Music of Lithuania Origins of Lithuanian pop music are in music of the cafes and restaurants of temporary capital of Lithuania - Kaunas in 1930s. It was called "estradinė muzika" (estrade-music), "lengvoji muzika" (light music) and the phenomena sometimes named as "mažoji scena" (the little stage). Pop music bands "Kopų balsai" "(Sounds of the dunes)" (in the beginning influenced by Juozas Tiškus orchestra), created in 1957 and band "Nerija", which started activity in 1970 became very popular in Lithuania. From 2000s on, the most popular band in Lithuania is SKAMP. Happyendless, Freaks on Floor, Ten Walls, Jurga and Leon Somov & Jazzu became
Capital punishment in Lithuania and fragmentary. Due to the martial law, the executions were carried out by the military by shooting though legal acts provided hanging. In 1937–1940, Lithuania operated a gas chamber in Aleksotas within the First Fort of the Kaunas Fortress. In January 1937, the criminal code was amended to provide execution by gas which at the time was viewed as more civilized and humane. Lithuania considered and rejected execution by poison. The first execution was carried on July 27, 1937: Bronius Pogužinskas, age 37, convicted of murder of five members of a Jewish family. Černevičiūtė counted at least nine executions in