''Rok Mašina'' (trans. ''Rock Machine'') is the 1981 debut and the only full-length studio album from Yugoslav

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and heavy metal band

Rok Mašina Rok Mašina ( sr-cyr, Рок Машина; trans. ''Rock Machine'') was a short-lasting Yugoslav hard rock and heavy metal band formed in Belgrade in 1980. Formed by former members of the progressive/hard rock band Pop Mašina Robert Nemeček ( ...

Background

Rok Mašina was formed in 1980 by former

Pop Mašina Pop Mašina ( sr-cyr, Поп Машина; trans. ''Pop Machine'') was a Yugoslav progressive rock band formed in Belgrade in 1972. Pop Mašina was one of the most notable bands of the Yugoslav rock scene in the 1970s. Pop Mašina was formed by ...

members Robert Nemeček (vocals and bass guitar) and brothers

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and Vidoja Božinović (guitars), with Vladan Dokić (drums). With Rok Mašina, Nemeček and the Božinović brothers turned towards heavier, less complex sound than Pop Mašina's

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/hard rock sound with

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and acid rock elements. The band's debut album was recorded during June 1981 in Studio MS in

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.''Rok Mašina'' at Discogs
/ref> Part of the album lyrics were written by Dragana Stanaćev and Koviljka Milić, actresses of the Teatar Levo (''Left Theatre'') theatre, and the album featured

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(formerly of S Vremena Na Vreme) and Dragan Popović (formerly of DAG) on backing vocals. The album was produced by Nemeček. It featured new versions of the songs "Vatra" and "Bilo mi je bolje", released a year earlier on a 7-inch single. After the album release, Dragan Đorđević, a former member of Generacija 5, replaced Dokić. However, as at the time of the great popularity of new wave bands in Yugoslavia the future for the band did not seem very promising, they disbanded in 1982, in the midst of recording their second studio album. Part of the material recorded for the second album would be released in 1983 on the

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Izrod na granici ''Izrod na granici'' (trans. ''Bastard on the Border'') is a mini-album by Yugoslav hard rock and heavy metal band Rok Mašina, released in 1983. The album was released after the band disbanded in 1982, and featured a part of the material they h ...

''.

Track listing

Personnel

* Robert Nemeček - bass guitar, vocals, production *

Zoran Božinović Zoran ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран) is a common South Slavic name, the masculine form of Zora, which means ''dawn, daybreak''. The name is especially common in Serbia, North Macedonia, Croatia and a little in Slovenia. Notable people with this given na ...

- guitar * Vidoja Božinović - guitar * Vladan Dokić - drums

Additional personnel

- backing vocals * Dragan Popović - backing vocals * Rade Ercegovac - engineer * Slavko Timotijević - photography *

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- cover design

References

''Rok Mašina'' at Discogs

External links

''Rok Mašina'' at Discogs
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rok Masina (album) Rok Mašina albums 1981 debut albums Jugodisk albums