Bezobrazno Zeleno
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Bezobrazno Zeleno were a former Yugoslav New Wave
/pop rock
band from Belgrade
. The band was notable as the participant of the Artistička radna akcija
project as well as for their later works.
), Vojislav Bešić "Beške" (guitar
, vocals), Dragoljub Spasić "Điđi" (drums
) and Katarina Benedetić (vocals). The band got the name as a rebellious reaction to the phrase commonly used for the young, being "green". The band was the participant of the Artistička radna akcija
compilation, featuring the second generation of the New Wave
bands from Belgrade
, with the tracks "Bežim niz ulicu" ("I'm Running Down the Street") and "Beograd" ("Belgrade").
Due to the Bešić and Spasić's departure to the Yugoslav People's Army
, former Radnička Kontrola
drummer Srđan "Žika" Todorović and guitarists Zoran Ilić and Branislav Petrović "Banana", the latter a former Pasta ZZ
) member, joined the band. The band member was also Zoran Janić who later joined the band Vrele Usne.
The band appeared on the first Ventilator Demo Top 10 show in February 1983 with the song "Običaji" ("Customs"). Their debut album, BZ1, was produced by Momčilo Bajagić
in 1983 and featured "Bežim niz ulicu", hit ballad "Gibaj se" ("Limber Yourself Up") and "Jutro" ("Morning"), a cover of the Butik song composed by Nebojša Antonijević. The album ought to have included the song "Long live moja Srbijo" ("Long Live My Serbia
") which was denied by the PGP-RTB
records. The band also had to change the lyrics for the track "Momci sa juga" ("The Boys from the South"). Roze Poze vocalist Vlada Milačić appeared on the album as a guest.
In Spring 1984, the band played in Dom Omladine in Belgrade as an opening act for Momčilo Bajagić who presented his first solo album Pozitivna geografija
. Soon after, the group disbanded. Petrović joined Električni Orgazam
, Todorović started an acting career and played with Disciplina Kičme
, Ekatarina Velika
and Kazna Za Uši
. Vasić started working as a mailman.
and the album was produced by Bajaga i Instruktori
bassist Miroslav Cvetković "Cvele". Beside their own songs, cover versions of Frank Zappa
's "Boby Brown
" and The Sweet hit "The Ballroom Blitz", with lyrics in Serbian language
entitled "Divlje dete" ("Wild Child"), appeared on the album. The album also featured Vasić's song "Diraš me" ("You're Touching Me"), which later appeared on Cukić's solo album Spori ritam (Slow Rhythm), and Ilić's theme "Deca sa meseca" ("Children from the Moon"), which later appeared on Riblja Čorba
album Koza nostra
(Cosa Nostra) as "Ja je gledam kako spava" ("I Am Looking at Her while She Is Asleep").
In 1991, the band split up as Komadinović moved to South Africa
. Vasić followed him and together they formed a club cover band. In 1994, Vasić returned to Yugoslavia and formed the band Kurajberi, featuring Ekatarina Velika
keyboard player Margita Stefanović
, former Van Gogh
vocalist Goran Milisavljević and his former bandmates, guitarist Ivan Kljajić and drummer Dragoljub Spasić. They performed cover versions of popular foreign and Yugoslav rock songs. Petrović also performed with the band and recorded. They disbanded in 1995 when Vasić stopped performing and started working as a designer and tattoo master. He also wrote the lyrics for Dejan Cukić
and the band Njujork. Ilić became the member of Riblja Čorba
in 1989 and in 1992 formed Babe with Bajaga i Instruktori
member Žika Milenković and Električni Orgazam
member Goran Čavajda "Čavke". Bešić moved to New York
where he became the member of the band LFAnt. Kljajić started working as a producer and joined Ana Stanić
's backing band.
New Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
/pop rock
Pop rock
Pop rock is a music genre which mixes a catchy pop style and light lyrics in its guitar-based rock songs. There are varying definitions of the term, ranging from a slower and mellower form of rock music to a subgenre of pop music...
band from Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
. The band was notable as the participant of the Artistička radna akcija
Artisticka radna akcija
Artistička radna akcija is a new wave and punk rock compilation album released in late 1981 by Jugoton in SFR Yugoslavia...
project as well as for their later works.
New Wave years (1980-1984)
The band was formed in 1980 by Bojan Vasić (bass guitarBass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
), Vojislav Bešić "Beške" (guitar
Electric guitar
An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
, vocals), Dragoljub Spasić "Điđi" (drums
Drum kit
A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
) and Katarina Benedetić (vocals). The band got the name as a rebellious reaction to the phrase commonly used for the young, being "green". The band was the participant of the Artistička radna akcija
Artisticka radna akcija
Artistička radna akcija is a new wave and punk rock compilation album released in late 1981 by Jugoton in SFR Yugoslavia...
compilation, featuring the second generation of the New Wave
New Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
bands from Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
, with the tracks "Bežim niz ulicu" ("I'm Running Down the Street") and "Beograd" ("Belgrade").
Due to the Bešić and Spasić's departure to the Yugoslav People's Army
Yugoslav People's Army
The Yugoslav People's Army , also referred to as the Yugoslav National Army , was the military of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.-Origins:The origins of the JNA can...
, former Radnička Kontrola
Radnicka kontrola
Radnička Kontrola was a former Yugoslav punk rock/New Wave band from Belgrade, active in the late 1970s and early 1980s and notable for its appearance on the compilation album Artistička radna akcija.After the band ceased to exist, vocalist Zoran Kostić "Cane" rose to nationwide and popularity as...
drummer Srđan "Žika" Todorović and guitarists Zoran Ilić and Branislav Petrović "Banana", the latter a former Pasta ZZ
Pasta ZZ
Pasta ZZ was a former Yugoslav New Wave band from Belgrade, notable as the paricipant of the Artistička Radna Akcija project in 1981.- History :...
) member, joined the band. The band member was also Zoran Janić who later joined the band Vrele Usne.
The band appeared on the first Ventilator Demo Top 10 show in February 1983 with the song "Običaji" ("Customs"). Their debut album, BZ1, was produced by Momčilo Bajagić
Momcilo Bajagic
Momčilo Bajagić "Bajaga" is a highly popular Serbian rock musician born in Bjelovar. He is best known as the leader of the Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Bajaga i Instruktori, as well as a former member of the hard rock band Riblja Čorba.-Early career:Bajagić started his musical career as a...
in 1983 and featured "Bežim niz ulicu", hit ballad "Gibaj se" ("Limber Yourself Up") and "Jutro" ("Morning"), a cover of the Butik song composed by Nebojša Antonijević. The album ought to have included the song "Long live moja Srbijo" ("Long Live My Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
") which was denied by the PGP-RTB
PGP-RTB
PGP-RTB was a major record label and chain record store in the former SFR Yugoslavia based in Belgrade, Socialist Republic of Serbia. PGP-RTB was established in 1958...
records. The band also had to change the lyrics for the track "Momci sa juga" ("The Boys from the South"). Roze Poze vocalist Vlada Milačić appeared on the album as a guest.
In Spring 1984, the band played in Dom Omladine in Belgrade as an opening act for Momčilo Bajagić who presented his first solo album Pozitivna geografija
Pozitivna geografija
Pozitivna geografija is the 1984 debut album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Bajaga i Instruktori, released in 1984...
. Soon after, the group disbanded. Petrović joined Električni Orgazam
Električni Orgazam
Električni Orgazam is a Serbian rock band from Belgrade. Originally starting as a combination of New Wave, punk rock and post-punk, the band later slowly changed their style, becoming a mainstream rock act.- New Wave years :...
, Todorović started an acting career and played with Disciplina Kičme
Disciplina Kičme
Disciplina Kičme , is a Serbian band, one of the two spin-offs of the seminal Yugoslav New Wave and later post-punk band Šarlo Akrobata, the other being Ekatarina Velika...
, Ekatarina Velika
Ekatarina Velika
Ekatarina Velika , sometimes referred to as EKV for short, was a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock group from Belgrade, being one of the most successful and influential music acts coming out of former Yugoslavia....
and Kazna Za Uši
Kazna Za Uši
Kazna Za Uši is a Serbian garage rock band from Belgrade.- Band formation, first releases :...
. Vasić started working as a mailman.
Reformation and breakup (1988-1991)
In 1988, Vasić and Ilić reformed the band with Spasić on drums, former Šlogirani Karanfil vocalist Saša Komadinović "Džeger" and guitarist Ivan Kljajić. Together they recorded their comeback record Neonske bajke (Neon Fairytales). The songs were written by Vasić and Ilić, backing vocals were done by Dejan CukićDejan Cukic
Dejan Cukić is a Serbian rock musician, journalist and writer.During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Cukić was the frontman of the New Wave band Bulevar, releasing two albums with the band. After Bulevar disbanded in 1982, he retired from music...
and the album was produced by Bajaga i Instruktori
Bajaga i Instruktori
Bajaga i Instruktori are a highly popular Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band...
bassist Miroslav Cvetković "Cvele". Beside their own songs, cover versions of Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa
Frank Vincent Zappa was an American composer, singer-songwriter, electric guitarist, record producer and film director. In a career spanning more than 30 years, Zappa wrote rock, jazz, orchestral and musique concrète works. He also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed...
's "Boby Brown
Bobby Brown (Goes Down)
"Bobby Brown " is a song by Frank Zappa released on his album Sheik Yerbouti in 1979. One of his best known songs, it was hugely successful in Europe....
" and The Sweet hit "The Ballroom Blitz", with lyrics in Serbian language
Serbian language
Serbian is a form of Serbo-Croatian, a South Slavic language, spoken by Serbs in Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia and neighbouring countries....
entitled "Divlje dete" ("Wild Child"), appeared on the album. The album also featured Vasić's song "Diraš me" ("You're Touching Me"), which later appeared on Cukić's solo album Spori ritam (Slow Rhythm), and Ilić's theme "Deca sa meseca" ("Children from the Moon"), which later appeared on Riblja Čorba
Riblja Corba
Riblja Čorba is a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band. Their presence on the scene has lasted from 1978 to today. They reached their peak of popularity in the 1980s, but it has declined in the 1990s, partly due to controversial political attitudes of the band's leader Bora Đorđević...
album Koza nostra
Koza nostra
Koza nostra is the tenth studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Riblja Čorba, released in 1990....
(Cosa Nostra) as "Ja je gledam kako spava" ("I Am Looking at Her while She Is Asleep").
In 1991, the band split up as Komadinović moved to South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
. Vasić followed him and together they formed a club cover band. In 1994, Vasić returned to Yugoslavia and formed the band Kurajberi, featuring Ekatarina Velika
Ekatarina Velika
Ekatarina Velika , sometimes referred to as EKV for short, was a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock group from Belgrade, being one of the most successful and influential music acts coming out of former Yugoslavia....
keyboard player Margita Stefanović
Margita Stefanovic
Margita "Magi" Stefanović was a Yugoslav and Serbian musician best known as a keyboardist for the Serbian rock band Ekatarina Velika.Born in Belgrade as the only child of well-known theatre and television director Slavoljub Stefanović-Ravassi and Desanka Nikolić...
, former Van Gogh
Van Gogh (band)
Van Gogh is a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band from Belgrade. The band was formed in 1986, and released their debut alternative rock-oriented self-titled album the same year...
vocalist Goran Milisavljević and his former bandmates, guitarist Ivan Kljajić and drummer Dragoljub Spasić. They performed cover versions of popular foreign and Yugoslav rock songs. Petrović also performed with the band and recorded. They disbanded in 1995 when Vasić stopped performing and started working as a designer and tattoo master. He also wrote the lyrics for Dejan Cukić
Dejan Cukic
Dejan Cukić is a Serbian rock musician, journalist and writer.During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Cukić was the frontman of the New Wave band Bulevar, releasing two albums with the band. After Bulevar disbanded in 1982, he retired from music...
and the band Njujork. Ilić became the member of Riblja Čorba
Riblja Corba
Riblja Čorba is a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band. Their presence on the scene has lasted from 1978 to today. They reached their peak of popularity in the 1980s, but it has declined in the 1990s, partly due to controversial political attitudes of the band's leader Bora Đorđević...
in 1989 and in 1992 formed Babe with Bajaga i Instruktori
Bajaga i Instruktori
Bajaga i Instruktori are a highly popular Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band...
member Žika Milenković and Električni Orgazam
Električni Orgazam
Električni Orgazam is a Serbian rock band from Belgrade. Originally starting as a combination of New Wave, punk rock and post-punk, the band later slowly changed their style, becoming a mainstream rock act.- New Wave years :...
member Goran Čavajda "Čavke". Bešić moved to New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
where he became the member of the band LFAnt. Kljajić started working as a producer and joined Ana Stanić
Ana Stanic
Ana Stanić is a Serbian singer, songwriter, composer and film producer.-Music:...
's backing band.
Studio albums
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Other appearances
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Artisticka radna akcija Artistička radna akcija is a new wave and punk rock compilation album released in late 1981 by Jugoton in SFR Yugoslavia... |
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External links
- Official website
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- Bezobrazno Zeleno at B92.fmB92B92 is a radio and television broadcaster with national coverage headquartered in Belgrade, Serbia. The network's key demographic is chiefly urban and young audience. Its programs, including the news cover topics with fairly liberal political painted attitudes...
- Bezobrazno Zeleno at Last.fmLast.fmLast.fm is a music website, founded in the United Kingdom in 2002. It has claimed 30 million active users in March 2009. On 30 May 2007, CBS Interactive acquired Last.fm for UK£140m ....