Cactus Jack (band)
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Band history

The band, originally named Caramba, was formed at the end of 1998 by Stevan Birak (guitar
Electric guitar
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), Miodrag Krudulj (bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

), Vladimir Jezdimirović (vocals) and Dušan Gnjidić (a former Kontrabanda member, drums
Drum kit
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).

Initially, the band performed mostly soundtrack
Soundtrack
A soundtrack can be recorded music accompanying and synchronized to the images of a motion picture, book, television program or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack of a film or TV show; or the physical area of a film that contains the...

s from Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Tarantino
Quentin Jerome Tarantino is an American film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer and actor. In the early 1990s, he began his career as an independent filmmaker with films employing nonlinear storylines and the aestheticization of violence...

's movies. In 1999, they adopted their current name, Cactus Jack. The band chose their name after the UK
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 and Australia
Australia
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 release name of the 1979 film The Villain. In February 2002, the band released their debut live
Live album
A live album is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances using remote recording techniques, commonly contrasted with a studio album...

/cover album
Cover Album
-Tracklisting:#Misono to Utaou! Animedley I # #...

 DisCover
DisCover (album)
Discover, written as DisCover on the cover, is the first album by Serbian hard rock band Cactus Jack.The album features nineteen cover songs and was recorded on Cactus Jack concert in Coupe club in Pančevo...

, which featured cover of songs by various rock
Rock music
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 artists. During 2002, they toured with Riblja Čorba
Riblja Corba
Riblja Čorba is a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band. Their presence on the scene has lasted from 1978 to today. They reached their peak of popularity in the 1980s, but it has declined in the 1990s, partly due to controversial political attitudes of the band's leader Bora Đorđević...

 as the opening band. In 2003, they released EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...

 Grad
Grad (EP)
Grad is an EP released by Serbian hard rock band Cactus Jack in 2003.-Personnel:*Stevan Birak - guitar*Miodrag Krudulj - bass guitar*Vladimir Jezdimirović - vocals*Dušan Gnjidić - drums*Zoran Samuilov - keyboard...

(The City) which featured three songs, "Grad", "Godine za plakanje" and "Nekada", and a video for the song "Nekada". In May 2003, they released the double live album, Deep Purple Tribute. The band's new member, Zoran Samuilov, played the keyboards, while Vlada Džet, Vicko Milatović
Vicko Milatovic
Miroslav "Vicko" Milatović is a Serbian musician best known as the drummer for the Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Riblja Čorba.-Early career:...

, and Vladan Vučković appeared on the album as guest musicians. On December 7, 2003, they performed as an opening band on Deep Purple
Deep Purple
Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in Hertford in 1968. Along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, they are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although some band members believe that their music cannot be categorised as belonging to any one genre...

 concert in Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...

. In 2004, they released their first full-length studio album
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 Natur all
Natur all
Natur all is the first studio album released by Serbian hard rock band Cactus Jack."Model donjeg veša" is a Serbian language cover of U2 song "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me"...

. In October 2005, the band released Mainscream
Mainscream
Mainscream is the second studio album released by Serbian hard rock band Cactus Jack. With Mainscream Cactus Jack changed their classic hard rock style and included more pop rock elements into their sound.-Track listing:#"Koliko puta na dan"...

, on which they incorporated pop rock
Pop rock
Pop rock is a music genre which mixes a catchy pop style and light lyrics in its guitar-based rock songs. There are varying definitions of the term, ranging from a slower and mellower form of rock music to a subgenre of pop music...

 elements into their hard rock sound.

Live albums

  • DisCover
    DisCover (album)
    Discover, written as DisCover on the cover, is the first album by Serbian hard rock band Cactus Jack.The album features nineteen cover songs and was recorded on Cactus Jack concert in Coupe club in Pančevo...

    (live/cover album, 2002)
  • Deep Purple Tribute (live/tribute album, 2003)

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