Career
In December 2008 the group disbanded (reunited in 2010), Shnur with some of its members forming Rubl. Three of Shnur"s songs featured on the Everything Is Illuminated soundtrack, including hugely popular Мне бы в небо (Mne bi v nebo, "Up in the Air"). Shnurov also composed music for many other movies, including the Russian cult film Boomer and its sequel.
Art critic Artyom Rodnaryov thinks that the main audience of Shnurov are clerks who need someone to canalize their aggression.
Most of the Shnur"s songs excessively use obscene words and have a very simple composition, thus fulfilling this function.