Ruja

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Ruja
Origin	Estonia
Genre(s)	Rock Progressive rock Folk rock Hard rock Rockabilly

Ruja was one of the foremost Estonian rock bands of the late 1970s and early 1980s.^[1] Band's name comes from a neologism "ruja", which means "science fiction". The band released their first and self-titled album in 1979. Many of the original melodies of Ruja were composed by Rein Rannap.

On September 28, 1994, the band's lead singer, Urmas Alender, died in the disaster that sank the car and passenger ferry M/S Estonia.

Contents 1 Members 1.1 1971–1975 1.2 1975–1978 1.3 1980–1983 1.4 1985–1988 2 Discography 3 External links

[edit] Members

[edit] 1971–1975

• Urmas Alender (vocals)
• Jaanus Nõgisto (guitar)
• Tiit Haagma (bass)
• Rein Rannap (keyboards)
• Andrus Vaht (drums)
• Toomas Veenre (guitar)
• Andres Põldroo (guitar)

[edit] 1975–1978

• Jaanus Nõgisto (guitar)
• Tiit Haagma (bass)
• Margus Kappel (keyboards)
• Andrus Vaht (drums)
• Ivo Varts (drums)

[edit] 1980–1983

• Jaanus Nõgisto (guitar)
• Tiit Haagma (bass)
• Rein Rannap (keyboards)
• Jaan Karp (drums)

[edit] 1985–1988

• Urmas Alender (vocals)
• Jaanus Nõgisto (guitar)
• Tiit Haagma (bass)
• Igor Garšnek (keyboards)
• Toomas Rull (drums)
• Arvo Urb (drums)
• S.P. Gulliver (bass)
• Nevil Blumberg (guitar)

[edit] Discography

• "Ruja" (EP) (1979)
• "Ruja" (LP) (1982)
• "Kivi veereb" (1987)
• "Pust budet vsjo" (1989)
• "Must lind" (1994)
• "Need ei vaata tagasi... Osa 1" (1999)
• "Need ei vaata tagasi... Osa 2" (1999)

[edit] External links

• Estonian progressive rock website
• Ruja.ee (Estonian)