It promises to be a night when the exuberance and passion of the band will transcend the language of the songs.
Russian Tim and Pavel Bures — matching team shirts included — will be hitting the stage at The Knotty Burl Squamish Punk Night on Saturday, Jan. 26.
"We play Russian punk covers of Russian pop songs and rocks songs," said the band's Vancouver-based frontman, Tim Bogdachev, aka Russian Tim, adding they also play a few original tunes. "We are very high energy and we pride ourselves on being a lot of fun during live performances."
Bogdachev has been to Squamish a few times, he said.
While it is also a young, formerly industry based town, that is where the similarities between his hometown of Novosibirsk, Siberia end.
The town began growing during the Second World War when factories were being sent out from the cities to more remote areas to keep them safe from the Nazis, Bogdachev said.
"Then they can build planes and weapons," he said. "Lots of workers and factories arrived."
Squamish is far more beautiful than his hometown, he said, with a laugh.
But it was in his hometown as a youth that the thirty-four-year-old was introduced to punk by his uncle.
All these years later, Bogdachev said his uncle is a professor in Houston but is proud of his nephew's musical path.
"He said this is very fun," he said. "I think he is happy."
While the band has never met its namesake, Pavel Bure, he has recently made a loose connection.
On his recent New Year's trip to Russia, he found out one of his good friends went to university with Bure's wife.
"Now I have a connection to the legend, himself," Bogdachev said, adding he plans to give some shirts and memorabilia to his friend to be passed on through the connections to Bure.
"So he can know about our beautiful existence."
Though punk got its start more than 40 years ago wading into politics with a critical, anti-establishment vibe, Bogdachev said the songs he and the band perform are of a more apolitical bent.
"I am not a very political person. I never voted in my life," he said, adding he sees how an event in North America can be covered completely differently in Russia and vice-versa.
Given that, he doesn't think he can have a non-biased and informed decision to take a stand on stage or otherwise.
"The information that is coming to you from so many different sources and delivered to you in a way the sources want to interpret it, so I try to stay away from politics," he said.
"I would rather sing happy songs."
Over the years, punk rock has evolved to include many subgenres, he said and has stayed relevant because it is energetic, fast and diverse.
People who are interested in punk rock can likely find a home in one of the subcategories of it, he added.
Bogdachev also hosts a punk radio show Rocket from Russia on CiTR 101.1 where he highlights local, up and coming punk rock bands.
The Knotty Burl show kicks off Jan. 26 at 8 p.m.
Tickets are available at Stuntwood and at the door.
