govnar, pl. govnari (literaly "the shitters" in Russian)
A subculture in
Russia.
Young guys with guitars, playing
music on the street and begging for money . Their guitars usually cheap and badly tuned. They usually play covers of popular rock songs, but in very primitive way, as many of them don'
t have musical skills and know only 3 or 4 chords.
The term originated from the song "Govnorock" of Russian rock band 'Nol'" (Zero) . govnorock = shitty rock, hence those who play that kind of
music - the shitters