From Russia With Love — Carolyn Fox`s Hollywood

From Russia With Love

This week, Carolyn Fox`s Hollywood Spotlight brings you rock and roll from Russia, with two special guests, Ilya Lagutenko, founder and front man for the band Mumiy Troll and award-winning singer-songwriter Marina V.

Mumiy Troll (pronounced Moo-me Troll) is wildly successful in Russia, where it was voted “Best Band of the Millennium.■Ilya Lagutenko, the charismatic driving force behind the band, shares what it was like playing rock behind the Iron Curtain, when the Soviet government forced bands to go underground. A local Communist Party official condemned Mumiy Troll as “one of the most socially dangerous bands in the world,■ right alongside Black Sabbath. Recorded in LA, their yet-to-be-released CD, “Vladivostok,■ is their first album in English.