Propaganda (Serbian band)
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Propaganda was a former Yugoslav New Wave
band from Belgrade
, consisting of former Zvuk Ulice and Bulevar
members. The band released only one album, Apatija javnosti, and disbanded.
(guitarist, vocalist), Zdenko Kolar
(bass), Kokan Popović
(drums), Dragan Mitrić (keyboards), Bora Antić (saxophone) and Dragana Milković (piano, vocals). At first Divljan only played the guitar and later also did vocals.
The band did cover versions of The Beatles
, The Rolling Stones
, Jimi Hendrix
and performed their own songs, mostly instrumentals. The band sound was described as a combination of melodic rock and jazz rock, but Zdenko Kolar
in an interview stated that it was the sound that in the early eighties would definitely be described as New Wave
. They had recording sessions in Radio Belgrade
studios and the recordings were often broadcast on radio stations.
In 1978 the band performed at the last BOOM festival in Novi Sad
and in 1979 at Zaječar
Gitarijada
where they were well received, but the first place at the festival was won by Galija
. Soon after, Kokan Popović went to serve the Yugoslav People's Army
and his future wife got pregnant so the band split up. Divljan and Kolar soon formed Idoli, Mitrić joined Bulevar
and Popović joined Slađana Milošević's backing band.
(bass) and Nenad Morgenstern (drums, percussion) formed Propaganda. The band started recording their debut album, partially featuring material from the Zvuk Ulice repertoire, in the Radio Belgrade
Studio 5.
Apatija javnosti (Apathy of Publc), released by PGP-RTB
in 1982, featured ten tracks, including the opening track, "Esmeralda", featuring lyrics written by Muharem Serbezovski, a famous Macedonian
Romani musician. The band was signed as the author of all tracks as well as the album producers. The track from the album "Bugatty" appeared on the Polish
various artists compilation Ruleta 5, released by Supraphon
in 1984, and the track "18. Novembar" ("November 18") appeared on the Computer Incarnations For World Peace German
various artists compilation, released in 2007 by Sonar Kollektiv
.
After the album was released, the band disbanded. Kokan Popović had already been working with Idoli, on their debut album Odbrana i poslednji dani
(The Defence and the Last Days), and in 1983, Branko Isaković
also joined Idoli and appeared as bassist on the albums Čokolada
(Chocolate) and Šest dana juna
(Six Days of June). Mitrić joined Bajaga i Instruktori
and later became the part of his former Bulevar bandmate Dejan Cukić
backing band called Spori Ritam 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...
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...
, consisting of former Zvuk Ulice and Bulevar
Bulevar (band)
Bulevar were a Serbian and former Yugoslav New Wave band from Belgrade.-Band formation:The band history dates from the days of the group Tilt consisting of young highschool attendants Dejan Cukić , Nenad Stamatović , Dušan Bezuha , Miroslav Cvetković and drummers at different times,...
members. The band released only one album, Apatija javnosti, and disbanded.
Zvuk Ulice
The roots of Propaganda can be found in the mid-1970s band called Zvuk Ulice. The band was formed in 1976 by Vlada DivljanVlada Divljan
Vladimir "Vlada" Divljan , is a Serbian singer and songwriter. He is known as the frontman for the Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Idoli, as well as for his solo works.-Early activity:...
(guitarist, vocalist), Zdenko Kolar
Zdenko Kolar
Zdenko Kolar is a Serbian bass guitarist, most notable as the member of Idoli and Zona B.-Biography:Kolar was born in Zemun in 1956 where he lived until 1963 when he moved to inner town in Belgrade. He moved to a building where two of his future bandmates lived, Vlada Divljan and Boža Jovanović...
(bass), Kokan Popović
Kokan Popovic
Kokan Popović is a Serbian drummer notable for playing in bands Idoli and Propaganda.- Getting interested in music, first bands :Popović was born in Belgrade and lived at Alekse Nenadovica street connecting "Slavija" and "Metropol" hotel, inhabited by people from highest social positions, such as...
(drums), Dragan Mitrić (keyboards), Bora Antić (saxophone) and Dragana Milković (piano, vocals). At first Divljan only played the guitar and later also did vocals.
The band did cover versions of The Beatles
The Beatles
The Beatles were an English rock band, active throughout the 1960s and one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Formed in Liverpool, by 1962 the group consisted of John Lennon , Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr...
, The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones
The Rolling Stones are an English rock band, formed in London in April 1962 by Brian Jones , Ian Stewart , Mick Jagger , and Keith Richards . Bassist Bill Wyman and drummer Charlie Watts completed the early line-up...
, Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Hendrix
James Marshall "Jimi" Hendrix was an American guitarist and singer-songwriter...
and performed their own songs, mostly instrumentals. The band sound was described as a combination of melodic rock and jazz rock, but Zdenko Kolar
Zdenko Kolar
Zdenko Kolar is a Serbian bass guitarist, most notable as the member of Idoli and Zona B.-Biography:Kolar was born in Zemun in 1956 where he lived until 1963 when he moved to inner town in Belgrade. He moved to a building where two of his future bandmates lived, Vlada Divljan and Boža Jovanović...
in an interview stated that it was the sound that in the early eighties would definitely be described as 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...
. They had recording sessions in Radio Belgrade
Radio Belgrade
Radio Belgrade is a state-owned and operated radio station in Belgrade, Serbia.The predecessor of Radio Beograd, Radio Beograd-Rakovica, started its program in 1924 and was a part of a state wireless telegraph station. Radio Beograd, AD started in March 1929...
studios and the recordings were often broadcast on radio stations.
In 1978 the band performed at the last BOOM festival in Novi Sad
Novi Sad
Novi Sad is the capital of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, and the administrative centre of the South Bačka District. The city is located in the southern part of Pannonian Plain on the Danube river....
and in 1979 at 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...
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...
where they were well received, but the first place at the festival was won by Galija
Galija
Galija is a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band from Niš. The central figures of the band are brothers Nenad Milosavljević and Predrag Milosavljević...
. Soon after, Kokan Popović went to serve 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...
and his future wife got pregnant so the band split up. Divljan and Kolar soon formed Idoli, Mitrić joined Bulevar
Bulevar (band)
Bulevar were a Serbian and former Yugoslav New Wave band from Belgrade.-Band formation:The band history dates from the days of the group Tilt consisting of young highschool attendants Dejan Cukić , Nenad Stamatović , Dušan Bezuha , Miroslav Cvetković and drummers at different times,...
and Popović joined Slađana Milošević's backing band.
Propaganda
Former Zvuk Ulice members Kokan Popović (guitar, vocals) and Dragan Mitrić (keyboards) with Branko IsakovićBranko Isakovic
Branko Isaković is a Serbian bass player born in Valjevo in 1958. He was a member of notable rock bands active in former Yugoslavia. He closely collaborates with Dejan Cukić and Bilja Krstić and has his own projects TeodulIja and Divine Sound, focusing on ambiental, ethno and spiritual music.-...
(bass) and Nenad Morgenstern (drums, percussion) formed Propaganda. The band started recording their debut album, partially featuring material from the Zvuk Ulice repertoire, in the Radio Belgrade
Radio Belgrade
Radio Belgrade is a state-owned and operated radio station in Belgrade, Serbia.The predecessor of Radio Beograd, Radio Beograd-Rakovica, started its program in 1924 and was a part of a state wireless telegraph station. Radio Beograd, AD started in March 1929...
Studio 5.
Apatija javnosti (Apathy of Publc), released by 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...
in 1982, featured ten tracks, including the opening track, "Esmeralda", featuring lyrics written by Muharem Serbezovski, a famous Macedonian
Republic of Macedonia
Macedonia , officially the Republic of Macedonia , is a country located in the central Balkan peninsula in Southeast Europe. It is one of the successor states of the former Yugoslavia, from which it declared independence in 1991...
Romani musician. The band was signed as the author of all tracks as well as the album producers. The track from the album "Bugatty" appeared on the Polish
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
various artists compilation Ruleta 5, released by Supraphon
Supraphon
Supraphon Music Publishing is a Czech record label, it is oriented mainly towards publishing classical music, with an emphasis on Czech and Slovak composers.- History :...
in 1984, and the track "18. Novembar" ("November 18") appeared on the Computer Incarnations For World Peace German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
various artists compilation, released in 2007 by Sonar Kollektiv
Sonar Kollektiv
Sonar Kollektiv is a German record label founded in 1997 by the DJ and producer team Jazzanova. The intention was to create an independent record label and publisher connected to a worldwide independent distribution network...
.
After the album was released, the band disbanded. Kokan Popović had already been working with Idoli, on their debut album Odbrana i poslednji dani
Odbrana i poslednji dani
Odbrana i poslednji dani is the first studio album by former Yugoslavn New Wave band Idoli released in 1982....
(The Defence and the Last Days), and in 1983, Branko Isaković
Branko Isakovic
Branko Isaković is a Serbian bass player born in Valjevo in 1958. He was a member of notable rock bands active in former Yugoslavia. He closely collaborates with Dejan Cukić and Bilja Krstić and has his own projects TeodulIja and Divine Sound, focusing on ambiental, ethno and spiritual music.-...
also joined Idoli and appeared as bassist on the albums Čokolada
Cokolada
Čokolada is the second studio album by Serbian rock band Idoli. It is considered to be one of the best selling Yugoslav records.- History :...
(Chocolate) and Šest dana juna
Šest dana juna (album)
Šest dana juna is the soundtrack album for the movie with the same title. It was the last Idoli release.- History :After the Ljubljana show Idoli decided to split up. In the meantime Jugoton asked Vlada Divljan to work with Idoli on the soundtrack album for Dinko Tucaković's movie Šest dana juna...
(Six Days of June). Mitrić joined Bajaga i Instruktori
Bajaga i Instruktori
Bajaga i Instruktori are a highly popular Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band...
and later became the part of his former Bulevar bandmate 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...
backing band called Spori Ritam Band.
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External links
- Propaganda at DiscogsDiscogsDiscogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...
- Propaganda at YoutubeYouTubeYouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
- Propaganda at Rateyourmusic