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

hard rock Hard rock or heavy rock is a heavier subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and Distortion (music), distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the Garage rock, garage, Psychedelic rock, psychedelic and blues ...

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 SFRY, Yugoslav progressive rock band formed in Belgrade in 1972. The group blended hard rock sound with blues, psychedelic rock, psychedelic and acid rock elements and is co ...

members

Robert Nemeček Robert Nemeček (Serbian Cyrillic: Роберт Немечек, 26 May 1949 – 9 January 2024) was a Serbian and Yugoslav musician, music producer, television editor, and organizer of events related to music. Nemeček started his musical care ...

(vocals and bass guitar) and brothers

Zoran 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 to some degree in Slovenia. Notable people with this g ...

and

Vidoja Božinović Vidoja Božinović (Serbian Cyrillic: Видоја Божиновић, born 3 October 1955), also known as Džindžer (transliteration for ''Ginger''), is a Serbian musician. He is best known as the guitarist for the Serbian and former Yugoslav r ...

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

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and

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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 S Vremena Na Vreme ( sr-Cyrl, С Времена На Време, trans. ''From Time To Time'') was a Serbian and Yugoslav rock band formed in Belgrade in 1972. S Vremena Na Vreme were one of the pioneers of the Yugoslav 1970s acoustic rock scene ...

) 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

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single. After the album release, Dragan Đorđević, a former member of

Generacija 5 Generacija 5 ( sr-Cyrl, Генерација 5; trans. ''Generation 5'') is a Serbian and Yugoslav rock band formed in Belgrade in 1977. The mainstay members of the band are keyboardist and band leader Dragoljub Ilić and guitarist Dragan Jova ...

, 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

- 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 to some degree in Slovenia. Notable people with this g ...

- guitar *

- guitar * Vladan Dokić - drums

Additional personnel

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

Jugoslav Vlahović Jugoslav Vlahović ( sr-cyr, Југослав Влаховић; born 17 March 1949) is a Serbian and Yugoslav visual artist, caricaturist, illustrator, graphic designer, photographer, art educator and retired rock musician. Vlahović is b ...

- 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