The Fol Jazik ( mk, Фол Јазик; English translation: ''Fake Tongue'') is considered to be the first Macedonian
punk rock band, founded in
Skopje
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by Vlado Hristov – KRLE (vocals) in 1978. The band members were: Vlado Hristov – KRLE (vocals), Saso Nikolovski – GZLA (drums), Petar Georgievski –
PERO KAMIKAZA (bass), Bratislav Grkovic – BATA PANKER (guitar). The band has recorded two songs, "Children of the XXth century" and "Advertisement", and has appeared in several rock festivals in Skopje (
Boom Rock Festival,
Skopski Rock Festival and others). In a short period of time, they achieved huge popularity in Macedonian and ex Yugoslavian scene. The band is still considered to be one of the most eccentric and controversial bands in former Yugoslav music, with music, stage, energy, and explosivity. In the middle of 1979, they were disbanded.
In 1979, the singer Vlado Hristov – KRLE (vocals) formed a new structure of Fol Jazik, with Vladimir Petrovski – KARTER (guitar), Branko Spasovski – PUMA (bass) and Spend Ibraimi – SPEND (drums). They had many concerts in Skopje and
Macedonia and they record 10 demo tapes (but at this moment they are lost) In the end of the 1980 this band has disband.
Fol Jazik left a deep influence over Macedonian
punk rock scene for generation of musicians to come.
See also
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Music of the Republic of Macedonia
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Punk rock in Yugoslavia Punk rock in Yugoslavia was the punk subculture of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The most developed scenes across the federation existed in the Socialist Republic of Slovenia, the Adriatic coast of the Socialist Republic of Cr ...
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Popular music in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Popular music in Yugoslavia includes the pop and rock music of the former SFR Yugoslavia, including all their genres and subgenres. The scene included the constituent republics: SR Slovenia, SR Croatia, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SR Montenegro, S ...
References
External links
Fol Jazikon
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*Dragan Pavlov and Dejan Šunjka: Punk u Jugoslaviji (Punk in Yugoslavia), publisher: IGP Dedalus, 1990.
Janjatović, Petar. ''Ilustrovana Enciklopedija Yu Rocka 1960–1997'', publisher: Geopoetika, 1997 EKRAN Magazine interviewalbum: History of Macedonian Rock 'N' Roll vol. 1 , track no.1World News{{in lang, en
Macedonian rock music groups
Macedonian punk rock groups
Yugoslav punk rock groups