U Škripcu
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U Škripcu was a former Yugoslav rock
band from Belgrade
, notable as participant in the Artistička radna akcija
project as well as for their later works.
radio station.
In 1980 the band was renamed U Škripcu, adding two more members, drummer Miloš Obrenović and bassist Aleksandar "Luka" Lukić. The band's first recordings, tracks "Južno voće" ("Tropical Fruit") and "Pamflex dom" ("Pamflex Home") were released on the Artistička radna akcija
compilation, which featured the second generation of Belgrade New Wave
bands, in 1981. The beginning of their career is also connected to the "Pamflex" concept. Pamflex was an imaginary company, invented by Delčić. The songs were actually commercials for imaginary products, as the band members considered advertising to be the finest form of art. Part of the concept was also reading of ironic and comical speeches, usage of Pamflex flags and using theater language style.
During 1981, the band had numerous live appearances in Belgrade
and Zagreb
, and soon established a fanbase. Their debut album Godine ljubavi (Years of Love), released by PGP-RTB
in 1982, did not feature Lukić on bass guitar, who was at the time serving the mandatory Yugoslav People's Army
stint, and was replaced by Idoli bassist Zdenko Kolar
, who recorded bass sections. During the tour, Dejan Grujić from the band Braća played bass. The band established a team of co-workers who collaborated on their next releases, producer Saša Habić and album artwork designers Slobodan Šajin and Momčilo Rajin. The album's most notable tracks were "Ti imaš dosta godina" ("You Have Plenty of Years"), "Hamuamule", "Samuraj" ("Samurai"), "Kao u boji" ("Like in Color") and "Proleće" ("Spring"), dealing with various theme orientations. After the album release, Saša Dragić became the band's manager.
In 1983, the band signed a contract with Jugoton
and released the album O je! (Oh, Yeah!) and the EP
Nove godine! (New Years!). The album was well accepted by the audience and the critics and the Rock magazine voted the album the best release of 1983. Guest appearances featured Gordi
bassist and arranger Slobodan Svrdlan, Đorđe Petrović on keyboards, Nenad Jelić on percussion and Jovan Maljoković on saxophone. The tracks "Beograd spava" ("Belgrade Is Sleeping"), "Kockar" ("Gambler") and "Siđi do reke" ("Come down to the River") were the most notable tracks on the album. The Nove godine! EP was intentionally released during the New Year holidays
and featured five songs including the title track, also released on single, and the hit "Koliko imaš godina" ("How Old Are You").
In 1984, Lukić returned to the band and together they toured mainly in Croatia
and in 1985 the band released Budimo zajedno! (Let's Be Together!) which was a combination of pop
and electronic music
. It featured a new version of "Hamuamule", "Tama me prati" ("Darkness Follows Me"), "Crni anđele" ("Black Angel"), "Baj, baj" ("Bye, Bye"). Due to the inability to achieve the success of the previous records the band ceased to exist.
, drummer Davor Vidiš (from Kristalno Plavo), bassist Dario Kumele and guitarist Zdravko Jurković. In the meantime Delčić went to serve the Yugoslav People's Army
, so Vulović decided to change the lineup featuring musicians from Belgrade
, vocalist Aleksandar Tabaš, bassist Dejan "Škopi" Škopelja, guitarist Zoran Veljković and drummer Marko Milivojević
. The 1987 self-titled album was produced by Rijan Nemurin, and guest appearances featured Aleksandar Vasiljević and Vlada Negovanović. The album was not commercially successful, the only track becoming a minor hit was "Vreme je za nas" ("It Is Time for Us"), and the band disbanded.
Delčić, having returned from the army, started preparing his first solo album. The album was never released and U Škripcu reunited once again featuring original members Lukić, Vulović, Delčić, Vasiljević and Disciplina Kičme
drummer Ratko Ljubičić. The band released Izgleda da mi smo sami (It Looks like We're Alone) in 1990. It was produced by Lukić and Vasiljević and, beside the title track, "Ako ti kažem (Je, je, je)" ("If I Say to You (Yeah, Yeah, Yeah)") became popular songs. On the retrospective evening of the Belgrade Spring festival, the band performed a cover version of "Stjuardesa" ("Stewardess") originally performed by Radoslav Grajić, and the recording appeared on the Beograde compilation in 1991.
When the Yugoslav wars
started, the band became inactive and reformed only for major events like the student's protests, Gitarijada
festival, and others, and in the meantime prepared some new material, which was never released. Part of the material was used on the Familija
debut album Narodno pozorište
, featuring Vasiljević and Lukić and Vampiri
members Dejan "Peja" Pejović, Dejan "Dexi" Petrović and Goran "Gedža" Redžepi. The material written by Delčić appeared on his first solo album Delča & Sklekovi.
In 2000, the band's song "Ako ti kažem (Je, je, je)" appeared on the Taped Pictures various artists compilation Automania 2 - Pop Hidraulic. In 2006, on the Delča & Sklekovi concert at Belgrade's Dom Omladine, the original U Škripcu members appeared as guests. In December 2008, a live album was released, entitled Ljubilarnih 20 i nešto godina - Live, recorded at the band's 2006 performance in Dom Omladine, released as Delča, a i U Škripcu (Delča, and also U Škripcu). Delčić stated that the release of the album is not a comeback album or the announcement of the band's reunion.
Delčić died on July 24, 2011, after spending several years fighting cancer
.
In 2011, the alternative rock
band Block Out
released a cover of "Beograd spava" as a single.
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 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...
, notable as participant in 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.
Formation and breakup (1980 - 1984)
The band was formed by three high school friends Zoran "Vule" Vulović (keyboards), Milan "Delča" Delčić (vocals, guitar for a short period of time) and Aleksandar "Vasa" Vasiljević (guitar). The three used to write amateur theatre plays and in 1979 decided to form a band. The group was initially called Prolog Za Veliki Haos (Intro for the Great Chaos) and then Furije Furiozno Furaju. The three also worked as associate journalists for the Mladi novi svet show airing on Studio BRTV Studio B
RTV Studio B, more often called Studio B , is a radio and television broadcaster in Belgrade, Serbia, which was the first broadcast station outside the national electronic media system.-Background:...
radio station.
In 1980 the band was renamed U Škripcu, adding two more members, drummer Miloš Obrenović and bassist Aleksandar "Luka" Lukić. The band's first recordings, tracks "Južno voće" ("Tropical Fruit") and "Pamflex dom" ("Pamflex Home") were released on 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, which featured the second generation of Belgrade 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, in 1981. The beginning of their career is also connected to the "Pamflex" concept. Pamflex was an imaginary company, invented by Delčić. The songs were actually commercials for imaginary products, as the band members considered advertising to be the finest form of art. Part of the concept was also reading of ironic and comical speeches, usage of Pamflex flags and using theater language style.
During 1981, the band had numerous live appearances 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...
and Zagreb
Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
, and soon established a fanbase. Their debut album Godine ljubavi (Years of Love), 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, did not feature Lukić on bass guitar, who was at the time serving the mandatory 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...
stint, and was replaced by Idoli bassist 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...
, who recorded bass sections. During the tour, Dejan Grujić from the band Braća played bass. The band established a team of co-workers who collaborated on their next releases, producer Saša Habić and album artwork designers Slobodan Šajin and Momčilo Rajin. The album's most notable tracks were "Ti imaš dosta godina" ("You Have Plenty of Years"), "Hamuamule", "Samuraj" ("Samurai"), "Kao u boji" ("Like in Color") and "Proleće" ("Spring"), dealing with various theme orientations. After the album release, Saša Dragić became the band's manager.
In 1983, the band signed a contract with Jugoton
Jugoton
Jugoton was the largest record label and chain record store in the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia based in Zagreb, Socialist Republic of Croatia. After the breakup of Yugoslavia the company continued to work in independent Republic of Croatia under the name Croatia...
and released the album O je! (Oh, Yeah!) and the 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...
Nove godine! (New Years!). The album was well accepted by the audience and the critics and the Rock magazine voted the album the best release of 1983. Guest appearances featured Gordi
Gordi
Gordi were a former Yugoslav heavy metal band from Belgrade. Although only their last two studio albums, Pakleni trio and Kraljica smrti, were truly heavy metal oriented, these are the albums for which Gordi are generally most remembered.-Band history:The band was formed in November 1977 by former...
bassist and arranger Slobodan Svrdlan, Đorđe Petrović on keyboards, Nenad Jelić on percussion and Jovan Maljoković on saxophone. The tracks "Beograd spava" ("Belgrade Is Sleeping"), "Kockar" ("Gambler") and "Siđi do reke" ("Come down to the River") were the most notable tracks on the album. The Nove godine! EP was intentionally released during the New Year holidays
New Year's Day
New Year's Day is observed on January 1, the first day of the year on the modern Gregorian calendar as well as the Julian calendar used in ancient Rome...
and featured five songs including the title track, also released on single, and the hit "Koliko imaš godina" ("How Old Are You").
In 1984, Lukić returned to the band and together they toured mainly in Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...
and in 1985 the band released Budimo zajedno! (Let's Be Together!) which was a combination of pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
and electronic music
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...
. It featured a new version of "Hamuamule", "Tama me prati" ("Darkness Follows Me"), "Crni anđele" ("Black Angel"), "Baj, baj" ("Bye, Bye"). Due to the inability to achieve the success of the previous records the band ceased to exist.
Reformations and reunions (1986 - 2006)
Delčić finished drama studies at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Belgrade and started writing theatre plays. Vasić and Lukić worked as producers and with Obrenović and Aleksandar Ralev formed the pop rock band Košava. Vulović, having returned from the Yugoslav People's Army decided to form his own band, Bang Bang, featuring himself on vocals. Since Delčić became a part of the project, the two decided to reform U Škripcu in 1986. They recorded new material with musicians from ZagrebZagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...
, drummer Davor Vidiš (from Kristalno Plavo), bassist Dario Kumele and guitarist Zdravko Jurković. In the meantime Delčić 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...
, so Vulović decided to change the lineup featuring musicians 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...
, vocalist Aleksandar Tabaš, bassist Dejan "Škopi" Škopelja, guitarist Zoran Veljković and drummer Marko Milivojević
Marko Milivojevic
Marko Milivojević is a Serbian musician. He played drums and keyboards in various Yugoslav bands Marko Milivojević is a Serbian musician. He played drums and keyboards in various Yugoslav bands Marko Milivojević is a Serbian musician. He played drums and keyboards in various Yugoslav bands...
. The 1987 self-titled album was produced by Rijan Nemurin, and guest appearances featured Aleksandar Vasiljević and Vlada Negovanović. The album was not commercially successful, the only track becoming a minor hit was "Vreme je za nas" ("It Is Time for Us"), and the band disbanded.
Delčić, having returned from the army, started preparing his first solo album. The album was never released and U Škripcu reunited once again featuring original members Lukić, Vulović, Delčić, Vasiljević 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...
drummer Ratko Ljubičić. The band released Izgleda da mi smo sami (It Looks like We're Alone) in 1990. It was produced by Lukić and Vasiljević and, beside the title track, "Ako ti kažem (Je, je, je)" ("If I Say to You (Yeah, Yeah, Yeah)") became popular songs. On the retrospective evening of the Belgrade Spring festival, the band performed a cover version of "Stjuardesa" ("Stewardess") originally performed by Radoslav Grajić, and the recording appeared on the Beograde compilation in 1991.
When 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...
started, the band became inactive and reformed only for major events like the student's protests, 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, and others, and in the meantime prepared some new material, which was never released. Part of the material was used on the Familija
Familija
Familija was a Serbian rock supergroup from Belgrade, consisting of Vampiri, Košava and U Škripcu members...
debut album Narodno pozorište
Narodno pozorište
Narodno pozorište is the debut album of the Serbian rock supergroup Familija, released in 1995.- Background :The album was the result of the collaboration of U Škripcu and Košava members Aleksandar "Vasa" Vasiljević and Aleksandar "Luka" Lukić with former Vampiri members Dejan "Peja" Pejović ,...
, featuring Vasiljević and Lukić and Vampiri
Vampiri
Vampiri were a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band from Belgrade. The band was formed in 1988, and performed music influenced by the 1950s doo-wop and rockabilly. After releasing two studio albums, they disbanded in 1993...
members Dejan "Peja" Pejović, Dejan "Dexi" Petrović and Goran "Gedža" Redžepi. The material written by Delčić appeared on his first solo album Delča & Sklekovi.
In 2000, the band's song "Ako ti kažem (Je, je, je)" appeared on the Taped Pictures various artists compilation Automania 2 - Pop Hidraulic. In 2006, on the Delča & Sklekovi concert at Belgrade's Dom Omladine, the original U Škripcu members appeared as guests. In December 2008, a live album was released, entitled Ljubilarnih 20 i nešto godina - Live, recorded at the band's 2006 performance in Dom Omladine, released as Delča, a i U Škripcu (Delča, and also U Škripcu). Delčić stated that the release of the album is not a comeback album or the announcement of the band's reunion.
Delčić died on July 24, 2011, after spending several years fighting cancer
Cancer
Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
.
Legacy
In 2006, the song "Siđi do reke" was ranked #71 on the B92 Top 100 Domestic Songs list.In 2011, the alternative rock
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
band Block Out
Block Out (band)
Block Out is a grunge/alternative rock band from Belgrade, Serbia. Their musical style is a combination of artistic alternative rock, punk rock, doom metal and psychedelic rock...
released a cover of "Beograd spava" as a single.
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