Morbidi i Mnoći was a

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band active from around 1984 to 1990. Founded by

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"Debeli" and Mario Surjan in

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, the band went through several lineups during their active years during the Yugoslav new wave scene. Besides them, the band consisted of Sterije Tolić, Marko Milivojević, Nebojsa Čurčić, Dejan Stefanović, and Mario Šeparović.

History

The band was formed in 1984/1985 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. The name consists of three words; "Morbidi" (morbose), and a mixture of the words "Moći" (might) and "Noći" (night). Lead guitarist Mario Surjan previously played in the Belgrade-based punk baned ''Krvna Zranca'', as well as with

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's band ''Radost Evrope'' with drummer Dragoslav Draža Radojkovic (later of the band

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), and Dime Todorov "Mune" of the

Partibrejkers Partibrejkers (Serbian Cyrillic: Партибрејкерс, transliteration for: ''Partybreakers'') is a Serbian rock band from Belgrade, as well as one of the most acclaimed acts of the Yugoslav rock scene. The band was formed in 1982 and rele ...

. Surjan was friends with Milinković when both of them began working on experimental music. After losing a tape to

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, they decided to form an "alternative pop band". The band's first hit was on the live radio show

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with the song "''Igraj tvist na njenom licu''". From 1985 to 1988 the band recorded and produced their songs in two studios; the newly founded studio by

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, financed by Milinković, and the "Branko Hendrix" studio in Belgrade, owned by Branko "Hendrix" Potkonjak. Due to financial reasons, most of their songs were recorded in one take. During this time Marko Milivojević, who later would play for

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as well as the Partibrejkers, was replaced as the drummer after the death of Sterije Tolić. Danko Gajić, a friend of Milinković, was brought in as another guitarist. In 1985, bassist Dejan Stefanović, who previously played keyboards for ', quit the band. The band actively performed live. Their most popular online song is "''Put''" (1987). The band never signed any record deals, and so never released an album. The band was rejected by Serbian record label

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for being "propagators of drug addiction". Consequently, all of their songs were remastered from demo and low quality tracks and uploaded to

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many years later, where they garnered popularity with over a million views. In 2022, Mario Surjan re-released the band's old songs under an official name on

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, and

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, after which he started a solo career.

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External links

''Put'' by Morbidi I Mnoći on YouTube.
Yugoslav gothic rock groups Serbian alternative rock groups Musical groups from Belgrade Musical groups established in 1984 Musical groups disestablished in 1990

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