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In 1982 a band called Bambir won the Folk Music Award at the International Festival in Lida , Belarus . They combined rock with Armenian folk and classical music. Later Folk-rock bands include Vostan Hayots . Later in the 80s, as the Soviet rock scene grew larger, bands like Ayas found international audiences. Ayas formed in 1987 , and only a year later won Yerevan 's Rock, Rock, Rock Festival best composition of the year award. They later won the Sisian Rock Festival as well. In the early 1990s , an Armenian Progressive Rock scene developed. Dumbarton Oaks was one of the first to combine rock with classical music, in compositions like "Once Upon a Time There Lived a Cadence". Later in the decade, bands like Artsruni and Oaksenham gained an international following. Other popular Armenian rock bands include Alter Ego, Incest ( Incest (rock Band) ) Lav Eli and Empyray . In the late 1990's and early 2000 festivals held at and organized by ACCEA[http://www.accea.info (Armenian Center for Contemporary Experimental Art)] were a major comeback reason of the Armenian rock music. |
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