Sektor Gaza (Russian Сектор Газа, or "gas sector"; also sounds like Gaza Strip in Russian) was the name of a well-known rock band from Voronezh, Russia, founded in 1987. Apart from the band leader, Yuri Nikolaevich Klinskikh (nicknamed Hoy) all other band members were replaced over time. The band's style of music can be described as melodic and experimental; the content varied from political songs to mystical songs about zombies and vampires, as well as interpretations of Russian folk songs and rock ballads. Rock is a form of popular music, usually featuring vocals (often with vocal harmony), electric guitars, and a strong back beat; other instruments, such as the saxophone, are common in some styles, however saxophones have been omitted from newer subgenres of rock music since the 90s. ... In music, a band is a group of musicians, or musical ensemble, usually popular or folk, playing parts of a musical arrangement. ... Voronezh (Russian: ) is a large city in southwestern Russia, not far from Ukraine. ... 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Bandleader is the director of a band of musicians. ... // A nickname is a short, clever, cute, derogatory, or otherwise substitute name for a person or things real name (for example, Bob, Rob, Robby, Robbie, Robi, Bobby, Rab, Bert, Bertie, Butch, Bobbers, Bobert, Beto, Bobadito, and Robban (in Sweden), are all short for Robert). ... Politics is the process by which groups make decisions. ... Mysticism from the Greek μυστικός (mystikos) an initiate (of the Eleusinian Mysteries, μυστήρια (mysteria) meaning initiation[1]) is the pursuit of achieving communion or identity with, or conscious awareness of, ultimate reality, the divine, spiritual truth, or God through direct experience, intuition, or insight; and the belief that such experience is an... A participant in a Zombie Walk event in Calgary This article is about the living dead. ... Philip Burne-Jones, The Vampire, 1897 Vampires or vampyres are mythological or folkloric creatures, typically held to be the re-animated corpses of human beings and said to subsist on human and/or animal blood (hematophagy). ... Folk music, in the original sense of the term, is music by and of the people. ... Power ballad is the name given to a certain genre of songs that were frequently included on heavy metal albums in the 1980s. ...

The band's name is apparently an homage to their home town, Voronezh, which people also refer to as “gas chamber”. In one of their earliest songs, the band claims that the town is so polluted that nobody ever reaches the age of 40. Indeed, in 2000, the band leader Yuri Hoy died at the young age of 36 from a drug-induced heart failure. For a description of the medieval homage ceremony see commendation ceremony Homage is generally used in modern English to mean any public show of respect to someone to whom you feel indebted. ... This article is about the year 2000. ...

Band members

• Yuri "Hoy" Klinskih - vocal, texts, music
• Igor "Egor" Zhirnov (Chernyi obelisk, Rondo) - guitar (on albums) 1992-2000
• Vadim Gluhov - guitar (on concerts only) - 1993-2000
• Igor Anikeev - pads (on concerts only) - 1995-2000
• Vasily Chernykh - guitar (on concerts only) - 1995-1997
• Alexandr Yakushev - drums - 1989-1998
• Vladimir Lobanov - guitar (on concerts only) - 1991-1992
• Valery Podzorov - bass - 1997
• Igor Kushev - guitar - 1989-1991
• Semen Titevsky - bass - 1988-1991
• Sergei Tupikin - guitar, bass - 1989-1992
• Tatiana Fateeva - vocal - 1990 - 1993

Discography

• 1989 – 1^st album – Сектор Газа (Gas Sector) rerecorded in 1993 and again in 1997
• 1989 – 2^nd album – Колхозный панк (Kolhoz Punk) rerecorded in 1991
• 1990 – 3^rd album – Ядрена Вошь (Horny Louse)
• 1990 – 4^th album – Зловещие мертвецы (Evil Dead)
• 1991 – 5^th album – Ночь перед рождеством (The Night before Christmas)
• 1992 – 6^th album – Гуляй мужик (Go on a spree, man)
• 1993 – 7^th album – Нажми на газ (Hit the Gas)
• 1994 – 8^th album – Танцы после порева (Dances after the Slaughter)
• 1994 – 9^th album – Кащей бессмертный (Koschei the Immortal) – punk-opera, consisting mainly of cover versions from other bands
• 1996 – 10^th album – Газовая атака (Gas Attack) – the only album without curse words
• 1997 – 11^th album – Наркологический университет миллионов (Narcological University for Millions)
• 2000 – 12^th album – Восставший из ада (Resurrected from Hell) – this album was released several weeks after Yuri Hoj's death

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• 1996 – Избранное I (Best of I)
• 1997 – Избранное II (Best of II)
• 1998 – Баллады – contains calm rock ballads, most of them from album #10
• 1999 – Extasy – Techno-style remixes by DJ Krot

External links

• Sektor Gaza at MusicBrainz
• Sektor Gaza Fan Club International
• Sektor Gaza on the InterneT!
• Russian Sektor Gaza portal

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