Yuri Klinskikh

Yuri Klinskikh was a Russian musician, singer, songwriter, and founder of the rock band Sektor Gaza. He was also known as Yuri Khoy. He served in the Soviet Army in the Far East from 1982 to 1984, and then worked in the traffic police and as a milling-machine operator. He started writing songs as a hobby in his early school years. He began performing in 1987 and founded the band Sektor Gaza in 1988. He recorded several albums and toured with the band until his death in 2000. He was influenced by punk rock, hard rock, rap rock, and rap metal genres. His songs explored themes of social problems, violence, drugs, alcohol, and sex. He died of heart failure in Voronezh at the age of 35. He is buried in Levoberezhniy Cemetery in Voronezh.