Ruja

Infobox Musical artist
Name = Ruja
Background = group_or_band
Origin = Estonia
Genre = Rock
Progressive rock
Folk rock
Hard rock
Rockabilly
Years_active =

Ruja was one of the foremost Estonian rock bands of the late 1970s and early 1980s. [ [http://www.ce-review.org/00/3/huang3_culture.html Central Europe Review: Rock Estonian Style] ] Band's name comes from a neologism "ruja", for science fiction. The band released their first and self-titled album in 1979. Many of the original melodies of Ruja were composed by Rein Rannap.

On September 28, 1994, the band's lead singer, Urmas Alender, died in the disaster that sank the car and passenger ferry M/S Estonia.

Members

1971–1975

* Urmas Alender (vocals)
* Jaanus Nõgisto (guitar)
* Tiit Haagma (bass)
* Rein Rannap (keyboards)
* Andrus Vaht (drums)
* Toomas Veenre (guitar)
* Andres Põldroo (guitar)

1975–1978

* Jaanus Nõgisto (guitar)
* Tiit Haagma (bass)
* Margus Kappel (keyboards)
* Andrus Vaht (drums)
* Ivo Varts (drums)

1980–1983

* Jaanus Nõgisto (guitar)
* Tiit Haagma (bass)
* Rein Rannap (keyboards)
* Jaan Karp (drums)

1985–1988

* Urmas Alender (vocals)
* Jaanus Nõgisto (guitar)
* Tiit Haagma (bass)
* Igor Garšnek (keyboards)
* Toomas Rull (drums)
* Arvo Urb (drums)
* S.P. Gulliver (bass)
* Nevil Blumberg (guitar)

Discography

*"Ruja" (EP) (1979)
*"Ruja" (LP) (1982)
*"Kivi veereb" (1987)
*"Pust budet vsjo" (1989)
*"Must lind" (1994)
*"Need ei vaata tagasi... Osa 1" (1999)
*"Need ei vaata tagasi... Osa 2" (1999)

References

External links

* [http://home.uninet.ee/~mel/estprog/proge/ruja.html Estonian progressive rock website]
* [http://ruja.ee/ Ruja.ee] et icon