, Viktor Bondarik, Dmitry Ozersky, Nikolai Rubanov, Boris Shaveynikov and Mikhail Kolovsky.