The leader of the group "Gaza Strip" - Soviet singer and composer, songwriter Yuri Khoy (surname at birth - Klinskikh) took the pseudonym as a battle cry for his musicians and bandmates. The name of his favorite brainchild “Gaza Strip” appeared in his native Voronezh: this was the name of the ecologically disadvantaged and crime-prone Left Bank district of the city. The albums “The Evil Dead” and “Yadryona Vosh”, released in 1990, brought the group all-Russian fame. Long years The semi-underground existence of the group was caused by the presence of profanity in its songs, but the whole country knew them, fascinated by the openness and topicality of many topics. The cause of death of Yuri Khoy was officially named a heart attack.
He was born in 1964 in Voronezh and graduated from city school No. 30. Since childhood, he was fond of music and wrote poetry following the example of his father, an engineer at the Voronezh aircraft plant. Having matured, Yuri learned to play the guitar, showing very good musical abilities. In 1984, Hoy served in the ranks Soviet army driver and returned home. Having changed several professions, he did not forget his passion and continued to write songs that he performed for friends. He was attracted to horror and mysticism, which provided subjects for his works. In 1987, a rock club opened in the city, where Yuri decided to “shake off the old days” by performing several of his songs, and the audience liked them. He had no thoughts about the big stage, or indeed about a singer’s career.
Klinskikh continued to perform in a local club, taking a pseudonym and calling the group of his musicians “Gaza Strip” and a community of like-minded people gradually formed around him, with whom the singer managed to record his first albums. Their group was in the underground for a long time and was considered “obscene”, although strong expressions and ambiguous idiomatic phrases were not found in it very often and quite justifiably, from the point of view artistic images. Recordings of their concerts distributed by pirates have given rise to a considerable number of “imitators” traveling around the country under the guise of the Gaza Strip group. For all their apparent frivolity and rudeness, Khoy’s songs had social and psychological issues, a certain depth, and were liked by many. In life, Hoy, according to eyewitnesses, was a simple, kind and even shy guy.
The group managed to hold concerts in many cities of the country, as well as in the Baltic states, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Germany and Israel. The public greeted them warmly and the recordings continued to be distributed quite actively, although neither Yuri nor his musicians had a lot of money. Of course, after the release of their 13th album, they were not in poverty, but it seemed that all the successes of the 36-year-old frontman were still ahead of them when he suddenly died. He died in hometown, in July 2000, a little over three weeks before his birthday. None of my loved ones expected this to happen. Yuri, while waiting for an appointment, went with his girlfriend, Olga Samarina, to a friend’s house on Barnaulskaya Street, where he became ill. The ambulance doctors refused to go to the address of the drug house, and when they finally showed up, it was already too late.
In addition to the official version of a heart attack, there was a lot of gossip and speculation about the death of Yuri Khoy. Rumors that Khoy abused alcohol and drugs are blamed on that same girl, Olga Samarina: it was she who contributed to Yuri’s transition from simply smoking marijuana with vodka to an “igloo.” So he contracted hepatitis C, which destroyed his liver. There was also a popular version that residents of the Gaza Strip in Voronezh did not live to see 40 years of age due to the deadly environment. True, the circumstances of Khoy’s death – “with a burgundy face” – hint, most likely, at a cardiac or vascular crisis. But even with hepatitis, similar symptoms appear with the development of cirrhosis of the liver. The question of why Yuri Khoy died remained unanswered for those who are not satisfied with the official conclusion of the investigation. But perhaps his relatives did not want to advertise the real reasons for Yuri’s sudden death, and they have every right to do so. After the singer’s death, his wife Galina remained a widow with two daughters.
He is buried in his homeland, Voronezh.
1805 Views December 19, 2014, 20:13Yuri Klinskikh was born on July 27, 1964 in Voronezh into the family of Nikolai Mitrofanovich, an engineer and riveter at the Voronezh Aviation Plant, and Maria Kuzminichna Klinskikh. At school, Yuri studied satisfactorily, but he had an irresistible passion for music. A passion for poetry was instilled in him by his father, who wrote poetry and tried to publish. Yura learned early about the existence of Western rock culture, since rock and roll was often heard in the Klinsky family. A careless student, a hooligan firmly believed in music. He, a desperate music lover, soon decided to learn the guitar himself.
After graduating from school and having studied at DOSSAFE, “for the sake of free rights,” Yuri exchanges the ZIL-130 for a tank for two years. Yura served in the Far East, DMB-84.
After serving in the army, he worked for three years as a traffic police inspector, then as a milling machine operator, a CNC operator at the Voronezh Videoton, which manufactured VM-12 video recorders, and as a loader. He works during the day and writes songs at night. He doesn’t dream of a big stage; he perceives his music playing as a hobby, as an outlet from the drab life.
Along with the opening of the Voronezh rock club, Yura's group "Gas Sector" appeared, the name of which was the location of the club - an industrial district of Voronezh with heavily smoking factories.
“The mysterious combination “Gaza Strip” has been on my lips since childhood, when the Arab-Israeli conflict was going on and endlessly geographical name repeated on the radio. There is the “Gaza Strip” in Voronezh - that’s the name of the industrial zone. This is a local name for a group that did not intend to go beyond the boundaries of the urban rock club6a."
In 1989, the group released its first two magnetic albums “Plows-Woogie” and “Collective Farm Punk” in Voronezh, but it became truly famous only after the release of the albums “Yadrena Vosh” and “Evil Dead” in Moscow in 1990.
Popularity crept up on Yuri unexpectedly; this became possible only thanks to Gorbachev’s dashing perestroika, hungry for taboo topics. The cheerful obscene songs of Yura Klinsky excited the whole of Russia. His albums spread across the country in millions of copies. Demand gave birth to supply. The youth went crazy over the obscene pearls of Jura. There was no censorship for him; he sang what he wanted. And the “scandalous collective” thundered “from the taiga to the British seas.”
Unlike modern pop singers, Yura did not write empty songs, but first found a theme for a future composition. Some songs are autobiographical, these are “Yadrena Vlosh”, “Java”, the song “Ment”, which was written after Yura was released from the sober prison, and Yuri dedicated “Took the Blame” to his brother, but not all of them.
“For some reason, many people perceive my songs as something autobiographical: they imagine me as a kind of monster in smelly socks, who suffered from all known sexually transmitted diseases and became impotent.”
As for the pseudonym “Khoy,” it came from Yura’s signature cry: “Khoy” is just an exclamation, I often say it during songs. The fact that it reminds someone of Tsoi is an accident." By the way, few people know that the leader of the SG was familiar with Viktor Tsoi.
Yuri Klinskikh did not consider himself a punk: “I never considered myself a punk. Well, maybe at the beginning of my work, pure “punk” was visible somewhere. I do what I personally like. Each album is musically diverse. The style of Sector Gaza" I define as "fusion".
About his songs: “If you sing about human vices, this does not mean that you yourself approve of them. Perhaps this is even a kind of fight against all dirt.”
Yuri Klinskikh avoided television broadcasts: “I was recently invited to “Sharks of the Pen.” I immediately refused. I don’t want to sit like a wise woman when such a mass of hostile faces are staring at you. By the way, I’m not the only one who does this, many people don’t go there - those who smarter. Only idiots who dream of “getting around” for free, but in the end they are “getting screwed.” Why should I expose myself once again?”
Yuri Klinskikh about his parents: “They are proud that their son has become a popular person. And as for songs, they generally consider songs like “Fog” and “It’s Time to Go Home” to be classics of Russian song. “The parents have an old one - the mother loves “Oh, frost, frost,” the father loves Zykina.”
Yuri Klinskikh about Moscow: “Moscow is the center where all the smart people who want to earn money gather. But it is a depraved city. It is very dangerous for young people. Very arrogant young people live there.”
Yuri Klinskikh about F. Kirkorov: “It’s better to be an honest hooligan than to do something false, like Kirkorov. He didn’t write a single song himself. I write songs myself. And I speak honestly about what worries me and what I think.”
Yuri Klinskikh is outwardly apolitical: “Fuck this politics...! With a gimlet!”
The popularity of the group is limitless, Sektor Gaza is listened to not only by ordinary people, but also by professors and politicians - Vladimir Zhirinovsky also likes Sektor Gaza. The group received an award from the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party "For their invaluable contribution to the development of the Russian language." SG is especially popular in provincial cities, villages and in the army.
Yuri Klinskikh was never a member of the party, although he had a certificate as an assistant to a deputy. Despite this, the Gaza Strip group performed at LDPR propaganda concerts. Klinskikh commented on this as follows:
“It doesn’t matter to us who we play for, we are far from politics. If Zhirinovsky pays, we play for Zhirinovsky; if another faction pays, we’ll play for it. Everything else is not our problem.”
He was recorded in the book of records as the only person who managed to rhyme the expression " Secretary General Central Committee of the CPSU Gorbachev".
Even Yuri Nikulin liked the group’s creativity. After Klinskikh played a concert at Nikulin’s circus, famous artist invited young man to your dressing room. Amid words of admiration and gratitude, Nikulin took out a bottle of cognac and invited Khoy to talk. The artist himself was so flattered by these compliments that he often told his friends and relatives about this incident.
Yuri Klinskikh about the modern Russian scene: “Rock and roll is dead,” said Grebenshchikov. I would clarify: he is dying. Sukachev, Kinchev no longer have that energy, they don’t have that passion characteristic of the 80s... And the young ones... I don’t want to offend anyone, and therefore I will remain silent... "
Yuri Klinskikh about the group “Red Mold”: “Some people mow down... “Red Mold”, for example... Let them find something of their own... We rarely use swearing, but it’s accurate, that is, absolutely everything is in place. In contrast , say, from “Red Mold”, where they simply swear to the music..."
Yuri Klinskikh about modern Russia: "...It all depends on the social class to which you belong. I am from the workers, but I managed to earn decent money due to my talent. The modern Russian system helped me with this. If I had continued to work as a loader, receiving pennies, then , naturally, would be dissatisfied with the government."
It is this group that can rightfully be called a phenomenon of the Soviet and post- Soviet show business. Having been formed at the dawn of perestroika, it has proven over time that it is not afraid of prohibitions, censorship, or complete isolation from television, radio and newspapers. The group, which existed most of its life on pirated audio cassettes, won true love among ordinary people and became truly popular.
Personal life
Before the army, he met his future wife Galina, and later got married. The marriage produced two daughters: Irina and Lilia.
Without divorcing his wife, he had a long-term relationship with a girl, Olga Samarina, which he himself told his wife about. I met her in 1991 at my concert in Moscow, the relationship lasted until last days musician. According to close people, it was Olga who got Yuri addicted to drug use.
For some, this girl is the last drug addict and trash who hooked Yuri on the needle; for others, she is him last love. Olga recalls that she never felt an age difference with him, but felt that he was spoiled by women. According to Olga, she knew that he was married, that his wife had left for Voronezh, since she was not satisfied with such a touring life, that they were all on the verge of divorce. Olga says that everyone liked Yura for his simple, sociable nature, kindness and responsiveness. What with these spiritual qualities he was very different from Muscovites. Olga notes that Yuri did not suffer from “star fever”, he was ordinary. Living in Moscow, he saw how everyone was deceiving each other, he knew that Savin was deceiving him. Olga says that Yuri did not like showdowns, he was creative person, and he had no time to study financial affairs. Then, as Olga recalls, Yuri made peace with his wife, their daughter Lilya was born, and for Olga he disappeared. She made herself a new friend and they were already living together. Olga says that she knew that he would never leave his family, that he was drawn to both her and his family. He often told her that they were suitable for each other, since they were both goofballs, that he loved her as a woman, and treated his wife as the mother of his children, as a sister.
Olga, in her memoirs, complains that because of her, Yura had many quarrels and family problems, and because of these troubles, he did not produce an album. Remembering how they spent free time, Olga says that Yura read a lot of thrillers and mysteries, and they also went to bars, and there they got hooked on heroin. Well, then through the vein. Olga believes that if Yura had not gotten sick, he would have definitely jumped, he was treated and tried to treat her. Remembering the morning of the 4th, Olga says that when she woke up, Yura was already running around the apartment, not understanding what was happening to him, and it was as if blood was running like boiling water through his veins. She tried to call him an ambulance, but he refused, saying that he would take an aspirin and everything would pass. He took an aspirin and they went to the shoot. But on the way he got worse and they stopped at a friend of Yuri’s. Olga recalls that he immediately lay down on the bed, curled up and kept complaining that he was in pain and everything was burning. Then he fell out of bed and lost consciousness.
Death
Khoy dies on the morning of Tuesday, July 4, 2000 in one of the houses on Barnaulskaya Street, on the left bank (the address is known throughout the district as a “cooking house”, or according to the protocol “drug den”). Eyewitnesses say that Yura was getting ready to meet with television crews - he was filming a new video clip - when he complained of pain in his stomach and left side. The pain intensified, but Hoy decided not to cancel the meeting, saying that the pain would go away. And a few seconds later the heart stopped. Friends rushed to call an ambulance, but the doctors who arrived were powerless.
Yuri Nikolaevich Klinskikh was buried on July 6 in Voronezh, at the Left Bank cemetery (another name for the cemetery “On Bakakh”).
"Gaza Strip" is a group that has made a significant contribution to the development of domestic rock music. Our today's hero is the founder and permanent leader of this team - Yuri Klinskikh, better known as Yura Khoy. The article gives the story of his life, creative development and tragic death.
Biography: childhood and youth
Yuri Klinskikh was born in 1964 (July 27) in Voronezh. In what family was the future idol of millions of people raised? His father, Nikolai Mitrofanovich, received higher education with a degree in engineering. For many years, the man worked for Yuri’s mother, Maria Kuzminichna, and was a catering worker.
Yura grew up as an active and inquisitive child. In 1971, he entered first grade. He always had problems with behavior and academic performance. Parents often had to blush for their offspring.
Yura graduated from high school with one “B” in his certificate. He got “C” grades in other subjects, even in singing and physical education.
Love of music and other talents
Yura's main defenders were two older brothers. It was they who instilled in him a love of music. Rock and roll compositions were often played in the Klinsky house. All three brothers were fans of such foreign groups as The Beatles and Deep Purple. At first they bought records, and then switched to reels.
Father also contributed to creative development youngest son. He taught Yura to poetry. For the summer the boy went to the village to visit his grandparents. There he began to write poetry. Another source of his inspiration was horror films. It's not just about foreign paintings, but also about Soviet ones. For example, Yuri liked the film “Viy”.
As a schoolboy, Klinskikh Jr. learned to play the guitar. Absence music education did not stop him from composing and performing dozens of songs.
Military service
After receiving the certificate, Yura was in no hurry to enter a technical school or vocational school. He knew that he would be drafted into the army and was ready for it. The guy managed to graduate from DOSAAF. He was given a driver's license for a ZIL-130. And then came The youngest representative of the Klinsky family was sent to the Far East. He was a driver mechanic in tank forces. His mother often sent him letters, but the guy was not always able to answer her on time.
Adulthood
In 1984, our hero returned to civilian life. Yuri did not gather with his parents. He got a job in the traffic police. He turned out to be a strict and fair traffic inspector. Only the salary was low. Therefore, a year later, Yura went to work in private security. Although the guy didn’t stay there for long. In subsequent years, he mastered such professions as loader, milling operator, and Soon our hero realized that his main calling was the stage.
Music career
In 1987, a rock club was opened in Voronezh. One of its first visitors was Yuri Klinskikh. On the stage of this institution he performed songs own composition. The local public received his performances with a bang.
"Sector Gas" is a group that was formed in December 1987. The idea of creating a rock band belonged to Yuri Klinskikh. It was he who led the team. When musical materials were prepared, the first performances of the group called “Gaza Strip” began. The composition of the group at that time was a quintet - bass guitarists Semyon Titievsky and Misha Fink, drummer Oleg Kryuchkov, guitarist Sergei Tupikin and our hero. During performances, Yuri Klinsky, who was the soloist, the author of words and music, often shouted “Hoy!” That's how this nickname stuck to him.
At first, musicians from the Gaza Strip performed as an opening act for such Voronezh groups as Children, Civil Defense and Zvuki Mu. But soon they had their own army of fans.
Yuri Khoy and his friends learned about what all-Russian fame is in 1990. This happened after the release of the albums “The Evil Dead” and “Yadrena Vlosh”. The entire circulation of the records was sold out in a few weeks.
During its existence, the Gaza Strip group released 15 studio albums, shot 8 videos and gave hundreds of concerts throughout Russia. Also, 4 books were published dedicated to the permanent leader of this rock band.
Personal life
The Gaza Strip soloist never complained about the lack of female attention. Already in high school, girls ran after him. And after he created his group, the number of his fans increased significantly.
The musician met his future wife Galina even before the army. Yuri immediately liked the pretty and modest girl. He did everything possible to woo her. In the mid-1980s, the lovers got married. The celebration turned out to be modest. But the eyes of the bride and groom shone with happiness.
In August 1986, Yura and Galya became parents for the first time. Their daughter Irina was born. A young father in a baby. And in January 1995, another addition occurred to the Klinsky family. A second daughter was born. The girl received beautiful name Lily. Many considered Yuri an exemplary family man. However, like most men, he had his sins.
In 1991, during a tour in Moscow, the lead singer of the Gaza Strip met an attractive blonde, Olga Samarina. He met her last years own life. His wife Galina knew about the existence of her mistress. She wanted to save the family, so she did not create scandals or scenes of jealousy.
Yuri Klinskikh: cause of death
Our hero made grandiose plans for later life and creativity. Unfortunately, they were not destined to come true. On July 4, 2000, Yuri Khoy left this world. His lifeless body was found in one of the private houses on the street. Barnaulskaya in Voronezh.
On this day, the lead singer of the Gaza Strip was supposed to go to shoot another video. But something went wrong. For unknown reasons, the rock musician changed his plans. He found himself visiting citizens unfamiliar to him. He felt bad. People in the house called an ambulance. But the doctors arrived too late.
Why did Yuri Klinskikh die? The cause of death was a heart attack. Many of Hoy's friends and relatives found this version unconvincing. After all, he never had heart problems. Almost immediately, rumors appeared that the singer was addicted to drugs and alcohol. Experts do not confirm this information in any way.
The lead singer of the Gaza Strip found his last refuge at the Levoberezhnoe cemetery in Voronezh. Today, two black marble monuments are erected at the grave of the famous rock performer. One shows the years of his life and death. And the second monument depicts Yuri Khoy himself with a guitar in his hands. Fans do not forget their idol. They take care of his grave, bringing fresh and artificial flowers there.
Finally
Now you know what path to fame the leader of the Gaza Strip group took. Yuri Klinskikh lived a short but eventful life. May his memory be blessed...
Last year, one tombstone was replaced at the left bank Voronezh cemetery. Well, the cemetery is already accustomed to broken monuments and such castlings. Hoy with a guitar, Hoy without a guitar, Hoy with a cross, Hoy against the backdrop of the inscription “Hoy” and his own quote about the unknown meaning of life - as if even after death this restless guy cannot tame his bubbling energy.
There are biographies that require the compiler to have a decent knowledge of geography. Life, which does not yet know that it is a biography, throws people first to one end of the map, then to the other, draws lines, bizarre zigzags of dotted lines between strange foreign names - a real Arabic script, which takes many hours to unravel.
There are others. The life line in such biographies is not a line at all. She rather looks like a confident bold dot on a map. Born, lived and died at such a point Yuri Klinskikh. It’s very easy to imagine – take a pen and draw two circles. The one in the center should be painted over. Inscribe at the top - Voronezh. And a little larger - Khoy. From it, of course, some frail spider legs of dotted lines will stretch out - to Moscow, to the Far East, and somewhere else. But all this is unimportant. The person who “turned on” on July 27, 1964 did everything to “turn off” exactly there, in July, 36 years later.
“I wrote my first poem at school, I remember something about spring”
Yura Khoy, then simply Yura Klinskikh, was born into the family of housewife Maria Kuzminichna Klinskikh and engineer Nikolai Mitrofanovich, who worked at the Voronezh aircraft plant. He was not the only son of the Klinsky couple; little Khoy had two older brothers. Since childhood, the boy grew up smart and inquisitive, interested in everything he could reach.
At school, Yura did not stand out as anything special. He was lazy, got C grades, and took home bad marks for his behavior. His diploma of secondary education is decorated with a single B. Not by singing, but by work. In addition, Yura often did not come to the first lessons, was late and stayed up late with books. He was honest and tried never to lie.
From a young age, Yura's older brothers introduced him to music; rock and roll could often be heard in the Klinsky house. The guys listened Soviet music, “Beatles”, “Deep Purpl” - first on records, then on reels. The father taught the youngest to... poetry, the study of literature and the rules of versification. He himself wrote poetry all his life, published - but somehow everything was without special success. The lessons given to him later manifested themselves in his son’s obscene, rollicking songs, which, despite the “vile”, “ugly” in the opinion of literary critics, the content had “impeccable style and style.”
If Yura’s father helped him with the syllable, then the compulsory village holidays provided him with support, during which he often disappeared the whole summer. Another source of inspiration was horror films - first Soviet ones, like Viy, then - any that could be obtained on cassette tapes and watched to their holes at night. Hoy learned to play the guitar in school, and at the same time he composed his first songs.
After graduating from school and studying at DOSSAF for the sake of free rights, Yura sat behind the wheel of a tank for two years. Its part was stationed in the Far East. Without any incidents, he served until 1984 and was demobilized.
“To work in the police, you need bad person be. There are, of course, normal people there, but they don’t belong there.”
After the army, Yuri joined the traffic police, but did not fit in with the police. He himself always loved speed, cars, and the place common man I could put myself down - I tried not to fine those who were a little over the speed limit, people from villages, people without money - I felt sorry for them. But he didn’t know how to bend before his superiors. They say that Yura even slowed down the mayor of Voronezh, who was driving through a red light. And to the question “do you know who I am?” He replied that he didn’t want to know. Another time he stopped some important priest in this manner, and, naturally, both times he got himself into trouble. In addition, Hoy could never fulfill the plan for fines assigned by the traffic police management. Three years in barter gradually turned into hard labor. For the last few months of his contract, Yura served in private security, counting down the days until his new demobilization. As Nikolai Mitrofanovich later recalled, Yuri barely worked his last day at the police station, came home, tore off his uniform, threw it on the floor and began to trample with his feet and tear something. Having finished with what he thought was a nasty job, Hoy began to earn other income - he worked as a milling machine operator, a CNC machine operator at Videophone, and a loader. In his free time, he wrote songs and played the guitar. I started a Volga-31 (the first of four cars), and almost killed myself with it, on the Moscow highway, somewhere near Tula. Hoy sold the restored car, and since then he has tried to stay away from domestic brands. Among his next cars were a red diesel WolksWagen Golf III and a white Daewoo Nexia with power accessories and air conditioning.
“I’m not ashamed of my city, I’ve lived in it all my life, and I’ll most likely die in it...”
Yura Khoy
In his free time from part-time jobs, Yura watched countless horror or mystic films, played billiards and sometimes - as a hobby - made music. When a rock club was opened in Voronezh, Hoy became a regular. At a spring concert in 1987, he played for the first time several songs that he began writing at the same time - in February and March. As Yura later said, he didn’t like the poor people amateur groups- “about love, peace, something so... incomprehensible,” so he decided to enrich her with his participation. “Everyone liked it, and that’s how it went…”
He sang solo at the club or invited someone. And on December 5, 1987, Hoy assembled the first lineup of his “Sector” and sang several songs - “I am scum”, “Crazy Corpse”, “Drowned Man”, “Collective Farm Punk” - on the stage of a rock club
The name “Gaza Strip” was a “mysterious combination” for Yura and, at the same time, its Voronezh reality. In his childhood, it was heard because of the Arab-Israeli confrontation, which was often talked about on the radio. And in Voronezh, this was also the name for an industrial zone with a bunch of factories and smoking chimneys, and a corresponding criminal atmosphere, where a rock club was located. In short, it was easy for Yura’s team to come up with a name. According to Hoy, it was "a local name for a band that had no intention of going beyond the confines of the urban rock club6a."
“I never considered myself a punk...”
Yura Khoy
Two years later, by 1989, the group recorded two “cassette” albums - “Plows-woogie” and “Collective farm punk”. The quality of the recordings was terrible, and they were sold exclusively in Voronezh. The team's breakthrough was the album "The Evil Dead", published in 1990.
Many, especially of the early songs, are autobiographical - “Java”, “Ment” (after Yura left the sobering-up center), “Yadrena Vosh”, “Took the Blame” - a dedication to his brother.
At the same time, Yura himself tried to “seduce” himself and “ lyrical hero" - "a kind of monster in smelly socks, who suffered from all known sexually transmitted diseases and developed impotence." He said that singing about human vices does not mean endorsing them. For Yura, such songs are rather some special way of dealing with them.
Hoy never considered himself a classic “punk”. “...maybe at the beginning of creativity pure “punk” was visible here and there,” he said in his interviews. He then began to do what he personally liked, without being tied to style. And indeed - in musically his albums were quite varied. Yura himself defined the style of his team as “fusion”.
Role models and favorite music for Hoy were Western groups and Rage Against The Machine, Biohazard, AC/DC, Alice Cooper. In recent years, Yura has been influenced by heavy rap with its blues, clear rhythms and rock guitars, and throughout his career he has loved punk and death metal.
“Hoy, the month is new! Hanging - nailed down!
Venya D'rkin
The nickname “Khoy” clung to Yura immediately and quite firmly. In general, many people used this exclamation back then - from D'rkin to Letov, borrowing either from the Oi!-music of British Cockneys, or from the philosophies of BG, but only Yura made it a pseudonym.
As he himself said: “Hoy” is just an exclamation; I often say it during songs. The fact that it reminds someone of Tsoi (with whom Yura was personally, albeit occasionally, acquainted) is an accident.”
In the last years of his life, Yura began to use the pseudonym less “so that there would be no problems with traffic cops.” Otherwise, they’ll stop him, and he’ll say, “What are you guys talking about, I’m the lead singer in the Gaza Strip.” And they - “You’re lying! Hoy is singing there.”
"When we reached big stage, then a person who had previously worked only with “pop” and who began to feel sick when he heard the word “rock and roll” began to work with us.”
Yura Khoy
After the success of “The Evil Dead” and “Nuclear Louse”, Yura began performing at all sorts of mixed parties – “50x50” and the like, but he quickly got tired of it. He did not want to move to Moscow, “a depraved city of insolent youth,” although he took advantage of the opportunity to record at the Mir studio. His recordings are published by one of the first Russian labels - Gala Records. Legal concerts of the group begin, and with it - concerts of fake "Hoys" in cities. Yura himself did not like to “shine” and deliberately supported the growth of rumors and legends about his group. In terms of sales, everyone knew him on cassettes, but 99% of albums were released by pirates. Hoy did not complain, he lived from the percentage that Gala Records sold in Moscow, official releases at Black Box in Voronezh and numerous concerts (more than 300 in total). His albums were released in 1994, then were re-released by Gala in 1997. “Press the Gas” and “Collective Farm Punk” were also published - in 1991 and 1993 - already on CD, LP, and the same cassettes.
“It makes no difference to us who we play for; we are far from politics. Zhirinovsky pays - we play for Zhirinovsky, another faction will pay - we play for them.”
Yura Khoy
Popularity also grew. It is known that Vladimir Zhirinovsky was delighted with Sector, and Khoy, apolitical as a banana, “reciprocated” for the LDPR, but for money. Yura did not have his own political preferences, sending all politics “...to hell. With a gimlet! He was quite pleased with the construction, because, being from the workers, he earned good money from his talent. However, Hoy believed that if he had to be stuck as a loader, then, of course, he would be dissatisfied with the government.
As Hoy's "Fog" and "Time to Go Home" grew in popularity, they became de facto folk music, music of demobilization, vocational school students, students and rural youth. Zhlobrokgroup - this is how the Gaza Strip was often ironically called - a group that Hoy himself compared to porn, a rogue group, a pariah that was not accepted by either rock or pop music.
It is known that Yura was not averse to playing in a concert with DDT or “Alice”, but he was not invited, and he himself did not ask for it. In 1994, he recorded the punk opera “Koschei the Immortal” - a thrash mixture of Russian fairy tales and music in the spirit of AC/DC, Red Hot Chili Peppers or Ace Of Base, which attracted the attention of critics. The “Fairy Tale” video is released, which was not filmed due to lack of funds, then the black and white “Fog” - with a chronicle Russian wars. In total, SG releases 4 videos. The fifth - “Fright Night” - was not completed due to the death of the singer.
In the late 90s, SG released a number of techno remixes with the participation of Voronezh DJ Krot.
“I was always striving for a heavy sound”
Yura Khoy
In the last years of his life, Yura Klinskikh changed his image and sound. Instead of a leather jacket, torn jeans, old T-shirts and army boots, expensive black shoes, dark trousers and a shirt appear. Instead of the rollicking “collective farm” punk - the “cool heavy stuff” of the latest album.
“...I’ve tried almost all the drugs, but I’m not used to anything and I’m not going to get used to it. I tried it and that’s enough.”
Yura Khoy
The exact causes of Hoy's death are unknown. On July 4, 2000, he died in a house on Barnaulskaya, on the way from his home to his next recording. In recent years, his health problems have worsened - hepatitis and heart problems were suspected. Hoy drank quite a lot, and by the end of the 90s, friends began to suspect his severe drug addiction. In addition, as many believe, his companion Olga was a complete drug addict. Before his death, Yura complained of pain in the lower abdomen, side and “boiling water in the veins” - but decided that it would go away on its own. It didn’t work, she and Olya found themselves in a “bad” area and got out on Barnaulskaya. In the apartment, Hoy immediately lay down, once again talking about the “boiling water” in his veins. Olga began to call the ambulance - but they answered only the 4th time. The doctors could not help - the heart stopped.
Hoy died. A man who did not like the “dressed up party”, gays and Kirkorov died. A man died who loved heavy sound and heavy rap, speed, simple words and mystical horrors. He “made” his death look like an unpretentious “horror movie” - the sum of the numbers of its date was 13, his last album - “Hellraiser” - contained 13 songs, was the 13th album, released in the 13th year of the existence of “SG”, and two memorial day– 9 and 40 fell on the 13th.
After Yura Klinsky there were two daughters - Ira and Lilya.
300 rebounds, 7 of them this month
Biography
"Gaza Strip" rock band created by Yuri Klinskikh in 1987 in Voronezh.“Gaza Strip” is named after the area in Voronezh where Yuri Khoy lived. Explanation - there were many factories in the area, which is why it was nicknamed the “Gas Sector”. The group joins a local rock club and quickly gains popularity not only in their hometown, but also beyond its borders. The Klinsky songs, describing the life and everyday life of ordinary representatives of working youth, found a response in the hearts of those same youth. The hits of the Gaza Strip are sung in gateways and basements throughout the country, while the group is completely ignored by the USSR mass media. Klinskikh himself works at the plant as an ordinary worker. All-Union fame does not bring Yuri any financial resources. For the habit, taken from Yegor Letov, of shouting from the stage: “Hoy!”, fans give him the nickname “Yura Hoy”.
At the same time, the promotion of the team is carried out by one of the first recording companies of the post-perestroika USSR, Gala Records. The group's albums are released one after another. According to unofficial data, “Gaza Strip” is the leader in music box office, Hoy and the company are touring the CIS. With the participation of the group, an episode of the famous “Program A” is even aired on television.
Essentially, “Gaza Strip” is Yuri Klinskikh + a constantly changing line-up of musicians. At one time, Tatyana Fateeva worked in the group, successfully complementing Khoy as a backup singer.
Throughout the 90s, the “Gaza Strip”, which was virtually ignored not only by the mass media, but also by fellow rock members ( best example This is due to the lack of information about S.G. in the rock encyclopedia "Who's Who in Soviet Rock" 1991). She enjoyed enormous popularity among the “lower classes” of society, the so-called “Gopniks”. At the same time, Khoy’s peppery creativity had enough admirers in more intellectual circles. The group also performed in foreign countries: Germany, Israel.
On July 4, 2000, his body could not stand it, his liver failed, and Klinskikh died of a heart attack at a friend’s apartment in Voronezh. Soon the band's last album, Hellraiser, was released.
Then a wave of Klinsky followers began. Former musicians S.G. or simply Yuri’s acquaintances create groups using themes developed by Khoy and the name “Gaza Strip”. Many consider such “inheritance” a violation of moral rights. Moreover, Yuri’s epigones were unable to fill the niche that arose after the death of the Klinskys.
This is not surprising - the popularity of the Gaza Strip was largely a consequence of the era in which the group developed. People former USSR that round has already passed cultural development, which sparked the band's popularity. “Painful” emotions were released and did not need to be repeated. However, there is a simpler explanation: the group’s epigones never reached the level of the Klinskys, either in terms of text or music, and even more so in terms of popularity.
Although the groups “ex-Gaza Sector” (founded by Igor Kushchev) and “Gas Attack Sector” (founded by Sergei Guznin (Kim) and Tatyana Fateeva) became quite popular. Last group collaborated with Red Mold to create the punk musical Little Red Riding Hood (2001).
Yuri Klinskikh came from the typical environment of Soviet working-class neighborhoods. He was a bad student and after graduating from school and the army did not stay long in any workplace. Klinskikh was not in prison, but his closest relatives went through this school of life. Klinskikh was not only a witness, but also a participant in brawls and group fights, typical of residential areas. At the same time, Yuri was fond of music since childhood, played the guitar and was a rather intelligent, thinking person. Having absorbed the specific culture of his surroundings, he poured out his acquired experience into songs. Preserving the jargon and following the concepts of the lumpen milo, which was close to him, Hoy brilliantly recreated reality, rhyming it into poetry. The heroes of his songs are simple guys “next door”, workers (sometimes on the contrary - they are village residents, “collective farmers”), alcoholics, homeless people, people of a criminal or semi-criminal persuasion. They are interested in everyday problems - who to drink with, who to sleep with, what to do next. It was this unpretentiousness and obviousness of the characters that appealed so much to the very people about whom Klinsky wrote his songs.
In addition, a large layer of the Klinskys’ creativity is devoted to the theme of the afterlife. The plots of these songs usually develop in rural areas. The heroes of the songs are still the same “collective farmers” or “hard workers”.
However, Yuri did not stand in one place, developing as a musician and poet. He willingly experimented with the theme and form of songs, musically elegantly parodying well-known motifs. A striking example is his rock fairy tale (punk opera) “Kashchei the Immortal”. Klinskikh was fond of various musical trends from hard rock to black rap, which was reflected in his songs. Khoy’s best imperishable songs include not only the early hits of the “Gaza Strip” stuffed with obscenities, but also such serious songs as “Fog”, “Home”, “Life”, “30 Years”.
Yuri Klinskikh revered the work of Vladimir Vysotsky and often drew parallels between himself and the legendary bard. The song “On the Night Before Christmas” was written by Yura, clearly under the influence of Vysotsky’s song “Pursuit”.
It was mistakenly believed that Gaza Strip was a punk band. Klinskikh indeed initially used punk paraphernalia on stage, thereby creating a precedent for such an opinion. However, the arrangements of S.G.’s songs are not related to punk rock: “dead” drums on studio recordings, the dominance of synthesizers and “heavy” guitar solos gave the group’s sound a rather “pop” flavor. Nihilism in the lyrics is also not enough to qualify Sektor as a punk band, since there is virtually no shocking or open protest in the songs. Klinskikh himself later expressed dissatisfaction with the overall studio sound, musical style The group, in turn, was characterized as “fusion”. Considering that the Klinskys’ lyrics gradually became more and more in-depth, the efforts of Khoy’s so-called friends, allegedly resuscitating the “Gaza Strip” after the death of the Klinskys, look especially pale against its background.
In the last years of his life, Yuri, who abused not only alcohol, but also heroin, suffered from hepatitis C. However, the death of the Klinskys came as a surprise to many fans. Yuri was not a rich man; his family was left virtually without Money, as a result of which a large-scale campaign took place on the Internet to raise money for the Klinsky monument.
Compound
Founder of the group, vocals, author of music and songs, acoustic guitar, guitar, keyboards: Klinskikh Yuri Nikolaevich (Khoy), July 27, 1964 - July 4, 2000. Until 1989 he worked solo, sometimes at rock club festivals with session musicians. The first recordings of Yuri Klinsky are dated 1981.
First lineup: (1989 - 1991)
Semyon Vsevolodovich Titievsky, January 20, 1968 - bass guitar
Kryuchkov Oleg "Hook" - drums
Kushchev Igor Gennadievich "Kushch", July 23, 1959 - lead guitar
Yakushev Alexander Vasilievich, June 21, 1965 - drums
Deltsov Andrey Kimovich (gr. Phaeton), February 23, 1963 - sound engineer (sometimes guitar at concerts)
There is mention of a certain guitarist Max, who performed 7 performances in 1989 and disappeared in an unknown direction.
Tupikin Sergey Ivanovich, January 23, 1965 - leader guitar
Ushakov Alexey Alekseevich (gr. Phaeton), May 12, 1963 - keyboards
Sukochev (or Suchkov?) Vitaly Vasilievich "Python", February 15, 1965 - bass guitar
Fateeva Tatyana Evgenievna (gr. School), September 14, 1968 - vocals
Second lineup: (1991-1993)
Lobanov Vladimir Mikhailovich, September 8, 1964 - leader guitar
Tupikin Sergey Ivanovich - bass guitar
Fateeva Tatyana - vocals
Popov Albert Mikhailovich "Red Cucumber" - Voronezh punk bard. It works while warming up.
Session musicians from this period:
Third line-up: (1993-1995)
Glukhov Vadim Alekseevich, August 25, 1965 - leader guitar
Ushakov Alexey Alekseevich - keyboards
Yakushev Alexander Vasilievich - drums
Deltsov Andrey Kimovich - sound engineer
Fourth lineup: (1995-1997)
Chernykh Vasily Ivanovich "Samodelkin", December 3, 1965 - April 8, 2008, died tragically after being hit by a car - guitar
Anikeev Igor Alekseevich "Cat" - keyboards
Yakushev Alexander Vasilievich - drums
Deltsov Andrey Kimovich - sound engineer
Session musicians from this period:
Podzorov Valery Viktorovich, August 23, 1964 - bass guitar
Ushakov Alexey Alekseevich - keyboards (sometimes replaces Igor Anikeev)
Final lineup: (1997-2000)
Glukhov Vadim Alekseevich - lead guitar
Anikeev Igor Alekseevich "Cat" - keys, rhythm section
Deltsov Andrey Kimovich - sound engineer
Studio cast:
Titievsky Semyon Vsevolodovich - bass guitar (Plows-Woogie, Collective Farm Punk-1989, Evil Dead, Yadrena Louse)
Kryukov Oleg "Hook" - drums (Plows-Woogie, Collective Farm Punk-1989)
Yakushev Alexander Vasilievich - drums (Plows-Woogie, Kolkhoz punk-1989)
Kushchev Igor Gennadievich "Kushch" - lead guitar (Plows-Woogie, Collective Farm Punk-1989, Evil Dead, Yadrena Vlosh, The Night Before Christmas)
Ushakov Alexey Alekseevich - keyboards (Yadryona Losh, The Evil Dead, The Night Before Christmas, Press on the Gas, Fairy Tale, Dancing after the Gang), voice (Fairy Tale)
Fateeva Tatyana Evgenievna - vocals (Evil Dead, Yadryona Losh, Gulyai Muzhik)
Zhirnov Igor Mikhailovich "Egor" (group Joker, Black Obelisk, Rondo), September 21, 1964 in Tomsk - lead guitar (all albums starting with Gulyai Muzhik)
Tupikin Sergey Ivanovich - bass guitar (Walk, man, Press on the gas, Kolkhoz Punk-92), lead guitar (Plows Woogie, Kolkhoz Punk-89)
Cherkezov Elbrus Dzhahangirovich "Bruce" (gr. Blade), September 7, 1968 - bass guitar (N.U.M)
Dronov Vasily (Mongol Shuudan) - bass guitar (Hellraiser)
Pukhonina Irina "Bukharina" - vocals (CCI, Skazka)
Nikiforova Veronika Vsevolodovna (DJ of Russian Radio-Voronezh), August 29, 1976 - vocals in the songs “Give-Give” and “Evening on the Bench” in the remix album.
Bryantsev Alexander (or Alexey?) Ivanovich "DJ Mole", March 13, 1973
- remix producer
Anikeev Igor Alekseevich "Cat" - keyboards (based on the song in N.U.M and Hellraiser)
Glukhov Vadim Alekseevich - guitar ("Fog" - Gas Attack)
Koltakov Andrey "Boniface" - recording and mixing
Tamanov Valery - recording and mixing
Bogdanov Yuri - recording and mixing
Deltsov Andrey Kimovich - sound engineer
Samborsky Dmitry Yaroslavovich, May 30, 1970 - artist, design
Pokrovsky Dmitry O. - album design Collective Farm Punk, Yadrena Louse, The Night Before Christmas, Walk, Man, Dancing after a Gang
Radimov Sergey - album design Narcological University of Millions
Pavlov Sergey - design
Zhuravlev Sergey - design
Lipatov Alexander - design "Collection"
Zolotarev Oleg (NTV-Voronezh) - operator of "Fairy Tales"
Velikanov Dmitry - cameraman of the video Fog
Larionov Denis - director of the video Fog
Belilovskaya Ekaterina - photographer
Guznin Alexander - photographer
Ukhin Alexey - photographer
Group management:
Kocherga Alexander Ivanovich "Ukhvat", September 2, 1961 - organized concerts for the group in 1989-1990. Founder of the Voronezh rock club.
Simonov Fidel - director of the group in 1991, creator of the "left" Sectors.
Savin Sergey Nikolaevich - group director (1992-1995)
Lyakhov Konstantin - director of the group (1995-2000)
Kabanov Alexey Valerievich - administrator (1995-2000)
Privalov Alexey Vladimirovich, born on May 23, 1972 in Moscow. Collaborated with Yura from 1996 to 2000. At first he was the director of the concert department of the Gala company, with which Sector had a concert agreement. Privalov organized concerts around the country and traveled with the group as a tour manager. But after some time he left Gala, but continued to collaborate with Yurts.
Kurbanov Aslan is the administrator of the group’s official website - www.klinskih.da.ru (www.sektorgaza.net) from 1998 to the present).
All of the group's albums, except Plowie-Woogie (1989), Kolkhoz Punk (1989) and Gaza Strip (1993), were released on the S.B.A/Gala Records label. Albums were also recorded at the studios "Blackbox" (Voronezh), "Mir" (Moscow), Gala Records (Moscow).
Discography
Original albums
* 1989 Plow-woogie
* 1989 Kolkhoz punk [original version]
* 1990 Evil Dead
* 1990 Yadrena louse
* 1991 The Night Before Christmas
* 1991 Collective Farm Punk [main version]
* 1992 Walk, man!
* 1993 Step on the gas
* 1993 Gaza Strip
* 1994 Dancing after fucking
* 1994 Kashchei the Immortal
* 1996 Gas attack
* 1997 Drug Abuse University of Millions
* 1997 Gaza Strip [re-recording]
* 2000 Hellraiser
Collections, remixes
* 1996 Favorites
* 1997 Favorites 2
* 1998 Ballads
* 1999 Extasy (remixes by Alexey Bryantsev (DJ Mole))
* 1999 Steb-house (remixes by Alexey Bryantsev (DJ Mole))
* 2001 Favorites 3