Sektor Gaza
Sektor Gaza (russian Сектор Газа = Gas Chamber) was the name of a well-known punk band from Voronesh, Russia, founded in 1987. Apart from the band leader, Yuri Nikolaevich Klinkih (Hoj) 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.
The band's name is apparently an homage to their home town, Voronesh, to 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 Hoj already died at the young age of 36.
Discography
- 1989 – 1st album – Сектор Газа (Gas Chamber)
- 1989 – 2nd album – Колхозный панк (Kolhoz Punk)
- 1990 – 3rd album – Ядрена Вошь (Horny Louse)
- 1990 – 4th album – Зловещие мертвецы (Scary Corpses)
- 1991 – 5th album – Ночь перед рождеством (The Night before Christmas)
- 1992 – 6th album – Гуляй мужик (Walk around, Farmer)
- 1993 – 7th album – Нажми на газ (Hit the Gas)
- 1994 – 8th album – Танцы после порева (Dances after the Slaughter)
- 1994 – 9th album – Кащей бессмертный (Kaschej, the Immortable) – punk-opera, consisting mainly of cover versions from other bands
- 1996 – 10th album – Газовая атака (Gas Attack) – the only album without curse words
- 1997 – 11th album – Наркологический университет миллионов (Narcological University for Millions)
- 2000 – 12th album – Восставший из ада (Resurrected from Hell) – this album was released several weeks after Yuri Hoj's death
Other recordings:
- Album without a Name – inofficial concert recording (bootleg)
- Избранное I (Best of I)
- Избранное II (Best of II)
- Коллекциа – All albums 1-11, each featuring a Techno-style bonus track, remixed by A. Brjanzew (DJ Krot)
- Стёб-хаус remix '99 – an inofficial collection of the Techno-style remixes mentioned before, distributed on a single CD
- Extasy – more Techno-style remixes by DJ Krot
- Баллады – contains calm rock ballads, most of them from album #10