Gaza is a Soviet, and later a Russian rock band, called almost one of the very first punk bands. It was created in the city of Voronezh on December 5, 1987. Its founder was Yuri Klinsky, the author of songs and music, who later became known under the pseudonym Hoi.
The origins of the name
The name of the team was borrowed from the industrial Left-bank district of the city of Voronezh. Due to the abundance of various plants, the sky over this section was always very smoky and the local population jokingly began to call the area a gas sector.
Yuri himself spoke of the name of the team:"
.well, this is purely such a local name in Voronezh, where there was a rock club to which we belonged. He was in a very smoky area, and I called him that - "gas sector." And we constantly played in this club, and since I lived there nearby in this area, I called the group the same as “Gaza Strip”. Purely local name, I didn’t think then that we would become so popular. I thought we were going to play, and that was it.
Other team members added that at that time, the Palestinian region of the same name, which then became a "hot spot", was a very frequent story in the media. In their opinion, this also influenced the choice of a name for the team.
However, the name was not chosen immediately. Yuri had a list of possible names for the team and he chose it from two dozen likely.
