Sektor Gaza

Sektor Gaza
Origin	Voronezh, Russia
Genres	folk rock, punk rock, horror punk, hard rock, rap rock, rap metal, alternative metal
Years active	1987—2000
Labels	Black Box Gala Records
Website	http://sektorgaza.net/english.htm

Members	Yuri Nikolaevich Klinskikh † and others

Sektor Gaza (Russian: Сектор Газа, translated Gaza Strip or "Gas Sector") was a Russian punk rock band formed on 5 December 1987 in the city of Voronezh, Russia. Despite only semi-officially existing (due to obscene lyrics), the group remains popular in Russia today. The group name was taken from an eponymous industrial district of Voronezh (itself named for high levels of environmental contamination). Their music style could be defined as Russian punk, integrated with elements of different musical genres such as rock, rap, and Russian folk.

A punk-opera named "Kaschey-the-immortal" was released in 1994. It is a punk version of a famous Russian fairy tale with the name of the evil protagonist taken as its title. In this album Yuri has borrowed musical themes from a number popular groups such as AC/DC, Queen, Ace of Base, Nirvana, infusing them with his own lyrics. The album ranked in the top 10, and journalists called "SG" "a young promising group from the back of beyond".

The group released four videoclips: "Kolkhoz punk", "Lyric", "The fog" and "It's time to return home". Together with DJ Mole Yuri arranged some "SG" remixes in techno. "SG" uses curse words in their songs, but this was rarely seen in any of their concert performances. Klinskikh was quoted as stating, "I am using four letter words not for the sake of it...our songs are for those who can understand us. If you're stupid, you remain the same after the concert".

In November 1998 "SG" toured Russia.

A new album, "Hellraiser," was released in October 2000. Klinskikh's health was declining due to liver disease. On 4 July 2000, Yuri "Hoy" Klinskih complained of strong pains in his stomach and the left side of his chest. He chose not to cancel a meeting later that day to film a music video for the song "Noch Straha". He suffered heart failure shortly thereafter. Klinskikh died in Voronezh (Russia)at the age of 35. He is buried in the Levoberezhniy Cemetery.

Discography

Albums

Demo albums

1989 — Плуги-вуги (Plows-woogie)
1989 — Колхозный панк (Kolkhoz Punk)

Formal albums

1990 — Зловещие мертвецы (The Evil Dead)
1990 — Ядрёна вошь (Vigorous Louse)
1991 — Ночь перед Рождеством (The Night before Christmas)
1991 — Колхозный панк (Kolkhoz Punk)
1992 — Гуляй, мужик! (Make Merry, Man!)
1993 — Нажми на газ (Hit The Gas)
1993 — Сектор газа (Sector of Gas)
1994 — Танцы после порева (Dancing after Sex)
1994 — Кащей Бессмертный (Kashchey The Immortal)
1996 — Газовая атака (Gas Attack)
1997 — Наркологический университет миллионов (Narcological University for Millions)
1997 — Сектор газа (Sector of Gas) [Re-recording]
2000 — Восставший из Ада (Hellraiser)

Other recordings:

1996 — Избранное I (Best of I)
1996 — Избранное II (Best of II)
1998 — Баллады (Ballads) — contains calm rock ballads
1999 — Extasy — Techno-style remixes by Aleksey Bryantsev (DJ Krot)
1999 — Extasy 2 — Techno-style remixes by Aleksey Bryantsev (DJ Krot)
2002 — Избранное III (Best of III)
2003 — Баллады II (Ballads II)

Discs (vinyl):

1991 — Колхозный панк (Kolkhoz Punk)
1993 — Нажми на газ (Hit The Gas)

Clips

1992 — Колхозный панк (Kolhoz Punk)^[1]
1993 — Лирика (Lyric)^[2]
1996 — Туман (Fog)^[3]
1999 — Пора домой (Time to go home)^[4]
2000* — Ночь страха (Fright Night) [completed the fans in 2013]^[5]

Band members

Yuri "Hoy" Klinskikh – vocal, texts, music – 1987–2000
Oleg Kryuchkov – drums – 1988–1990
Semen Titievsky – bass – 1988–1991
Igor Kuschev – guitar – 1989–1991
Sergei Tupikin – guitar, bass – 1989–1993
Aleksey Ushakov – keyboards – 1989–1995
Alexandr Yakushev – drums – 1989–1998
Tatiana Fateeva – vocal – 1990–1993
Vladimir Lobanov – guitar (on concerts only) – 1991–1993
Igor "Egor" Zhirnov (Chernyi obelisk, Rondo) – guitar (on albums only) 1991–2000
Vitaly Suchkov – bass (on concerts only) – 1993
Vadim Gluhov – guitar (on concerts only) – 1993–2000
Irina Puhonina – vocal (on albums only) – 1994, 1996
Vasily Chernykh – guitar (on concerts only) – 1995–1998
Igor Anikeev – keyboards – 1995–2000
Elbrus Cherkezov – bass (on album only) – 1997
Valery Podzorov – bass (on concerts only) – 1997–1998
Veronika Nekiforova – vocal (on album only) – 1998
Vasily Dronov – bass (on album only) – 2000