Oz : Punk Opera: Chelennon

The experimental 'punk opera' project includes 13 post-punk versions of John Lennon political and rare songs, 6 reprises of politically intense interviews with John Lennon.The Oz stresses that this is not your ordinary cover album.'The main idea for the album is to show a life of a man through the songs, words and life of John,' says Igor Salnikov of The Oz. 'The sound is made 'a little' more aggressive than John used to do, but still the songs have the same melodic beauty and power. The goal was to understand all sorts of 'revolutions' that John Lennon experienced during his life, just as a regular human being and to put them into the realities of the present world.We try to show a little different understanding of John Lennon and really hope that people will see what we mean.'About The Oz:The OZ was formed in the summer of 2005 in St. Petersburg, Russia, when musicians from several unrelated bands started working together on a project of punk and post-punk covers of political and obscure John Lennon songs. The band has been working in studio smoothing out the material for the album up until recently, and has been frequently performing in St. Petersburg and Moscow clubs and festivals.