N.R.M.

N.R.M.
N.R.M. at concert wRock for freedom, Wrocław
Background information
Also known as	Mroya
Origin	Minsk, Belarus
Genres	Rock
Years active	1981–present
Members	Oleg Demidovich Yury Levkov Pete Pavlov
Past members	Lavon Volski Vladimir Davidovsky Benedict Konev-Petushkovich Oleg Pipin Leonid Shirin Victor Smolsky Viktor Shot Yury Tsyankevich

N.R.M. (Niezaležnaya Respublika Mroya, "Independent Republic of Dreams" in English) are a rock band from Minsk, Belarus, founded in 1981 as Mroya (Belarusian: Мроя). They are considered to be the most popular rock band in the country. They perform in the Belarusian language, and are a rallying point for political opposition to the Belarusian government, despite being the target of a performance ban from 2006 to 2009.

N.R.M. were founded as Mroja in 1981 at Alexei Glebov University in Minsk by Lavon Volsky (keys, vocals) and Vladimir Davidovsky (guitar). They held their first gig on 7 November 1981. Through the 1980s, there were several lineup changes. A few albums were also released. On 24 September 1989, the group played the Chervona Ruta festival in Chernovtsy, playing the songs "Šmat", "Australijskaja polka", "Mama - Mafija" and "Ziamla". In 1989, they recorded eight songs with producer Alexander Shtilman, released the following year as Dvaccać vośmaja zorka (28th Star) on Melodiya, the group's only release with the label. The lineup on DVZ was: Lavon Volsky – keyboards and lead vocals, Benedict Konev-Petushkovich – guitars, Yury Levkov – bass and Oleg Demidovich – drums and backing vocals. Davidovsky had left the group that year and was replaced by Konev-Petushkovich, who stayed on until 1992. He was replaced by Oleg Pipin and a couple of others before settling with Pete Pavlov in 1993. The Volsky-Pavlov-Levkov-Demidovich lineup would rename itself to NRM in late 1994.

Their music tends toward melodic hard rock with witty and often indirectly political lyrics. The band's albums and publicity materials generally use the Łacinka alphabet, the Belarusian version of the Latin alphabet that was widely used alongside Cyrillic prior to the establishment of the Soviet Union. Some songs from NRM's debut album, LaLaLaLa, were performed by Mroja as early as 1990.