Another member answering this question :-) I'm Adelka (well it's my nickname which I like much more than my name), 25 years old female Russian, living in Tver (the city between Moscow and St. Petersburg). It was year 1994 when I first heard Yello. One of the Russian channels has aired The Race. I was hooked! Although it was the first time I saw them and heard this unusual music, I had a strange feeling that I have known Yello since I was born! However, I didn't even know the name of the duo till saw the cover of Baby on vinyl in a music store and recognized them immediately (hey, is it possible not to recognize Boris and Dieter??). Then I bought Baby and Zebra, recorded illegally on one tape (it was almost impossible to get the legal audio and video cassettes here at that time, all the music we bought on tapes was recorded this way. Many local companies in all cities were in this business, and they worked legally, since there was no proper law of copyright at that time). This music has crashed me, and I became a fan immediately. Then I ordered all other albums (these companies also recorded any music from CDs to tapes). To me Yello has never been favourite group. It's sort of the way of life. Along with unique music, Yello took greatest influence upon my world in many aspects! Since I became the Yello addict I began developing as a person -- to think about life and ask myself many questions about life, to read the books to find the answers, and so on. It's not easy to explain, I guess. I remember, there was a time when I could only listen to Yello lying on the sofa, with headphones on, and only The Music was inside my head. No other music has ever made me feel like that, it was, and still is, fantastic. And even though I don't listen to Yello very often now, I know that Yello is in my blood, it's the part of myself, something that will stay with me forever. And everytime I listen to Yello now, I have the same feeling of ectasy and excitement. By the way, I had been saving my scholarship for a year to buy the CD player to be able to listen to Yello. I can't say that I listen to something "besides Yello". My biggest interests in music are the songs from Soviet cartoons and films for children (60s -- 80s) and the Russian rock group, I don't even mention its name here, because nobody out of Russia knows it, I guess. I don't know anyone here in Tver who likes Yello. But it doesn't bother me now, since I can get everything I need in Internet. I had a hard time before 1997 (the univercity I studied at has opened free Internet class for its students in 1997), because I could get no news, no info, and almost nobody to share my thoughts and emotions about the Yello music with (I was in snail-mail touch with a few fans in Russia at that time). But, thankfully, it's all over now. Cheers Adelka --------------------------- Two men's dialogue: "Last night I had AWFUL dream! I was at the deserted island with young Brigitte Bardot, Sophia Loren and Claudia Cardinale". "Well, but why it was "awful"??!!" "Because I was Marilyn Monroe!!!"