Antis

Antis was a Lithuanian postmodernist rock band. The name is the Lithianian word for "duck" and is also slang for a false mass media sensation.

In 1986 in the last days of the Soviet Union, there was an alternati

Antis was a Lithuanian postmodernist rock band. The name is the Lithianian word for "duck" and is also slang for a false mass media sensation.

In 1986 in the last days of the Soviet Union, there was an alternative music explosion in Lithuania. Before then all "western low quality music" was officially forbidden with lists of proscribed bands including Ramones, AC/DC, and Alice Cooper. Antis was a politically motivated band that played proscribed music in several styles including ska. They also wrote their own songs with jaunty horns and witty ironic lyrics.