Night Shift (band)
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Underground years
The band was formed in 1991, by the Šćepanović brothers, Milan (guitarElectric guitar
An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...
, vocals) and Danijel (drums
Drum kit
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, percussion), with their friend Marko Dacić (bass guitar
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
, vocals). The official date of the band formation was chosen to be January 11, 1991, when the trio had their first live performance. Two years later, in 1993 the band started performing across FR Yugoslavia.
During 1999 and 2000, touring extensively, the band introduced a regular sound and light engineer. Already having a cult status, and being a live club attraction, the band decided to record a studio album.
Mainstream years (2002-present)
The band's debut, cover albumCover Album
-Tracklisting:#Misono to Utaou! Animedley I # #...
Undercovers
Undercovers (Night Shift album)
- Night Shift :* Milan Šćepanović * Danijel Šćepanović * Marko Dacić - Additional personnel :* Mirko Vukomanović * Ivana Pavlović * Dejan Cukić - References :...
was released in 2002 by PGP-RTS
PGP-RTS
PGP-RTS is a major record label based in Belgrade, Serbia. It is a successor of PGP-RTB which was established in 1958 in Belgrade, then capital of Socialist Republic of Serbia and Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia....
, reaching good record sales, produced by Milan Šćepanović and Mirko Vukomanović. Guest appearances on the album featured Dejan Cukić
Dejan Cukic
Dejan Cukić is a Serbian rock musician, journalist and writer.During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Cukić was the frontman of the New Wave band Bulevar, releasing two albums with the band. After Bulevar disbanded in 1982, he retired from music...
and Ivana Pavlović
Ivana Peters
Ivana Peters , born Ivana Pavlović is a Serbian Pop rock singer-songwriter, composer and musician, the leader of pop rock band Negative.-Private life:...
on backing vocals. Promotional videos were recorded for the tracks "No Ordinary Love
No Ordinary Love
"No Ordinary Love" is the lead single from the English artist Sade's fourth studio album, Love Deluxe . Released in 1992 on Epic Records, it peaked at number 26 in the UK when originally released in October 1992, but reached number 14 when re-released in June 1993.-Awards:The song won a Grammy...
", "Livin' La Vida Loca
Livin' la Vida Loca
"Livin' la Vida Loca" is a song by Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin. It was released on March 23, 1999 from Martin's self-titled debut English album. The song was composed by Desmond Child and Draco Rosa and topped the charts during 1999...
", and "Missing
Missing (Everything but the Girl song)
"Missing" is a song written and recorded by British pop music duo Everything but the Girl. The song was released as a single from the band's 1994 album Amplified Heart...
", which only increased the band's popularity. During the same year, the band appeared on the tribute album Kao da je bilo nekad... Posvećeno Milanu Mladenoviću dedicated to Milan Mladenović
Milan Mladenovic
Milan Mladenović was a Yugoslav and Serbian musician best known as the frontman of Serbian art rock band Ekatarina Velika.-Early life:...
, with the cover version of the Ekatarina Velika
Ekatarina Velika
Ekatarina Velika , sometimes referred to as EKV for short, was a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock group from Belgrade, being one of the most successful and influential music acts coming out of former Yugoslavia....
song "Ti si sav moj bol". After the release of Undercovers, the band went on the No Ordinary Tour, performing forty live dates, including the Zaječar
Zajecar
Zaječar is a city and municipality in the eastern part of Serbia. According to the 2011 census the town has a population of 36,830, and its coordinates are 43.91° North, 22.30° East...
Gitarijada festival, Novi Sad
Novi Sad
Novi Sad is the capital of the northern Serbian province of Vojvodina, and the administrative centre of the South Bačka District. The city is located in the southern part of Pannonian Plain on the Danube river....
EXIT festival
EXIT (festival)
Exit is an annual summer music festival in the Petrovaradin Fortress of Novi Sad, Serbia. It is staged annually since 2000 and usually lasts four days ....
and Belgrade Beer Fest
Belgrade Beer Fest
Belgrade Beer Fest is an annual festival of beer in Belgrade, Serbia. Started in 2003, the festival is held annually over 4 to 5 days as a showcase event for various beer producers. In addition to domestic and foreign brews, the festival features live music performances each evening...
.
In 2004, the band performance at the 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...
Studentski kulturni centar
Studentski kulturni centar
Studentski Kulturni Centar , abbreviated as "SKC", is a cultural centre in Belgrade, Serbia.The center opened in 1971 in the building that had up to that point been used by state security agency UDBA. The opening of SKC was seen by many as the communist regime's concession to the youth of Belgrade...
was recorded and released on the No Ordinary DVD, the first surround sound
Surround sound
Surround sound encompasses a range of techniques such as for enriching the sound reproduction quality of an audio source with audio channels reproduced via additional, discrete speakers. Surround sound is characterized by a listener location or sweet spot where the audio effects work best, and...
DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
release in Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
. The album and the DVD were also packaged together as a limited edition gift set. During the same year, the band appeared at the annual Beovizija
Beovizija
Beovizija was a music festival established in 2003. Since 2007 it was the national selection for Serbia's representative at the Eurovision Song Contest. Beovizija was organised and broadcast live each year by RTS1, on RTRS in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and internationally on Eurovision.tv and RTS SAT...
festival, performing the song "Daj mi snage" with Teodora Bojović
Teodora Bojović
Teodora Bojović , born in Novi Sad, SR Serbia , currently living in Belgrade, is a Serbian singer and songwriter. She used to be a TV show host before starting her singing career, but today mostly focuses on her job as a music professor in Belgrade. She participated in Evropesma two times, once in...
. At the festival, the band was nominated for the Band of the Year and Album of the Year 2003 awards, and won both. Also, with the Radio Television of Serbia
Radio Television of Serbia
Radio Television of Serbia or Serbian Broadcasting Corporation is the public broadcaster in Serbia. It broadcasts and produces a variety of news, drama, and sports programming through radio, television and the Internet. RTS is, since July 2001, a member of the European Broadcasting Union. RTS is...
production, they recorded the promotional film Night Shift - Uncovered, featuring a combination of live and studio performances, interviews and appearances of several music critics, producers and band co-workers. By the end of the No Ordinary Tour, the band already had more than 1500 live performances.
After the tour, the band started preparing their second album, this time featuring their own material. However, bassist Marko Dacić left the band in 2007, being replaced by Branislav Vukobratović. The new lineup started recording the second studio album, finished during January 2009. The recordings were then sent for mastering and post-production to the Grammy awarded sound engineer James Cruz
James Cruz
James Cruz is a Grammy Award winning audio mastering engineer and owner of Zeitgeist Sound Studios in Long Island City, New York.-Biography:...
, who worked on the album at the Zeitgeist studio in New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. During September of the same year, it was announced that the band had signed the contract with Multimedia Records and Bez zaklona
Bez zaklona
- Night Shift :* Milan Šćepanović * Danijel Šćepanović * Branislav Vukobratović - Additional personnel :* Marko Dacić * Teodora Bojović * Intermezzo string quartet...
(No Cover) was officially released on October 13, featuring nine songs, including the opening track "Snovi", also being the first single, and a rerecorded version of the song "Daj mi snage". As guests on the album appeared Marko Dacić, Teodora Bojović, and the Intermezzo string quartet.
The album was well received by the press. The band recorded a promotional video for the song "Snovi" ("Dreams") during their performance at the Hall 1 of the Belgrade Fair, which was one most expensive videos ever shot in the history of Serbian popular music. "Snovi" music video soon gained popularity and reached the top of the MTV charts for Adriatic region. After the album release, the band went on a promotional tour, and during the following year, the band headlined the 44th Gitarijada
Gitarijada
Gitarijada is a musical festival held in Zaječar, Serbia in order to promote demo bands. Held since 1969, Gitarijada is one of the longest lasting festivals in Serbia and in South Eastern Europe and the largest festival of young and unsinged bands in South Eastern Europe...
festival in Zaječar
Zajecar
Zaječar is a city and municipality in the eastern part of Serbia. According to the 2011 census the town has a population of 36,830, and its coordinates are 43.91° North, 22.30° East...
, Desant na Drvar and the first Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Beer Fest and the Days of Turda
Turda
Turda is a city and Municipality in Cluj County, Romania, situated on the Arieş River.- Ancient times :The city was founded by Dacians under the name Patavissa or Potaissa...
festival in Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
. On September 23, 2010, the band performed as an opening act on the Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band, formed in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, in 1985. The band has released six studio albums, three EPs, and one live album...
concert at the Belgrade Arena
Belgrade Arena
The Belgrade Arena is an indoor arena located in Novi Beograd, Belgrade. It is designed as a universal hall for sport, cultural events and other programs. With a total space that covers 48,000 square metres, and an official total capacity of 19,982 seats , it is one of the largest indoor arenas in...
. On November of the same year, the single "Snovi" appeared on the tenth position of the Jelen Top 10 list, and quickly advanced to 4th place. At the beginning of 2011, Bez zaklona was voted #9 on the list of Best Domestic Albums in 2010 by the readers of Popboks. In February 2011, the band won, alongside 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...
, the Best Rock Band Award on Beogradski Pobednik festival. In September, the band released two videos, both for the song "Nikada" ("Never"), one featuring Serbian celebrities (including musicians Ana Stanić
Ana Stanic
Ana Stanić is a Serbian singer, songwriter, composer and film producer.-Music:...
, Ivana Peters
Ivana Peters
Ivana Peters , born Ivana Pavlović is a Serbian Pop rock singer-songwriter, composer and musician, the leader of pop rock band Negative.-Private life:...
, Marčelo
Marcelo
Marcelo Vieira da Silva Júnior is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Real Madrid and the Brazil national football team. Mainly a left defender, he can also operate as a left winger.-Fluminense:...
, Prljavi Inspektor Blaža
Prljavi inspektor Blaža i Kljunovi
Prljavi Inspektor Blaža i Kljunovi is a Serbian rock band from Belgrade.-1990s:...
, Aleksandar "Aca Celtic" Petrović
Orthodox Celts
Orthodox Celts is a Serbian band which plays Irish folk music combined with rock elements. Despite their unusual sound the band is one of the top acts of the Serbian rock scene and has influenced several younger bands, most notably Tir na n'Og and Irish Stew of Sindidun.The band started their...
, Milan Đurđević
Neverne Bebe
Neverne Bebe are a Serbian rock band from Belgrade.- 1990s :The band was formed in 1993 by a former Nova Zemlja, Smak and Frenki keyboardist Milan Đurđević. The first lineup featured Vladan Đurđević , Bane Jelić , Čeda Macura and Billy King...
, and others), and the other featuring the band's fans.
Studio albums
- UndercoversUndercovers (Night Shift album)- Night Shift :* Milan Šćepanović * Danijel Šćepanović * Marko Dacić - Additional personnel :* Mirko Vukomanović * Ivana Pavlović * Dejan Cukić - References :...
(2002) - Bez zaklonaBez zaklona- Night Shift :* Milan Šćepanović * Danijel Šćepanović * Branislav Vukobratović - Additional personnel :* Marko Dacić * Teodora Bojović * Intermezzo string quartet...
(2009)
Other appearances
- "Ti si sav moj bol" (Kao da je bilo nekad ... (Posvećeno Milanu Mladenoviću); 2002)
- "Daj mi snage" (with Teodora BojovićTeodora BojovićTeodora Bojović , born in Novi Sad, SR Serbia , currently living in Belgrade, is a Serbian singer and songwriter. She used to be a TV show host before starting her singing career, but today mostly focuses on her job as a music professor in Belgrade. She participated in Evropesma two times, once in...
; Beovizija 2004; 2004)