Urmas Alender
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1953
- Died
- 1994
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Truu nailonkuu
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- Estonia
- Active from
- 1953-11-22
- Active to
- 1994-09-28
rock
Discography
- Vana kloun1992
- Hingelind1995
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 6,120
- Total plays
- 341,854
Tags
estonianrockalternative rockshoegazepoetic
Urmas Alender (November 22, 1953 – September 28, 1994) was the lead singer of Ruja, an Estonian rock band, active in the 70's 80's and 90's. His first band was "Varjud" ("Shadows"). He also sang in the rock bands Ruja, Andromeeda and Propeller. Urmas wrote about 200 songs. Most of them are minor. He was an Estonian patriot. Estonia was all for him. Unfortunately, the Soviet regime forced him to flee to Sweden. On September 28, 1994, while en route from Tallinn to Stockholm <a href="https://ww
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Urmas
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Estonia
- Place of birth
- Tallinn
- Place of death
- Baltic Sea
- Child
- Yoko Alender
- Occupation
- composer
- Educated at
- Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre
- Languages spoken
- Estonian
- Genre
- folk rock
- Instrument
- voice
Show 6 more facts
- cause of death
- drowning
- date of birth
- 1953-11-02
- date of death
- 1994-09-28
- manner of death
- accidental death
- start of work period
- 1969-00-00
- name in native language
- Urmas Alender
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