Louna is an

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punk Punk or punks may refer to: Genres, subculture, and related aspects * Punk rock, a music genre originating in the 1970s associated with various subgenres * Punk subculture, a subculture associated with punk rock, or aspects of the subculture s ...

rock band, formed in

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in 2008 by

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musicians

Lousine Gevorkian Lusine Gevorkyan (Lousine Gevorkian; , ; born 21 February 1983) is the lead singer of the Russian nu metal band Tracktor Bowling and the alternative rock/punk rock, punk band Louna. Gevorkyan was born in Kapan. She was one of the founding members ...

and Vitaly Demidenko. Their debut album, '' Let's Get Louder'', was released in 2010. In total, the group has released three albums and six singles to date. The band is best known for its socially conscious songs criticizing Russian political elites and religion. Louna's songs are frequently found on Russian radio and rock charts. Louna is composed of members Lousine Gevorkian (vocals), Vitaly Demidenko (bass), Sergey Ponkratiev (guitars), Rouben Kazariyan (guitar) and Leonid "Pilot" Kinzbursky (drums). In autumn 2013 the band went into a large-scale tour of 26 U.S. cities with teams of

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and

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. On 13 December 2018 they released a new English-speaking album, “Panopticon”.

Awards and nominations

, - , rowspan="1", 2009 , , rowspan="1", Louna , , Best New Alternative Artist , , , - , rowspan="3", 2011 , , rowspan="3", Louna , ,

Song of the Year A song is a musical composition performed by the human voice. The voice often carries the melody (a series of distinct and fixed pitches) using patterns of sound and silence. Songs have a structure, such as the common ABA form, and are usually ...

"Fight Club" , , , - , Female Vocalist "Lousine Gevorkian" , , , - , Breakthrough Artist "Louna" , , , - , rowspan="2", 2012 , , rowspan="2", Louna , , Female Vocalist "Lousine Gevorkian" , , , - , Album of the Year "Time X" , , , - , rowspan="2", 2014 , , rowspan="2", Louna , , 500 Best songs Nashe Radio "Mama", "Let's Get Louder" , , , - ,

Group of the Year The Juno Award for Group of the Year has been awarded annually since 1970 in recognition of the best musical group or band in Canada. It is presented by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS). The five nominees in the category a ...

"Louna" , , , - , rowspan="1", 2014 , , rowspan="1", Lousine Gevorkian , , Leader chart "Tarakany! and Lousine Gevorkian" , , , -

Band members

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lead vocals The lead vocalist in popular music is typically the member of a group or band whose voice is the most prominent melody in a performance where multiple voices may be heard. The lead singer sets their voice against the accompaniment parts of the ...

, keyboards (2008–present) * Vitaly Demidenko —

bass guitar The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an Electric guitar, electric but with a longer nec ...

(2008–present) * Rouben Kazariyan —

lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featur ...

(2008–present) *

Sergey Ponkratiev Sergey may refer to: * Sergey (name), a Russian given name (including a list of people with the name) * Sergey, Switzerland, a municipality in Switzerland * ''Sergey'' (wasp), a genus in subfamily Doryctinae The Doryctinae or doryctine wasps ar ...

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rhythm guitar In music performances, rhythm guitar is a guitar technique and role that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse (music), pulse in conjunction with other instruments from the rhythm section (e.g., d ...

(2008–present) * Leonid Kinzbursky —

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

(2008–present)

Timeline

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Discography

Awards and nominations

Band members

Timeline

Discography

Studio albums

Live albums

Collections

Singles

Videography

Sources

External links

See also