Sektor Gaza

Sektor Gaza (Russian "Сектор газа", or "gas sector"; also sounds like Gaza Strip in Russian) was the name of a well-known rock band from Voronezh, Russia, founded in 1987. Apart from the band leader, Yuri Nikolaevich Klinskikh (nicknamed Hoy) 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, Voronezh, 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 Hoy died at the young age of 36 from a drug-induced heart failure.