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/punk rock
band from Novi Sad
.
, vocals), who previously worked with Vrisak Generacije, Fritz (guitar
), and Pavke (drums
), and having intensively rehearsed, they recorded their first demo recording, the song "Za Novi Sad" ("For Novi Sad"), the following year, at Pavke's Studio M. Due to the audience positive reactions to the recordings, the band, in an altered lineup, which featured Petronijević (vocals), Četa (bass guitar), and P.J. (drums), and Slobodan Fekete "Barbun" (guitar), started performing, mainly in clubs.
The selected recordings from the performances from this period were later released on the band's first official demo recording Oi Ain't Dead, released in early 1990 by the Belgrade
record label Predskazanje Records. The demo, available only on compact cassette
, beside live recordings, also featured studio material, recorded at the Barbaro and Matrix studios.
an record labels, eventually being released in 1991 by German
label Dim Records in LP and CD
formats. The album, with live versions of "Skinheads" and "Sama" ("Alone"), was released in Serbia by Ghost House Records. Due to the worldwide catalog sales of the album, the band appeared on several various artists compilations, and was charted on several independent European top lists. The album was promoted live in major Serbian cities, including Novi Sad, Belgrade and Kragujevac
.
After the album release, the band got another guitar player, Milan Krajnović "Ćomi", a former Loš Spoj member. The new lineup recorded the second studio album, Breaking, released by the German record label Walzwerk Records, and the funds from the album sales were used for humanitarian purposes, helping children endangered by the Yugoslav Wars
. Before the album release, the German authorities took over the album recordings, claiming that the label was breaking the economic sanctions imposed to Yugoslavia by the United Nations
, but, after a compromise, made with the help of UNICEF, the album release was allowed. Beside the songs with lyrics in Serbian language
, including the hit "Put beznađa" ("Hopeless Road"), the album featured five songs with English language
lyrics. The album was also released in Serbia, entitled Razbijanje (Breaking), and was released by Music YUser, available on compact cassette only, and featuring lyrics entirely in Serbian language.
After the album release, P.J. left the band, being replaced by former Annathema drummer Miodrag Balaban "Stavra", and the new lineup recorded the live album Pogo Live, featuring material recorded live at the Belgrade KST, Studio M, and the Novi Sad Spens Sports Center
, during the late 1994. At the time, the band often got invitations to perform at various European festivals, however, due to the visa
issues, the band did not perform abroad. However, the lineup did not last long as, in 1996, both Balaban and Četa left the band, being replaced by bassist Kića and P.J, who returned to the band. The lineup recorded the album Zvuci bola (Sounds of Pain), with lyrics dealing with the current political situation in the country. The band recorded promotional videos for the songs "Tuđi glasovi" ("Other Voices") and "Vaš svet" ("Your World").
On early November 1997, at the time of conflicts of Romani people and skinheads in Belgrade, the band's performance at the Belgrade Studentski kulturni centar
was canceled, because band was accused, by part of the media, for spreading hatred and racism
. The following year, A Records re-released Pogo Live, Nikog nema and Breaking on CD. Also, the live versions of the band songs "Nikad više" ("Nevermore"), and "Sama" appeared on the live various artists compilation Četiri godine na Golom otoku (Four Years at Goli otok
) and Svi protiv svih (Everybody Against Everybody), recorded live at KST on December 9, 1995 at the TV Politika Paket Aranžman fifth anniversary, and released in 1998 by Hi-Fi Centar
.
The fourth studio album, 999, recorded in Austria
at the Art Noise Studio in Wels
, beside Krajnović, P.J and Milunović, who produced the album, featured bassist Miroslav Mijatović "Mire", a former Pero Defformero
member. Due to the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, the band had to return to the country and wait for eight months for the album mastering and record releasing. The album, with songs with lyrics in both Serbian and English language, featured the distinguished tracks "Protest", "Kraj" ("The End"), "Jedan dan" ("One Day"), "10 godina" ("10 Years"), and "Deep Sleep". Bonus tracks from the album, "Betrayed" and "Jedan dan" ("One Day"), were recorded at the Kragujevac
Češnjak studio.
, was also released. The album brought a slight stylistic change in the band sound, bringing negative reactions from both the fans and critics, resulting the band not performing the songs from the album on their live appearances.
On October 2006, the band released the album IX, featuring the bonus track "Visoki napon" ("High Voltage"), for which the song lyrics were written by Partibrejkers
frontman Zoran Kostić "Cane". The album, for which the cover was designed by former Džukele
member Leonid "Leo fon Punkerstein" Pilipović, was produced by Ljubomir Pejić. The band recorded a promotional video for the song "Hiljade" ("Thousands"), and presented the album in Novi Sad, Belgrade, and the Inđija Green Fest
, where Zoran Kostić "Cane" appeared as guest. During the same year, the band participated the Pankrti
tribute album Pankrti 06, with the cover version of the song "Anarhist".
In 2007, and in 2008, the band performed at the EXIT festival
, and during 2008, the band appeared as guests on the hip hop
band Monogamija album Lovac na kurve (Whore Hunter), on the bonus track "Asfaltirana džungla" ("Asphalt Jungle"). The following year, on November, guitarist Milan Krajnović "Ćomi" left the band being replaced by Pero Defformero
guitarist Saša Friš, at the time when the band was finishing the recordings sessions for their next studio album with the work title Paklena mašina (Hell Machine), recorded at the Belgrade studio Barba and Ljubljana
studio Fabrika 13.
official website. The band went on a promotional tour, which included a performance on Metalcamp
festival in Slovenia
. In an iterview, Petronijevć stated that a DVD
featuring recordings from the tour would be released at the beginning of 2012.
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 oi!
Oi!
Oi! is a working class subgenre of punk rock that originated in the United Kingdom in the late 1970s. The music and its associated subculture had the goal of bringing together punks, skinheads and other working-class youths ....
/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...
band from 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....
.
1980s
The band was formed in 1986, by Boban Petronijević (bass guitarBass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, vocals), who previously worked with Vrisak Generacije, Fritz (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...
), and Pavke (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 having intensively rehearsed, they recorded their first demo recording, the song "Za Novi Sad" ("For Novi Sad"), the following year, at Pavke's Studio M. Due to the audience positive reactions to the recordings, the band, in an altered lineup, which featured Petronijević (vocals), Četa (bass guitar), and P.J. (drums), and Slobodan Fekete "Barbun" (guitar), started performing, mainly in clubs.
The selected recordings from the performances from this period were later released on the band's first official demo recording Oi Ain't Dead, released in early 1990 by the 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...
record label Predskazanje Records. The demo, available only on compact cassette
Compact Cassette
The Compact Cassette, often referred to as audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply tape, is a magnetic tape sound recording format. It was designed originally for dictation, but improvements in fidelity led the Compact Cassette to supplant the Stereo 8-track cartridge and reel-to-reel...
, beside live recordings, also featured studio material, recorded at the Barbaro and Matrix studios.
1990s
The recordings from the debut studio album, Nikog nema (There Is No One), released in 1991, was sent to many EuropeEurope
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
an record labels, eventually being released in 1991 by 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...
label Dim Records in LP and CD
Compact Disc
The Compact Disc is an optical disc used to store digital data. It was originally developed to store and playback sound recordings exclusively, but later expanded to encompass data storage , write-once audio and data storage , rewritable media , Video Compact Discs , Super Video Compact Discs ,...
formats. The album, with live versions of "Skinheads" and "Sama" ("Alone"), was released in Serbia by Ghost House Records. Due to the worldwide catalog sales of the album, the band appeared on several various artists compilations, and was charted on several independent European top lists. The album was promoted live in major Serbian cities, including Novi Sad, Belgrade and Kragujevac
Kragujevac
Kragujevac is the fourth largest city in Serbia, the main city of the Šumadija region and the administrative centre of Šumadija District. It is situated on the banks of the Lepenica River...
.
After the album release, the band got another guitar player, Milan Krajnović "Ćomi", a former Loš Spoj member. The new lineup recorded the second studio album, Breaking, released by the German record label Walzwerk Records, and the funds from the album sales were used for humanitarian purposes, helping children endangered by the Yugoslav Wars
Yugoslav wars
The Yugoslav Wars were a series of wars, fought throughout the former Yugoslavia between 1991 and 1995. The wars were complex: characterized by bitter ethnic conflicts among the peoples of the former Yugoslavia, mostly between Serbs on the one side and Croats and Bosniaks on the other; but also...
. Before the album release, the German authorities took over the album recordings, claiming that the label was breaking the economic sanctions imposed to Yugoslavia by the United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
, but, after a compromise, made with the help of UNICEF, the album release was allowed. Beside the songs 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....
, including the hit "Put beznađa" ("Hopeless Road"), the album featured five songs with English language
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
lyrics. The album was also released in Serbia, entitled Razbijanje (Breaking), and was released by Music YUser, available on compact cassette only, and featuring lyrics entirely in Serbian language.
After the album release, P.J. left the band, being replaced by former Annathema drummer Miodrag Balaban "Stavra", and the new lineup recorded the live album Pogo Live, featuring material recorded live at the Belgrade KST, Studio M, and the Novi Sad Spens Sports Center
Spens Sports Center
SPC Vojvodina , commonly referred to as SPENS, is a multi-purpose venue located in Novi Sad, Serbia. It operates under publicly owned company JP "Sportski i poslovni centar Vojvodina", which in addition to SPENS also has "Sajmište Sports Center" under its umbrella...
, during the late 1994. At the time, the band often got invitations to perform at various European festivals, however, due to the visa
Visa (document)
A visa is a document showing that a person is authorized to enter the territory for which it was issued, subject to permission of an immigration official at the time of actual entry. The authorization may be a document, but more commonly it is a stamp endorsed in the applicant's passport...
issues, the band did not perform abroad. However, the lineup did not last long as, in 1996, both Balaban and Četa left the band, being replaced by bassist Kića and P.J, who returned to the band. The lineup recorded the album Zvuci bola (Sounds of Pain), with lyrics dealing with the current political situation in the country. The band recorded promotional videos for the songs "Tuđi glasovi" ("Other Voices") and "Vaš svet" ("Your World").
On early November 1997, at the time of conflicts of Romani people and skinheads in Belgrade, the band's performance at the Belgrade Studentski kulturni centar
Studentski kulturni centar
Studentski Kulturni Centar , abbreviated as "SKC", is a cultural centre in Belgrade, Serbia.The center opened in 1971 in the building that had up to that point been used by state security agency UDBA. The opening of SKC was seen by many as the communist regime's concession to the youth of Belgrade...
was canceled, because band was accused, by part of the media, for spreading hatred and racism
Racism
Racism is the belief that inherent different traits in human racial groups justify discrimination. In the modern English language, the term "racism" is used predominantly as a pejorative epithet. It is applied especially to the practice or advocacy of racial discrimination of a pernicious nature...
. The following year, A Records re-released Pogo Live, Nikog nema and Breaking on CD. Also, the live versions of the band songs "Nikad više" ("Nevermore"), and "Sama" appeared on the live various artists compilation Četiri godine na Golom otoku (Four Years at Goli otok
Goli otok
Goli otok is an island off the northern Adriatic coast, located between Rab's northeastern shore and the mainland, in what is today Croatia's Primorje-Gorski Kotar county. The island is barren and uninhabited...
) and Svi protiv svih (Everybody Against Everybody), recorded live at KST on December 9, 1995 at the TV Politika Paket Aranžman fifth anniversary, and released in 1998 by Hi-Fi Centar
Hi-Fi Centar
Hi-Fi Centar was a record label based in Belgrade, Serbia.The company was originally formed in 1987 as a music store and was originally named Audio Klub Centar. In 1993 it changed the name to Hi-Fi Centar and moved to record publishing...
.
The fourth studio album, 999, recorded in Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
at the Art Noise Studio in Wels
Wels
Wels is the second largest city of the state of Upper Austria, located in the north of Austria, on the Traun River near Linz. It is not part of its surrounding Wels County , but a so-called Statutarstadt . However, Wels is the county seat of Wels-Land.- Geography :Wels is located in the...
, beside Krajnović, P.J and Milunović, who produced the album, featured bassist Miroslav Mijatović "Mire", a former Pero Defformero
Pero Defformero
Pero Defformero are a Serbian band from Novi Sad. The band is known by its unique style, combining turbo-folk and progressive metal.- Formation and breakup :...
member. Due to the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia, the band had to return to the country and wait for eight months for the album mastering and record releasing. The album, with songs with lyrics in both Serbian and English language, featured the distinguished tracks "Protest", "Kraj" ("The End"), "Jedan dan" ("One Day"), "10 godina" ("10 Years"), and "Deep Sleep". Bonus tracks from the album, "Betrayed" and "Jedan dan" ("One Day"), were recorded at the Kragujevac
Kragujevac
Kragujevac is the fourth largest city in Serbia, the main city of the Šumadija region and the administrative centre of Šumadija District. It is situated on the banks of the Lepenica River...
Češnjak studio.
2000s
In 2002, the band released their first live album Exist To Resist, recorded on the Spring of 2002 at the Belgrade Studentski kulturni centar. During the same year, the studio album Poriv (Impulse), produced by Milunović, recorded in Austria and post-produced in SwedenSweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
, was also released. The album brought a slight stylistic change in the band sound, bringing negative reactions from both the fans and critics, resulting the band not performing the songs from the album on their live appearances.
On October 2006, the band released the album IX, featuring the bonus track "Visoki napon" ("High Voltage"), for which the song lyrics were written by Partibrejkers
Partibrejkers
Partibrejkers is a prominent Serbian rock band from Belgrade, as well as an acclaimed act of the former Yugoslav rock scene....
frontman Zoran Kostić "Cane". The album, for which the cover was designed by former Džukele
Džukele
Džukele were a Serbian punk rock band from Subotica.- History :The band Phoenix was formed in 1991 by Dragan Neorčić , Slobodan Vukosavljević , and Rudolf Aleksijević...
member Leonid "Leo fon Punkerstein" Pilipović, was produced by Ljubomir Pejić. The band recorded a promotional video for the song "Hiljade" ("Thousands"), and presented the album in Novi Sad, Belgrade, and the Inđija Green Fest
Green Fest (Serbia)
Green Fest was an annual single day musical event held in Serbia.Conceived as a local arm of the Carlsberg Group's Tuborg GreenFest summer concert series across Eastern Europe, Serbian Green Fest is organized by the same group of individuals who are behind EXIT...
, where Zoran Kostić "Cane" appeared as guest. During the same year, the band participated the Pankrti
Pankrti
Pankrti were a punk rock band from Ljubljana, Slovenia, active in the late 1970s and during the 1980s. They were known for provocative and politically engaged songs and billed themselves "The First Punk Band Behind The Iron Curtain"...
tribute album Pankrti 06, with the cover version of the song "Anarhist".
In 2007, and in 2008, the band performed at the EXIT festival
EXIT (festival)
Exit is an annual summer music festival in the Petrovaradin Fortress of Novi Sad, Serbia. It is staged annually since 2000 and usually lasts four days ....
, and during 2008, the band appeared as guests on the hip hop
Hip hop
Hip hop is a form of musical expression and artistic culture that originated in African-American and Latino communities during the 1970s in New York City, specifically the Bronx. DJ Afrika Bambaataa outlined the four pillars of hip hop culture: MCing, DJing, breaking and graffiti writing...
band Monogamija album Lovac na kurve (Whore Hunter), on the bonus track "Asfaltirana džungla" ("Asphalt Jungle"). The following year, on November, guitarist Milan Krajnović "Ćomi" left the band being replaced by Pero Defformero
Pero Defformero
Pero Defformero are a Serbian band from Novi Sad. The band is known by its unique style, combining turbo-folk and progressive metal.- Formation and breakup :...
guitarist Saša Friš, at the time when the band was finishing the recordings sessions for their next studio album with the work title Paklena mašina (Hell Machine), recorded at the Belgrade studio Barba and 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...
studio Fabrika 13.
2010s
In June 2010, the band released its seventh studio and tenth official release Paralelni svet (Parallel World). The album was released in two versions, the CD digipack format, released through SKC Novi Sad record label featuring the bonus track "Daj mi" ("Give Me"), and a free download version at the Exit festivalEXIT (festival)
Exit is an annual summer music festival in the Petrovaradin Fortress of Novi Sad, Serbia. It is staged annually since 2000 and usually lasts four days ....
official website. The band went on a promotional tour, which included a performance on Metalcamp
Metalcamp
Metalcamp is a heavy metal music festival held annually in Slovenia since 2004.-2004:Danzig, Apocalyptica, Hypocrisy, Sentenced, Primal Fear, Katatonia, Dew-Scented, Dead Soul Tribe, Fleshcrawl, Mnemic, Prospect, Belphegor, Ancient, Destruction, Brainstorm, Dark Funeral, Vintersorg, Finntroll,...
festival in Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...
. In an iterview, Petronijevć stated that a DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
featuring recordings from the tour would be released at the beginning of 2012.
Studio albums
- Nikog nema (1991)
- Breaking (1993)
- Zvuci bola (1996)
- 999 (2000)
- Poriv (2002)
- IX (2006)
- Paralelni svet (2010)
Singles
- "N.S. Kids Are Innocent" (1990)
- "Put beznađa" (1996)
- "Nikad više" / "Sama" (1998)
- "Suton" (2006)
- "Anarhist" (2006)
- "Asfaltirana džungla" (with Monogamija, 2008)
External links
- Ritam Nereda 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...
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- Ritam Nereda 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 ....
- Ritam Nereda at Spirit of Metal
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