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Bajaga I Instruktori
Bajaga i Instruktori (Serbian Cyrillic: Бајага и Инструктори; trans. ''Bajaga and the Instructors'') are a Serbian and Yugoslav rock band formed in Belgrade in 1984. Founded and led by vocalist, guitarist and principal composer and lyricist Momčilo Bajagić "Bajaga", the group is one of the most notable acts of the Yugoslav rock scene. The band was formed while Bajagaić was still a guitarist for the highly popular band Riblja Čorba, originally to promote Bajagić's side project ''Pozitivna geografija''. The success of the album and the promotional tour led to the continuation of the band's activity. Bajaga i Instruktori's following releases, ''Sa druge strane jastuka'' (1985), '' Jahači magle'' (1986) and '' Prodavnica tajni'' (1988), brought a plethora of hit songs, placing the band at the top of the Yugoslav rock scene, alongside other mega-selling bands like Riblja Čorba and Bijelo Dugme. The band's work and Bajagić's often poetic lyrics were also wer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Belgrade
Belgrade ( , ;, ; Names of European cities in different languages: B, names in other languages) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin, Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. Nearly 1,166,763 million people live within the administrative limits of the City of Belgrade. It is the third largest of all List of cities and towns on Danube river, cities on the Danube river. Belgrade is one of the List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously inhabited cities in Europe and the world. One of the most important prehistoric cultures of Europe, the Vinča culture, evolved within the Belgrade area in the 6th millennium BC. In antiquity, Thracians, Thraco-Dacians inhabited the region and, after 279 BC, Celts settled the city, naming it ''Singidunum, Singidūn''. It was Roman Serbia, conquered by the Romans under the reign ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Babe (Serbian Band)
Babe ( sr-cyr, Бабе; translation: ''Grandmas'') is a Serbian rock band formed in Belgrade in 1992. Babe was formed as a supergroup, consisting of vocalist and guitarist Žika Milenković (of Bajaga i Instruktori), vocalist and drummer Goran Čavajda "Čavke" (of Električni Orgazam), guitarist Zoran Ilić (of Riblja Čorba) and bass guitarist Bojan Vasić (formerly of Bezobrazno Zeleno). During the recording sessions for the band's debut album, Vasić left the band and was replaced by Dejan Škopelja (formerly of U Škripcu). Initially a side project for Milenković, Čavajda and Vasić, Babe gained large popularity with their debut album. However, their second album did not see the same success. Čavajda left the band after the album release, and the band released another studio album before ending their activity in 1999. Babe reunited in 2013, in the lineup featuring Milenković, Ilić, Škopelja and drummer Goran Ljuboja "Trut". History Formation and commercial succes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SFRY
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as SFR Yugoslavia or simply as Yugoslavia, was a country in Central and Southeast Europe. It emerged in 1945, following World War II, and lasted until 1992, with the breakup of Yugoslavia occurring as a consequence of the Yugoslav Wars. Spanning an area of in the Balkans, Yugoslavia was bordered by the Adriatic Sea and Italy to the west, by Austria and Hungary to the north, by Bulgaria and Romania to the east, and by Albania and Greece to the south. It was a one-party socialist state and federation governed by the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, and had six constituent republics: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia. Within Serbia was the Yugoslav capital city of Belgrade as well as two autonomous Yugoslav provinces: Kosovo and Vojvodina. The SFR Yugoslavia traces its origins to 26 November 1942, when the Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbian Cyrillic
The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet ( sr, / , ) is a variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language, updated in 1818 by Serbian linguist Vuk Karadžić. It is one of the two alphabets used to write standard modern Serbian, the other being Gaj's Latin alphabet. Karadžić based his alphabet on the previous Slavonic-Serbian script, following the principle of "write as you speak and read as it is written", removing obsolete letters and letters representing iotified vowels, introducing from the Latin alphabet instead, and adding several consonant letters for sounds specific to Serbian phonology. During the same period, linguists led by Ljudevit Gaj adapted the Latin alphabet, in use in western South Slavic areas, using the same principles. As a result of this joint effort, Serbian Cyrillic and Gaj's Latin alphabets for Serbian-Croatian have a complete one-to-one congruence, with the Latin digraphs Lj, Nj, and Dž counting as single letters. Karadžić's Cyril ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Momčilo Bajagić
Momcilo or Momčilo (Cyrillic script: Момчило) is a masculine given name of Slavic origin. It is often found in Serbia and Montenegro. It may refer to: *Momčilo Bajagić, Serbian rock musician * Momčilo Bošković (born 1951), retired Serbian footballer *Momčilo Cemović (1928–2001), the President of the Executive Council of the Socialist Republic of Montenegro in 1978–1982 * Momčilo Đokić (1911–1983), Serbian football player and manager *Momčilo Đujić (1907–1999), Serbian commander in the Chetnik movement during World War II *Momčilo Gavrić (1906–1993), the youngest soldier in World War I *Momčilo Gavrić (footballer) (1938–2010), Serbian footballer *Momčilo Kapor (1937–2010), Serbian novelist and painter *Momčilo Krajišnik (born 1945), Bosnian Serb politician convicted of murder and crimes against humanity during the Bosnian war (1992–1995) *Momčilo Nastasijević (born 1894), Serbian poet, novelist and dramatist *Momčilo Ninčić (1876–1949 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rubber Soul Project
The Rubber Soul Project was a Serbian rock band. The band took their name from the famous Beatles record ''Rubber Soul'' released in 1965. Their first album, '' The Rubber Soul Project'', released in 1996, was conceived as an imaginary Beatles album, with the band writing music and lyrics to songs for which they had heard only the titles. Their second album, ''The Rubber Soul Project 2'', also inspired by the music and the titles of never-before-heard Beatles songs, was released in 2015. History ''The Rubber Soul Project'' The band history begins in 1993 in Belgrade, when visual artist Rastko Ćirić, professor of Illustration and Animation at the Belgrade Faculty of Applied Arts and horror and science fiction writer Goran Skrobonja bonded over their mutual love for the Beatles. Inspired by the titles of songs the Beatles never released (some of which were available on bootleg recordings in Western Europe, but not in Serbia) they found in Jeff Russel's book ''The Beatles ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Propaganda (Serbian Band)
Propaganda ( sr-cyr, Пропаганда) was a Yugoslav new wave band formed in Belgrade in 1981. Formed by former Zvuk Ulice and Bulevar members, Propaganda released only one album, ''Apatija javnosti'', and disbanded. After the group ended its acitivty, Propaganda guitarist and vocalist Kokan Popović continued his career with the band Idoli, where he was soon joined by Propaganda bass guitarist Branko Isaković. Despite being short-lived, Propaganda was a prominent act of the Yugoslav new wave scene. History Zvuk Ulice The roots of Propaganda can be found in the mid-1970s band called Zvuk Ulice (''Sound of the Street''). Zvuk Ulice was formed in 1976 by Vlada Divljan (guitar, vocalis), Zdenko Kolar (bass guitar), 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 performed cover versions of The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Jimi Hen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Piloti (band)
Piloti ( sr-cyr, Пилоти, trans. ''The Pilots'') is a rock band from Belgrade. Formed in 1981, and initially immersed in the Yugoslav new wave scene, the band later moved towards mainstream pop rock, they came to prominence in the 1980s and early 1990s as one of the leading pop rock acts in former Yugoslavia. The band disbanded in 1997, only to be reformed in 2009 under the name Kiki Lesendrić & Piloti. History New wave years (1981—1982) The band was formed in 1981, by the former members of Kako, a band whose greatest claim to fame was appearing as one of the seven opening acts for Bijelo Dugme spectacular concert at the Belgrade JNA stadium in 1979. The inaugural lineup of Piloti was: Zoran "Kiki" Lesendrić (vocals, guitar), Dragan Andrić (bass guitar), Goran Bogićević (guitar) and Nenad Antanasijević ( drums). Their debut album ''Piloti'' (''The Pilots'') was released on August 27, 1981 by PGP-RTB and produced by the former Generacija 5 guitarist Dragan J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Viktorija (singer)
Snežana Mišković ( sr, Снежана Мишковић; ; born December 19, 1958), better known by her stage name Viktorija (; ), is a Serbian female rock singer known for her raspy voice. Career Early career and Aska Snežana Mišković was born in Vučitrn, SAP Kosovo, SFR Yugoslavia. She came to Belgrade as a student in 1976, where she started performing with Society of Culture and Arts Branko Krsmanović and the band Pop Polifonija. In 1981, Mišković formed the girl group Aska with Snežana Stamenković and Izolda Barudžija. Aska represented Yugoslavia at the 1982 Eurovision Song Contest with the song "Halo, halo". The three recorded their debut album ''Disco Rock'' in 1982. Stamenković and Barudžija soon left the group and were replaced by Suzana Perović and Nera. The three recorded the second Aska album titled ''Katastrofa'' ("Catastrophe") in 1984. As Viktorija In 1986, Mišković disbanded Aska and recorded the song "Šarene ulice" ("Colorful Streets") and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neverne Bebe
Neverne Bebe ( sr-cyr, Неверне Бебе, lit=The Unfaithful Babies) are a Serbian rock band, originally formed in Valjevo in 1993 and currently based in Belgrade. The band was formed in 1993 by keyboardist Milan Đurđević. On their first releases the band's sound was progressive rock-oriented. In the mid-2000s the band turned towards softer, pop rock sound, becoming one of most popular acts of the Serbian rock scene during the 2000s and 2010s. History 1990s The band was formed in 1993 by a former Nova Zemlja, Smak and Frenki keyboardist Milan Đurđević. The first lineup featured Vladan Đurđević (bass guitar), Bane Jelić (a former Viktorija backing band member, guitar), Čeda Macura (drums) and Puniša Zeljković, also known as Billy King (vocals). The band had its first performance on April 4, 1993 in Belgrade. The band's debut, progressive rock-oriented album ''Neverne Bebe I'' was released in 1994. It featured the hits "Veliki je Bog" ("Lord is Great") and " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Legija
Milorad Ulemek ( sr, Милорад Улемек; born 15 March 1965), also known as Milorad Luković () and "Legija" (), is a Serbian former commander of the Serbian police special unit, the Special Operations Unit (JSO) and a former paramilitary commander, who was convicted of the assassinations of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Đinđić and former Serbian President Ivan Stambolić. He was also convicted of conspiracy in the attempted murder of Serbian opposition leader Vuk Drašković."Djindjic's killers convicted, sentenced after 3½-year trial" by Igor Jovanovic, ''Southeast European Times'', 24 May 2007, accessed 21 January 2011 Early life Ulemek was born on 15 March 1965 in[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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