Karizma (Serbian band)
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Karizma compelling attractiveness or charm that can inspire devotion in others, 2) a divinely conferred power or talent. For some theological usages the term is rendered charism, with a meaning the same as sense 2...
) is a 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...
n and former Yugoslav hard rock
Hard rock
Hard rock is a loosely defined genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock, blues rock and psychedelic rock...
/glam metal
Glam metal
Glam metal is a subgenre of hard rock and heavy metal that arose in the late 1970s and early 1980s in the United States, particularly on the Los Angeles Sunset Strip music scene...
band.
1985 - 1994
Karizma was formed in BelgradeBelgrade
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...
in 1985 and was named after Kiss
KISS (band)
Kiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in January 1973. Well-known for its members' face paint and flamboyant stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid to late 1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood spitting,...
song "Charisma" from their 1979 album Dynasty. In 1988 Karizma won the first place at Gitarijada
Gitarijada
Gitarijada is a musical festival held in Zaječar, Serbia in order to promote demo bands. Held since 1969, Gitarijada is one of the longest lasting festivals in Serbia and in South Eastern Europe and the largest festival of young and unsinged bands in South Eastern Europe...
festival in Zaječar
Zajecar
Zaječar is a city and municipality in the eastern part of Serbia. According to the 2011 census the town has a population of 36,830, and its coordinates are 43.91° North, 22.30° East...
and released their debut album Vreme je za nas
Vreme je za nas
Vreme je za nas is the debut studio album from former Yugoslav and Serbian hard rock/glam metal band Karizma.-Side One:#"Noćas" – 3:19#"Vrati se" – 3:40#"Ne želimo kraj" – 3:50#"Ti si prošla kao san" - 3:35...
(It's Time for Us) in 1989, in the following lineup: Dušan Zarić (vocals), Dušan Janićijević (guitar
Electric guitar
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), Dragoljub Popović (guitar), Zoran Miletić (bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
), Dejan Tomović (keyboard
Musical keyboard
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) and Srđan Milenković (drums
Drum kit
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). After the album was released Zarić left the band due to his army obligations. A former Otkrovenje member Dejan Jelisavčić replaced Zarić. In 1990 the band was awarded with MESAM's award for the best debut act in 1989. The same year Karizma was an opening band on Kerber
Kerber
Kerber is a Serbian and former Yugoslav hard rock band from Niš.-1980s:The original members of Kerber were Goran Šepa "Gale" , Tomislav Nikolić , Branislav "Bane" Božinović , Zoran Stamenković and Zoran Madić . In 1981, formerly known as Top Kerber (Serbian Cyrillic: Кербер; trans. Cerberus) is a...
tour.
In 1991 the band released its second studio album U snovima
U snovima
U snovima is the second studio album from former Yugoslav and Serbian hard rock/glam metal band Karizma.Album features a cover of Oliver Mandić's song "Ljuljaj me nežno"....
(In the Dreams) with Goran Tadić (drums) as Karizma's new member. Album featured a cover of Oliver Mandić
Oliver Mandic
Oliver Mandić is a Serbian pop musician, composer, and producer - very prominent and popular throughout the 1980s.-Early biography:...
's song "Ljuljaj me nežno". In 1993 bass guitarist Saša Đokić and drummer Dragan Živković replaced Tomović and Tadić. In 1994 the band recorded demos for the album that was never released and disbanded soon after.
Reunion
In 2005 Karizma reunited with Nemanja Petrović (keyboard) and a former JugosloveniJugosloveni
Jugosloveni were a former Yugoslav rock band, best known for their hit "Jugosloveni".-Band history:The band was formed in 1986 by the vocalist Zoran Paunović...
and Tifa Band member Saša Đokić (guitar) as the band's new members. The same year band released album Retro-active
Retro-active
Retro-active is a compilation album by former Yugoslav and Serbian hard rock/glam metal band Karizma. Album features remastered all of the songs from their second studio album U snovima, a new version of "Vrati se" and song "Ludnica" which was recorded in 1994 but was previously unreleased.-...
, which consisted of the remastered songs from U snovima, song "Ludnica" recorded in 1994 and the new version of "Vrati se". In 2006 a former Ruski Rulet and Alisa
Alisa (Serbian band)
Alisa were a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band.-1984 - 1991:...
keyboardist Nenad Đorđević replaced Petrović, and one of the original Karizma members, Dragoljub Popović returned to the band. In 2007 Karizma performed on the Peace Festival, headlined by Glenn Hughes and held in Dimitrovgrad, Serbia
Dimitrovgrad, Serbia
Dimitrovgrad is a town and 483 km² large municipality located in the Pirot District of the Republic of Serbia. According to 2011 census, the municipality of Dimitrovgrad has a population of 10,056 people and the town 6,247.-Name:...
.