Yuri Klinskikh

Yuri Klinskikh
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Background information
Birth name	Yuri Nikolayevich Klinskikh
Also known as	Yuri Hoi
Born	(1964-07-27)27 July 1964 Voronezh, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Died	4 July 2000(2000-07-04) (aged 35) Voronezh, Russia
Genres	Author song, folk-rock, hard rock, punk-rock, rap rock, rap metal
Occupation(s)	Songwriter, musician, arranger
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar, keyboards
Years active	1987—2000
Labels	Black Box, Gala Records

Yuri Nikolayevich Klinskikh (Template:Lang-ru; July 27, 1964 — July 4, 2000) was a Russian musician, singer, songwriter, arranger, founder of the rock band Sektor Gaza. Also known as Yuri Hoi.

Biography

During the years 1982—1984 he served in the army on the Far East. In 1984—1986 he worked in the traffic police, then — on a factory as milling-machine operator. He used to write songs as hobby since school years. He then started performing in 1987. In 1988, he founded his band Sektor Gaza.

On July 4, 2000, Klinskih felt severe pain chest and stomach pain, but chose not to cancel a meeting later that day to film a music video for the song "Noch Straha" ("Night of Fear"). He died that day at the age of 35 in Voronezh. Although it is rumored that he died due to either heart failure or hepatitis C caused by severe alcohol and possibly drug abuse, the exact cause of his death remains unknown since official investigation was never carried out. He is buried on the Levoberezhniy cemetery of Voronezh.

Discography

Solo album

1981—1985 — Акустический альбом (Acoustic album)

Sektor Gaza

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)

Remix album

• 1999 — Extasy — Techno-style remixes by Aleksey Bryantsev (DJ Krot)
• 1999 — Extasy 2 — Techno-style remixes by Aleksey Bryantsev (DJ Krot)

Further reading

• Tikhomirov V. N. «Hoi!» Epitaph rock dolt». (2001). ISBN 5-85929-091-8.
• Gnoevoi R. «Sektor Gaza» the eyes of a close». (2004). ISBN 5-94037-043-8.
• Alekseev A. S. «Who is who in Russian rock music». (2009). ISBN 978-5-17-048654-0 (AST), ISBN 978-5-271-24160-4 (Astrel), ISBN 978-985-16-7343-4 (Kharvest).

References

• Official website.
• Official Voronezh site.