U.: Recorded at the same studio as The CD, as a revenge. The title track is a quotation from the great ironic novel of the '30s, "12 Chairs" by Ilf and Petrov. The main character's proverb is "I'm gonna command the parade", and what I say is "I'm not gonna command the parade", meaning I won't take part in the "Russian rock" games. "Silver headliners of wooden festivals, massage at night, vitamin in the morning, artificial church stands for artificial paradise - Let anybody command the parade but me". We still had no regular band, so we recorded with two line-ups: one of Moscow (featuring "Kovcheg"'s rhythm section, signed as M) and another of Petersburg, with whom we used to jam there (signed as P).

Umka & Bro
To Command The Parade

  1. To Command The Parade (M), 1998   (MP3)
  2. A Problem Of Fun (P), 1998   (MP3)
  3. Raskolnikov (P), 1986   (MP3)
  4. Reggae In Law And Order (P), 1998   (MP3)
  5. I'm Nobody's (P), 1995   (MP3)
  6. The Hurricane Song (P), 1998   (MP3)
  7. Answering Mashine Woman (M), 1998   (MP3)
  8. Upbringing Song (P), 1987-1998   (MP3)
  9. Like Everybody Else (M), 1997   (MP3)
  10. No Hurry (M), 1998   (MP3)
  11. Gas Station (M), 1996   (MP3)
  12. The Road Has Come (P), 1998   (MP3)
  13. Little Fox (Spartan Song) (M), 1996   (MP3)
  14. When I Was A Little Boy (M), 1987   (MP3)
  15. Oinky-Rock (P), 1987   (MP3)
  16. Every Day Like The Last One (P), 1997   (MP3)
  17. Life For Sugar (M), 1998   (MP3)
  18. I Want More (M+Ivan), 1998   (MP3)
  19. Bearded Girl (M), 1996   (MP3)

Umka - songs*, voice, sometimes guitar
Boris Kanunnikov - guitars, voice (1, 4, 10), whistle (19)
Vovka Kozhekin - harp
Pasha Pichugin - keyboards (M)
Ivan Zhuk - keyboards (P), rhythm guitar (4), guitar (7)
Mikhail Trofimenko - bass (M)
Vladimir Gerasimenko - bass (P)
Boris Markov - drums (M)
Fedor Mashenjinov - drums (P)
Sergei Letov - sax
Choir: Umka, Mikhail, Boris K.. (17), Pasha (18), Boris M., Kovriga (18)
(*9 - with V. Orsky)

Recorded on MMS Studios (Moscow) in October-November, mixed in December 1998 by Oleg Klishin and Pavel Sverchkov. The Boss - Oleg Kovriga. Artwork by Michel Bannikov. Photos by P.Haritonov, P.Mudrenov, D.Baidrakov and others. Computer support by J. Andrey Manuhin, Alexander Kalagov. Design by D. Dziuba and Umka

Otdelenie Vykhod and Bro :) 1998. All rights allegedly reserved

Dedicated to Rolling Stones' visit to the Soviets, if you know what I mean