Radnicka kontrola
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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 a frontman of the eminent former Yugoslav and Serbia
n rock
band Partibrejkers
from Belgrade
. Another member of the group Srđan Todorović "Žika" later became a drummer for the cult bands Ekatarina Velika
and Disciplina Kičme
. He achieved international success as a movie actor.
, Srdan Marković "Đile" (bass), Darko Milojković (guitar) and Srđan Todorović "Žika" (drums). The band member was shortly the drummer Mladen Pajević who later played with Radost Evrope, Šine, Robna Kuća and Lutke
.
The band recorded only two tracks, "Dosada" ("Boredom") and "TV u koloru" ("Colour TV"), both of which appeared on the various artist compilation Artistička radna akcija
. The recordings featured guest appearances by Petar i Zli Vuci
members guitarist Ljuba Sedlar who played drums, and drummer Relja Obrenović.
Radnička Kontrola appeared at a two-day New Wave
festival held in Belgrade
's Tašmajdan Park
during September 1981. The performance became infamous due to young Kostić who continually provoked the audience until so much commotion was created that the police decided to step in and stop the show. Kostić's behavior prompted a discussion in the newspapers on the morals and values of Yugoslav youth. The band's last live appearance took place one month later during October 1981 in Ljubljana
as support act for Šarlo Akrobata
. This was also Šarlo Akrobata
last concert.
, becoming one of the most popular Yugoslav bands. He also participated the Rimtutituki
anti war project in 1992, Pesme iznad istoka i zapada
Christian rock
project, and Kao da je bilo nekad... Posvećeno Milanu Mladenoviću, Milan Mladenović
tribute album.
Srđan Todorović Žika joined Bezobrazno Zeleno
with whom he recorded their first studio album. Then he moved on to Disciplina Kičme
(1984–1987), Ekatarina Velika
(1987–1990) and Kazna Za Uši
on their 1994 album Izliv radosti napad srece. Beside music he also worked as an actor and later completely devoted to acting. He is one of the most successful Serbia
n actors.
Srđan Marković "Đile" started working as a journalist and a visual artist mainly inspired by 1960s underground comic book
s. He also worked with Disciplina Kičme
and in 1989 formed an electro
post-punk
duo DDT, renamed to Supernaut
in 1993.
Darko Milojković worked with Disciplina Kičme
, appearing on the 1985 EP
Ja imam šarene oči
and 1986 studio album Svi za mnom!
, and Boye
, appearing on their 19888 album Dosta! Dosta! Dosta!.
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was the Yugoslav state that existed from the abolition of the Yugoslav monarchy until it was dissolved in 1992 amid the Yugoslav Wars. It was a socialist state and a federation made up of six socialist republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia,...
punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
/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...
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...
, active in the late 1970s and early 1980s and notable for its appearance on the compilation album 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...
.
After the band ceased to exist, vocalist Zoran Kostić "Cane" rose to nationwide and popularity as a frontman of the eminent former Yugoslav and 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 rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...
band Partibrejkers
Partibrejkers
Partibrejkers is a prominent Serbian rock band from Belgrade, as well as an acclaimed act of the former Yugoslav rock scene....
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...
. Another member of the group Srđan Todorović "Žika" later became a drummer for the cult bands 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 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...
. He achieved international success as a movie actor.
Formation and breakup
The band was formed in 1979, featuring Zoran Kostić "Cane" (vocals), who previously worked with Kopilad and Urbana GerilaUrbana gerila
Urbana Gerila was a former Yugoslav punk rock and New Wave band from Belgrade. The band is notable as the participant of the Artistička radna akcija project in 1981...
, Srdan Marković "Đile" (bass), Darko Milojković (guitar) and Srđan Todorović "Žika" (drums). The band member was shortly the drummer Mladen Pajević who later played with Radost Evrope, Šine, Robna Kuća and Lutke
Lutke
Lutke is a Serbian britpop/power pop band from Belgrade.- 1980s :The band was formed in 1987 by high-school friends Nenad Jovanović , Dejan Radovanović , Zlatko Šetvić and Zoran Aković...
.
The band recorded only two tracks, "Dosada" ("Boredom") and "TV u koloru" ("Colour TV"), both of which appeared on the various artist compilation 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...
. The recordings featured guest appearances by Petar i Zli Vuci
Petar i Zli Vuci
Petar i Zli Vuci were a former Yugoslav New Wave/ska band from Belgrade, notable as the participant of the Artistička radna akcija project.- History :...
members guitarist Ljuba Sedlar who played drums, and drummer Relja Obrenović.
Radnička Kontrola appeared at a two-day 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...
festival held in 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...
's Tašmajdan Park
Tašmajdan park
Tašmajdan Park , colloquially Tašmajdan or simply just Taš, is a public park and the surrounding urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Palilula...
during September 1981. The performance became infamous due to young Kostić who continually provoked the audience until so much commotion was created that the police decided to step in and stop the show. Kostić's behavior prompted a discussion in the newspapers on the morals and values of Yugoslav youth. The band's last live appearance took place one month later during October 1981 in Ljubljana
Ljubljana
Ljubljana is the capital of Slovenia and its largest city. It is the centre of the City Municipality of Ljubljana. It is located in the centre of the country in the Ljubljana Basin, and is a mid-sized city of some 270,000 inhabitants...
as support act for Šarlo Akrobata
Šarlo Akrobata
Šarlo Akrobata were a seminal Yugoslav rock band often categorized as late punk or New Wave, particularly art-oriented. Short-lived but extremely influential, in addition to being one of the most important acts of the Yugoslav New Wave scene, the three piece left an indelible mark on the entire...
. This was also Šarlo Akrobata
Šarlo Akrobata
Šarlo Akrobata were a seminal Yugoslav rock band often categorized as late punk or New Wave, particularly art-oriented. Short-lived but extremely influential, in addition to being one of the most important acts of the Yugoslav New Wave scene, the three piece left an indelible mark on the entire...
last concert.
Post breakup
After the band disbanded, Kostić formed his own band PartibrejkersPartibrejkers
Partibrejkers is a prominent Serbian rock band from Belgrade, as well as an acclaimed act of the former Yugoslav rock scene....
, becoming one of the most popular Yugoslav bands. He also participated the Rimtutituki
Rimtutituki
Rimtutituki was a Serbian rock supergroup featuring Ekatarina Velika, Električni Orgazam and Partibrejkers members. The band was formed as an anti-war project during the Yugoslav Wars...
anti war project in 1992, Pesme iznad istoka i zapada
Pesme iznad istoka i zapada
-Personnel:*Dragutin Aleksandrić - guitar*Nebojša Antonijević - guitar*Julija Boroš - vocals*Zoran Cvetković - trumpet*Nebojša Čanković - guitar*Dragan Ćurković - guitar*Marko Dacić - bass guitar...
Christian rock
Christian rock
Christian rock is a form of rock music played by individuals and bands whose members are Christians and who often focus the lyrics on matters concerned with the Christian faith. The extent to which their lyrics are explicitly Christian varies between bands...
project, and Kao da je bilo nekad... Posvećeno Milanu Mladenoviću, Milan Mladenović
Milan Mladenovic
Milan Mladenović was a Yugoslav and Serbian musician best known as the frontman of Serbian art rock band Ekatarina Velika.-Early life:...
tribute album.
Srđan Todorović Žika joined Bezobrazno Zeleno
Bezobrazno Zeleno
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....
with whom he recorded their first studio album. Then he moved on to 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...
(1984–1987), 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....
(1987–1990) and Kazna Za Uši
Kazna Za Uši
Kazna Za Uši is a Serbian garage rock band from Belgrade.- Band formation, first releases :...
on their 1994 album Izliv radosti napad srece. Beside music he also worked as an actor and later completely devoted to acting. He is one of the most successful 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 actors.
Srđan Marković "Đile" started working as a journalist and a visual artist mainly inspired by 1960s underground comic book
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
s. He also worked 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...
and in 1989 formed an electro
Electronic music
Electronic music is music that employs electronic musical instruments and electronic music technology in its production. In general a distinction can be made between sound produced using electromechanical means and that produced using electronic technology. Examples of electromechanical sound...
post-punk
Post-punk
Post-punk is a rock music movement with its roots in the late 1970s, following on the heels of the initial punk rock explosion of the mid-1970s. The genre retains its roots in the punk movement but is more introverted, complex and experimental...
duo DDT, renamed to Supernaut
Supernaut (Serbian band)
- 1990s :Having performed as DDT, formed in 1989 by former Šarlo Akrobata member Ivan Vdović "VD" , with Srđan Marković "Đile" and Miodrag Stojanović "Čeza" , the band changed the name to Supernaut, after Vdović's death in 1992...
in 1993.
Darko Milojković worked 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...
, appearing on the 1985 EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
Ja imam šarene oči
Ja imam šarene oči
- The band :* Koja — bass, vocals, bells* Žika — drums, percussion [tambourine]- Additional personnel :* Zeleni Zub — music by, lyrics by, artwork by [cover]...
and 1986 studio album Svi za mnom!
Svi za mnom!
- The band :* Koja — bass, vocals* Žika — drums* Kele — drums* Dedža — trumpet, vocals* Zerkman — trumpet, vocals- Additional personnel :* Duca — photography* S. Milojković — photography...
, and Boye
Boye (band)
Boye were a Serbian New Wave/alternative rock band from Novi Sad. Until the late 1980s Boye were an all-female band, but later lineups also featured male members.- 1980s :...
, appearing on their 19888 album Dosta! Dosta! Dosta!.
Discography
| Title | Released |
|---|---|
| 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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