PUNK EESTI NÕUKOGUDE SOTSIALISTLIKUS VABARIIGIS 1980-1991
(former) punks involved in the punk movement in Soviet Estonia.
The first manifestations of punk culture arriving to the Estonian SSR could be detected in the
later years of the 1970s, largely due to the fact that Finnish TV channels could be watched in
Northern Estonia and thus enabled the youth of Soviet Estonia to get a glimpse of bands like
The Sex Pistols etc. The punk movement in Soviet Estonia started gathering momentum with
the unarranged youth protest that took place in Tallinn in 1980 when the punk band Propeller
was not allowed to perform by the authorities. The movement slowly began spreading all over
the Estonian SSR, which ultimately led to the overall acceptance of the punk movement by
the authorities in 1987. Punk became a part of glasnost, perestroika and the Singing
Revolution, giving it a special place in the collective memory of the Estonian people for years
to come
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