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 – 1^st album – Сектор Газа (Gas Chamber)
1989 – 2^nd album – Колхозный панк (Kolhoz Punk)
1990 – 3^rd album – Ядрена Вошь (Horny Louse)
1990 – 4^th album – Зловещие мертвецы (Scary Corpses)
1991 – 5^th album – Ночь перед рождеством (The Night before Christmas)
1992 – 6^th album – Гуляй мужик (Walk around, Farmer)
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 (Kaschej, the immortable) – 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

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

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