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Armenian rock describes a wide variety of forms of rock music made in Armenia or by artists of Armenian descent.Among the most recognized groups of Soviet era were Arthur Meschian’s Arakyalner 1+2 Kaleidoscope and Bliki. Following the loosening of state control in the early 1980s a number of Armenian rock bands gained followers in Western Europe such as Asparez and Ayas. Asparez was the only Armenian rock act to release an LP on the iconic Soviet label Melodiya.