Partibrejkers
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Partibrejkers is a prominent 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...

n rock
Rock music
Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

 band from 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...

, as well as an acclaimed act of the former Yugoslav rock scene.

The band was formed in 1982 and released their debut album
Partibrejkers I
- Personnel :Partibrejkers* Goran Bulatović "Manzanera" — drums, percussion* Ljubiša Kostadinović "Ljuba" — guitar* Nebojša Antonijević "Anton" — organ, guitar, percussion, artwork by* Zoran Kostić "Cane" — vocals, percussionAdditional personnel...

 in 1985 in a two guitar
Guitar
The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...

s, drums
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 and vocal set (no bass guitar). Until today they have experienced numerous line-up changes. The mainstay of the band are Zoran Kostić "Cane" (vocals) and Nebojša Antonijević "Anton" (guitar). They have received steady critical acclaim over the years and are well received by audiences all over former Yugoslavia
Former Yugoslavia
The former Yugoslavia is a term used to describe the present day states which succeeded the collapse of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia....

, not only because of their music, but also due to their anti-war activism with the Rimtutituki
Rimtutituki
Rimtutituki was a Serbian rock supergroup featuring Ekatarina Velika, Električni Orgazam and Partibrejkers members. The band was formed as an anti-war project during the Yugoslav Wars...

 project. Their influences are diverse, such as the Stooges
The Stooges
The Stooges are an American rock band from Ann Arbor, Michigan first active from 1967 to 1974, and later reformed in 2003...

, MC5
MC5
The MC5 is an American rock band formed in Lincoln Park, Michigan and originally active from 1964 to 1972. The original band line-up consisted of vocalist Rob Tyner, guitarists Wayne Kramer and Fred "Sonic" Smith, bassist Michael Davis, and drummer Dennis Thompson...

, early Rolling Stones and New York Dolls
New York Dolls
The New York Dolls is an American rock band, formed in New York in 1971. The band's protopunk sound prefigured much of what was to come in the punk rock era; their visual style influenced the look of many new wave and 1980s-era glam metal groups, and they began the local New York scene that later...

, combined with blues
Blues
Blues is the name given to both a musical form and a music genre that originated in African-American communities of primarily the "Deep South" of the United States at the end of the 19th century from spirituals, work songs, field hollers, shouts and chants, and rhymed simple narrative ballads...

, rhythm-and-blues
British blues
British blues is a form of music derived from American blues that originated in the late 1950s and which reached its height of mainstream popularity in the 1960s, when it developed a distinctive and influential style dominated by electric guitar and made international stars of several proponents of...

, rockabilly
Rockabilly
Rockabilly is one of the earliest styles of rock and roll music, dating to the early 1950s.The term rockabilly is a portmanteau of rock and hillbilly, the latter a reference to the country music that contributed strongly to the style's development...

 and classic rock and roll
Rock and roll
Rock and roll is a genre of popular music that originated and evolved in the United States during the late 1940s and early 1950s, primarily from a combination of African American blues, country, jazz, and gospel music...

.

1980s

The band was formed by a former Urbana Gerila
Urbana gerila
Urbana Gerila was a former Yugoslav punk rock and New Wave band from Belgrade. The band is notable as the participant of the Artistička radna akcija project in 1981...

 and Radnička Kontrola
Radnicka kontrola
Radnička Kontrola was a former Yugoslav punk rock/New Wave band from Belgrade, active in the late 1970s and early 1980s and notable for its appearance on the compilation album Artistička radna akcija.After the band ceased to exist, vocalist Zoran Kostić "Cane" rose to nationwide and popularity as...

 member Zoran Kostić "Cane" (vocals), former Republika members Goran Bulatović "Manza" (drums) and Ljubiša Kostadinović "Ljuba" (guitar) and former BG5, Butik and Šine member Nebojša Antonijević "Anton" (guitar). Bulatović named the band by Kostić's idea of themselves, a transliterated version of party-breakers. They had their first public appearance on October 4, 1982 at the Dadov Theatre, performing as an opening act for The Fifties. After the appearance, the band started performing often and on one occasion, in Zagreb
Zagreb
Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...

, they held five concerts in three days time, Branimir "Johnny" Štulić
Branimir Štulic
Branimir "Johnny" Štulić is a Yugoslav singer, songwriter, poet and a leader of the popular former Yugoslav rock group Azra...

 being the sound engineer at the last concert, and even offering himself to be the band producer. The band had their first recording, the song "Radio Utopia", released on the various artists compilation Ventilator 202
Ventilator 202
Ventilator 202 was a live radio show broadcast by Beograd 202 radio station during 1980s and hosted by Zoran Modli. It was one of the most important shows of Belgrade's "202" station and possibly also the most important project of its host. It first aired first June 3, 1979. Zoran Modli was its...

, released in 1983 by PGP-RTB
PGP-RTB
PGP-RTB was a major record label and chain record store in the former SFR Yugoslavia based in Belgrade, Socialist Republic of Serbia. PGP-RTB was established in 1958...

. Demo versions of the songs "Hiljadu godina" ("A Thousand Years") and "Večeras" ("Tonight") were often broadcast on Serbian radio stations, and the newly recorded versions of the songs were released as their first single.

For the release of the band's debut album, Partibrejkers I
Partibrejkers I
- Personnel :Partibrejkers* Goran Bulatović "Manzanera" — drums, percussion* Ljubiša Kostadinović "Ljuba" — guitar* Nebojša Antonijević "Anton" — organ, guitar, percussion, artwork by* Zoran Kostić "Cane" — vocals, percussionAdditional personnel...

 (Partybreakers I), produced by Dušan Kojić "Koja"
Dušan Kojic
Dušan Kojić "Koja" is a Serbian rock bassist, singer and songwriter. He is the frontman of the Serbian Alternative rock band Disciplin A Kitschme .- Compilation albums :...

 of Disciplina Kičme
Disciplina Kičme
Disciplina Kičme , is a Serbian band, one of the two spin-offs of the seminal Yugoslav New Wave and later post-punk band Šarlo Akrobata, the other being Ekatarina Velika...

, the band combined rhythm-and-blues
British blues
British blues is a form of music derived from American blues that originated in the late 1950s and which reached its height of mainstream popularity in the 1960s, when it developed a distinctive and influential style dominated by electric guitar and made international stars of several proponents of...

 with punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

, bringing anthem status to the band's songs "Ulični hodač" ("Street Walker"), "Ona živi na brdu" ("She Lives on a Hill"), "Gubitnik" ("Looser"), "Ako si..." ("If You Are...") and "Stoj, Džoni" ("Stop, Johnny"), a cover of Tomi Sovilj i Njegove Siluete
Tomi Sovilj i Njegove Siluete
Tomi Sovilj i Njegove Siluete were a Serbian and former Yugoslav beat group from Belgrade, notable for being one of the pioneers of the former Yugoslav rock scene....

 version of Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry
Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as "Maybellene" , "Roll Over Beethoven" , "Rock and Roll Music" and "Johnny B...

's "Johnny B. Goode
Johnny B. Goode
"Johnny B. Goode" is a 1958 rock and roll song written and originally performed by American musician Chuck Berry. The song was a major hit among both black and white audiences peaking at #2 on Billboard magazine's Hot R&B Sides chart and #8 on the Billboard Hot 100.The song is one of Chuck Berry's...

". The album was recorded at the O Studio in Belgrade on June 1984 and the album cover was designed by Antonijević. As guests on the album appeared Branislav Petrović "Banana" on harmonica, producer Kojić played organ, and Branislav Trivić played saxophone. The album was rereleased by Hi-Fi Centar
Hi-Fi Centar
Hi-Fi Centar was a record label based in Belgrade, Serbia.The company was originally formed in 1987 as a music store and was originally named Audio Klub Centar. In 1993 it changed the name to Hi-Fi Centar and moved to record publishing...

 and VTC Wien on CD in 1999. Despite the success of the debut album, Jugoton
Jugoton
Jugoton was the largest record label and chain record store in the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia based in Zagreb, Socialist Republic of Croatia. After the breakup of Yugoslavia the company continued to work in independent Republic of Croatia under the name Croatia...

 denied to release the band's second album, stating that it "lacked rebelliousness". On summer of 1985, Bulatović left the band, being temporarily replaced by Disciplina Kičme drummer Nenad Krasovac "Kele", and in December, the band ceased to exist.

For a short period of time Antonijević performed with the band Plaćenici, after which Partibrejkers were reformed in a new lineup, featuring a former Plaćenici drummer Vlada Funtek and former Radost Evrope bassist Dime Todorov "Mune". The band recorded the material for the second studio album on June 1987 at the Barbaro Studio in Bukovac
Bukovac
Bukovac is a village in Serbia. It is situated in the Petrovaradin urban municipality , in the Vojvodina province. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and its population is 3,595 .-The name:The name Bukovac is thought to be derived from the word for a tree - 'bukva'...

. The recordings were sent to PGP-RTB
PGP-RTB
PGP-RTB was a major record label and chain record store in the former SFR Yugoslavia based in Belgrade, Socialist Republic of Serbia. PGP-RTB was established in 1958...

, but they were not prone to releasing it. In the meantime, the band organized two charity concerts at the Lotus bar, buying sixteen cakes for the children of the neglected children home in Zvečanska street in Belgrade. On May 1988, Funtek left the band, being firstly replaced by Marko Milivojević
Marko Milivojevic
Marko Milivojević is a Serbian musician. He played drums and keyboards in various Yugoslav bands Marko Milivojević is a Serbian musician. He played drums and keyboards in various Yugoslav bands Marko Milivojević is a Serbian musician. He played drums and keyboards in various Yugoslav bands...

, and then by former Potop and Banana
Banana (band)
-Band history:Banana was formed in 1985 in Belgrade. They released their debut album Ponoćni pasaži in 1986 in the following lineup: Aleksandra Toković , Dragan Lončar , Boban Šaranović , Srđan Cincar and Igor Borojević...

 member Igor Borojević. On September 1988, the band's second album, with the working title Kobila i pastuv preljubnik (A Mare and a Stallion Adulterer), was released. However, Goran Dimić, who designed the album cover, on purpose did not put the album title on the cover. Partibrejkers II
Partibrejkers II
- Personnel :Partibrejkers* Nebojša Antonijević "Anton" — arranged by, guitar, producer* Zoran Kostić "Cane" — lead vocals* Vlada Funtek — drums* Dime Todorov "Mune" — bassAdditional personnel* Milan Ćirić — producer, arranged by, recorded by...

 featured prominent tracks "Ja se ne vraćam" ("I'm Not Coming Back"), "Prsten" ("A Ring"), "Mesečeva kći" ("Moon Daughter"), "Pet ispod nule" ("Five Degrees Below Zero") and "Nema cure" ("There Is No Girl"), for which Antonijević sang the lead vocals. The song "Put" ("The Road") was not recorded in Bukovac, but at the O Studio on March 1988 and added to the rest of the material. At the same time, MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....

 made a report on the band's work.

On February 1989, the band made new demo recordings, this time with the help of the Električni Orgazam
Električni Orgazam
Električni Orgazam is a Serbian rock band from Belgrade. Originally starting as a combination of New Wave, punk rock and post-punk, the band later slowly changed their style, becoming a mainstream rock act.- New Wave years :...

 frontman Srđan Gojković "Gile", who played rhythm guitar. The recordings appeared on the third album Partibrejkers III
Partibrejkers III
- Personnel :Partibrejkers* Nebojša Antonijević "Anton" — guitar* Zoran Kostić "Cane" — vocals* Igor Borojević — drums, recorded by* Dime Todorov "Mune" — bassAdditional personnel* Milan Ćirić — producer* Vlada Negovanović — mixed by...

, which, like the previous, was released through Jugodisk
Jugodisk
-History:There were two recording labels in Yugoslavia named Jugodisk. The first Jugodisk started in 1950s and issued 78rpm records with Yugoslav folk and popular music...

. The album, recorded on August and September 1989, was produced by Milan Ćirić and Antonijević, mixed by Vlada Negovanović, and as guest appeared Petar Miladinović "Pera Joe" on harmonica. The album cover was designed by former Kostić's Radnička Kontrola
Radnicka kontrola
Radnička Kontrola was a former Yugoslav punk rock/New Wave band from Belgrade, active in the late 1970s and early 1980s and notable for its appearance on the compilation album Artistička radna akcija.After the band ceased to exist, vocalist Zoran Kostić "Cane" rose to nationwide and popularity as...

 bandmate, Srđan Marković "Ðile".

1990s

In 1990, the band started a major Yugoslav tour, and performed as an opening act on the Motörhead concerts in Yugoslavia. During the late 1990, Borojević left the band and was replaced by former Baby Kate drummer Borko Petrović. The new lineup released a live album, Zabava još traje
Zabava još traje
- Personnel :Partibrejkers* Nebojša Antonijević "Anton" — guitar* Zoran Kostić "Cane" — vocals* Borko Petrović — drums* Dime Todorov "Mune" — bassAdditional personnel* Igor Borojević — photography -* K.a.m.e.n.k.o. — engineer- References :*...

 (The Party Is Still On), recorded live on July 1991 in Zrenjanin
Zrenjanin
Zrenjanin is a city and municipality located in the eastern part of Serbian province of Vojvodina. It is the administrative centre of the Central Banat District of Serbia...

 and Vršac
Vršac
Vršac is a town and municipality located in Serbia. In 2002 the town's total population was 36,623, while Vršac municipality had 54,369 inhabitants. Vršac is located in the Banat region, in the Vojvodina province of Serbia. It is part of the South Banat District.-Name:The name Vršac is of Serbian...

 and released by Sorabia Disk, and on February 1992, as guests at the band's concert in Belgrade SKC appeared Emir Kusturica
Emir Kusturica
Emir Nemanja Kusturica , is a Serbian filmmaker, actor and musician, recognized for several internationally acclaimed feature films...

, a movie director and former Zabranjeno Pušenje
Zabranjeno pušenje
Zabranjeno Pušenje is a Yugoslavian garage rock band from Sarajevo, closely associated with the New primitivism cultural movement and the radio and television satire show Top Lista Nadrealista...

 member, Johnny Depp
Johnny Depp
John Christopher "Johnny" Depp II is an American actor, producer and musician. He has won the Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild award for Best Actor. Depp rose to prominence on the 1980s television series 21 Jump Street, becoming a teen idol...

, an actor and former The Kids and Rock City Angels
Rock City Angels
The Rock City Angels started out in the early 1980s as the punk rock band "The Abusers", the product of singer Bobby Bondage and original bassist Andy Panik's chance meeting at a late night showing of the movie "The Decline of Western Civilization" ....

 member, and Jim Jarmusch
Jim Jarmusch
James R. "Jim" Jarmusch is an American independent film director, screenwriter, actor, producer, editor and composer. Jarmusch has been a major proponent of independent cinema, particularly during the 1980s and 1990s.-Early life:...

, a filmmaker and a former Del Byzanteens
The Del-Byzanteens
The Del-Byzanteens was a New York-based No Wave band active in the early 1980's. The band comprised Phil Kline ; Jim Jarmusch ; Philippe Hagen ; Josh Braun ; and Dan Braun...

 member. At the time, the lineup changed one more time, as original lineup guitarist Kostadinović and drummer Borojević returned to the band, and Todorov left the band, being replaced by NBG bassist Saša Vlajsović.

At the beginning of the Yugoslav wars
Yugoslav wars
The Yugoslav Wars were a series of wars, fought throughout the former Yugoslavia between 1991 and 1995. The wars were complex: characterized by bitter ethnic conflicts among the peoples of the former Yugoslavia, mostly between Serbs on the one side and Croats and Bosniaks on the other; but also...

, in 1992, Antonijević and Kostić, with Električni Orgazam
Električni Orgazam
Električni Orgazam is a Serbian rock band from Belgrade. Originally starting as a combination of New Wave, punk rock and post-punk, the band later slowly changed their style, becoming a mainstream rock act.- New Wave years :...

 and 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....

 members, formed an anti-war supergroup
Supergroup (music)
In the late 1960s, the term supergroup was coined to describe "a rock music group whose performers are already famous from having performed individually or in other groups"....

 Rimtutituki
Rimtutituki
Rimtutituki was a Serbian rock supergroup featuring Ekatarina Velika, Električni Orgazam and Partibrejkers members. The band was formed as an anti-war project during the Yugoslav Wars...

, releasing the "Slušaj 'vamo" ("Listen Up") single, released by Radio B92 and promoted live in Belgrade with the band performing live in a truck while circulating the streets. On November of the same year, the band was one of the first in Serbia to perform live in Slovenia
Slovenia
Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...

, being well accepted by the audience given special attention by the media. On March 1993, the band performed at the Milos club in Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki
Thessaloniki , historically also known as Thessalonica, Salonika or Salonica, is the second-largest city in Greece and the capital of the region of Central Macedonia as well as the capital of the Decentralized Administration of Macedonia and Thrace...

 and toured Macedonia. As a part of the Ko to tamo peva? (Who's That Singing Over There?) project, the band, with Ekatarina Velika, Električni Orgazam, and Vještice from Zagreb, performed live in Prague
Prague
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic. Situated in the north-west of the country on the Vltava river, the city is home to about 1.3 million people, while its metropolitan area is estimated to have a population of over 2.3 million...

 and Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...

. The band also held two concerts in Belgium
Belgium
Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...

 at a multimedia festival.

The fourth studio album Kiselo i slatko
Kiselo i slatko
- Personnel :Partibrejkers* Nebojša Antonijević "Anton" — guitar* Zoran Kostić "Cane" — vocalsAdditional personnel* Vlada Negovanović — acoustic guitar, producer* Branka Katić — backing vocals* Srđan Gojković "Gile" — backing vocals...

 (Bitter and Sweet), produced by the band themselves with Vlada Negovanović and recorded from May to December 1993 at the 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....

 Studio 5 and 6, featured guest appearances by actress Branka Katić
Branka Katic
Branka Katić is a Serbian actress known for appearing in the movies Black Cat, White Cat and Public Enemies, and in the TV series Big Love.-Career:...

 and Srđan Gojković "Gile" on backing vocals, Saša Vlajsović and Zoran Radomirović "Švaba" on bass, Srđan Todorović on drums, "Pera Joe" Miladinović on harmonica, Bajaga i Instruktori
Bajaga i Instruktori
Bajaga i Instruktori are a highly popular Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band...

 member Saša Lokner on keyboards, Goran Čavajda "Čavke", Marin Petrić "Puroni" and Borko Petrović on percussion and backing vocals and 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:...

 on vocals, guitar, and harmonica. As the most prominent tracks on the album appeared "Molitva" ("Prayer"), "Ljudi nisu isti" ("People Are Not The Same") and "Hoću da znam" ("I Want To Know").

After the album release, the band took a break and was on hiatus until 1996 when Antonijević and Kostić reformed the band with Zrenjanin
Zrenjanin
Zrenjanin is a city and municipality located in the eastern part of Serbian province of Vojvodina. It is the administrative centre of the Central Banat District of Serbia...

 musicians, Gluve Kučke members Gojko Ševar (bass) and Srđan Graovac (guitar) and Oružjem Protivu Otmičara
Oružjem Protivu Otmičara
Oružjem Protivu Otmičara is a Serbian pop punk/power pop band from Zrenjanin.- 1990s :...

 member Darko Kurjak (drums). The band released a greatest hits compilation Najbolje od najgoreg
Najbolje od najgoreg
- Notes :* Tracks 1 to 7 from Partibrejkers I* Tracks 8 to 10 from Partibrejkers II* Tracks 11 to 14 from Partibrejkers III* Tracks 15 to 18 from Kiselo i slatko* Tracks 19 and 20 previously unreleased, recorded in Ostudio during February 1996...

 (The Best of The Worst), featuring two new songs, "Ludo i brzo" ("Crazy and Speedy") and "Rođen loš" ("Born Bad"), recorded on February 1996. The band then started performing live and had many successful appearances including the comeback concert held in 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....

 in front of the auditorium of about five thousand people and a sold out concert on Tašmajdan Stadium
Tašmajdan Sports Centre
Tašmajdan Sports and Recreation Center is a sporting and recreational complex situated in the city of Belgrade, Serbia, which was founded by the Assembly of the City of Belgrade in 1958. In recent years, the stadium has shown very visible signs of aging. This led to many public personalities in...

 in Belgrade. At the same time, the band released a video album, Poslednji dani slobode (The Last Days of Freedom), released by Radio B92, recorded live at KST in Belgrade on June 1991. On December 1996, the band performed in Frankfurt am Main and was well accepted by the audience, and the following year, the band was to perform at the Belgrade Republic Square on New Year's Eve
New Year's Eve
New Year's Eve is observed annually on December 31, the final day of any given year in the Gregorian calendar. In modern societies, New Year's Eve is often celebrated at social gatherings, during which participants dance, eat, consume alcoholic beverages, and watch or light fireworks to mark the...

, in front of an enormous audience.

The fifth album Ledeno doba
Ledeno doba
- Personnel :Partibrejkers* Nebojša Antonijević "Anton" — guitar, mixed by, producer* Zoran Kostić "Cane" — vocals* Gojko Ševar — bass* Srđan Graovac — guitar, backing vocals* Darko Kurjak — drumsAdditional personnel...

 (Ice Age
Ice age
An ice age or, more precisely, glacial age, is a generic geological period of long-term reduction in the temperature of the Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental ice sheets, polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers...

), produced by Dušan Kojić, featured the prominent songs "Sjajnija budućnost" ("Bright Future"), "Sit gladan" ("Fed Hungry"), "Dobro radio loše radio" ("Did Good Did Bad") and Kostić's "Ne možeš mi ništa" ("You Can't Do Anything To Me") which was already recorded by Instant Karma on their 1996 album Roll Over (Oktopodijada 1987-1996). As guests on the album appeared "Pera Joe" Miladinović on harmonica, Saša Lokner on keyboards, Marin Petrić "Puroni" and on percussion and the Deca Loših Muzičara
Deca Loših Muzičara
Deca Loših Muzičara , often abbreviated to DLM, are a funk rock band from Belgrade. They were one of most popular Serbian bands in the early 1990s...

 brass section. In order to promote the album, and celebrate the fifteenth anniversary, the band had a free concert at the Kalemegdan
Kalemegdan
Belgrade Fortress , represent old citadel and Kalemegdan Park on the confluence of the River Sava and Danube, in an urban area of modern Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Stari Grad...

 fortress in Belgrade, near Nebojša Tower. In 1998, guitarist Graovac and bassist Ševar left the band, the latter being replaced by former Jugosloveni
Jugosloveni
Jugosloveni were a former Yugoslav rock band, best known for their hit "Jugosloveni".-Band history:The band was formed in 1986 by the vocalist Zoran Paunović...

 member Miodrag Karajanković. The new lineup performed, after a six year break, in Sarajevo
Sarajevo
Sarajevo |Bosnia]], surrounded by the Dinaric Alps and situated along the Miljacka River in the heart of Southeastern Europe and the Balkans....

, at the sold out club Sloga. They also released a compilation album San i java
San i java
- Notes :* Tracks 1 to 3 from Partibrejkers I* Tracks 4 to 6 from Partibrejkers II* Tracks 7 to 10 from Partibrejkers III* Tracks 11 to 13 from Kiselo i slatko* Tracks 13 to 15 from Najbolje od najgoreg* Tracks 16 and 18 from Ledeno doba...

 (Dream And Awareness), featuring new songs "Da li sam to ja..." ("Is That Me...") and "Krug" ("Circle").

2000s

In 2000, for the first time after the breakup of SFR Yugoslavia the band performed in Croatia
Croatia
Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

. The band also worked on a new studio release, Gramzivost i pohlepa
Gramzivost i pohlepa
- Personnel :Partibrejkers* Nebojša Antonijević "Anton" — guitar, mixed by, producer* Zoran Kostić "Cane" — vocalsAdditional personnel* Miloš Velimir "Buca" — drums on tracks 1, 3 to 7, 9, 11* Darko Kurjak — drums on tracks 2, 8, 10...

 (Money-grubbing and Greed), with the drummers Miloš Velimir "Buca" and Darko Kurjak, keyboardist Bata-Bata, bassist Miodrag Karjanković and percussionist Marin Petrić "Puroni". The tracks "Žurim" ("I'm Hurrying"), "Pogledaj" ("Look"), "Noćas u gradu" ("Tonight in the City") and "Razmetljivko" ("Bragg-Boy") were distinguished as the most prominent. In the meantime, the band members participated in the christian rock
Christian rock
Christian rock is a form of rock music played by individuals and bands whose members are Christians and who often focus the lyrics on matters concerned with the Christian faith. The extent to which their lyrics are explicitly Christian varies between bands...

 project Pesme iznad istoka i zapada
Pesme iznad istoka i zapada
-Personnel:*Dragutin Aleksandrić - guitar*Nebojša Antonijević - guitar*Julija Boroš - vocals*Zoran Cvetković - trumpet*Nebojša Čanković - guitar*Dragan Ćurković - guitar*Marko Dacić - bass guitar...

 (Songs above the East and West) with the song "Koga ću da hvalim?" ("Whom Will I Praise?").

The band appeared on the 2002, 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:...

 tribute Kao da je bilo nekad... Posvećeno Milanu Mladenoviću (As If It Had Happened Sometime... (Dedicated To Milan Mladenović)) with a cover version of the song "Zajedno" ("Together"). On November 2003, the band went on a two weeks North America
North America
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n tour, performing in Hamilton
Hamilton, Ontario
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, Toronto
Toronto
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, Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

, Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

, Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
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 and New York
New York City
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. In 2005, the band performed as an opening act for Chuck Berry
Chuck Berry
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 in Zagreb with a new lineup, featuring former Kazna Za Uši
Kazna Za Uši
Kazna Za Uši is a Serbian garage rock band from Belgrade.- Band formation, first releases :...

 and Eyesburn
Eyesburn
Eyesburn is a Serbian hardcore punk/crossover thrash band with influences of reggae music.- 1990s :The band was formed in 1994, and the original line-up featured former Dead Ideas guitarist Nemanja "Kojot" Kojić , who simultaneously worked as trombonist in Del Arno Band and bass guitarist in...

 drummer Dejan Utvar and former Kanda, Kodža i Nebojša
Kanda, Kodža i Nebojša
Kanda, Kodža i Nebojša is a Serbian alternative rock band from Belgrade.- Formation, first releases :...

 bassist Vladislav Rac. Together, in 2007, they released the band's seventh studio album Sloboda ili ništa
Sloboda ili ništa
- Personnel :Partibrejkers* Nebojša Antonijević "Anton" — guitar, vocals* Zoran Kostić "Cane" — vocals* Vladislav Rac — bass* Dejan Utvar — drumsAdditional personnel* Igor Borojević — producer, featuring [guest]* Goran Živković — mastered by...

 (Freedom or Nothing).

2010s

In 2010, the band, in the lineup consisting of Kostić, Antonijević, the returnee to the band Darko Kurjak (drums) and Zlatko Veljović "Laki" (bass), released a live album Krš i lom
Krš i lom
- Personnel :Partibrejkers* Nebojša Antonijević "Anton" — guitar* Zoran Kostić "Cane" — vocals* Darko Kurjak — drums* Zlatko Veljović "Laki" — bassAdditional personnel* Sale Janković — producer* Milan Barković "Bare" — recorded by...

 (Higgledy Piggledy) through Odličan Hrčak, recorded on March 20 and 21, 2009 at the Belgrade Dom Omladine. During December of the same year, the album was released for free digital download
Music download
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 through the Exit Music record label. At the time, a 166 page monograph
Monograph
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 about the band's work Srce kuca tu je (The Heart Beats, It's Here), edited by Flavio Rigonat, featuring the complete album lyrics, interviews and photographs, was published by LOM. In January 2011, on the webzine Popboks annual lists, Krš i lom was polled by the readers as the second best domestic album and Srce kuca tu je as the best book released in 2010.

The following month, the critics of Popboks made a list of the best domestic albums released in the previous decade on which Sloboda ili ništa appeared on the 15th and Gramzivost i pohlepa on the 29th place. At the time, in an interview, Kostić stated that the band had already finished six or seven songs for the upcoming studio album and announced that the band would start performing the new material on Autumn when the band intends to organize a large concert at the Belgrade Sports Hall
Hala sportova
Hala sportova is a multi-purpose sports arena located in Belgrade municipality of New Belgrade.The venue's actual name is "Palata sportova" , but it is widely known by its informal title - Hala. It was built and opened during 1968...

.

Legacy

The album Partibrejkers I
Partibrejkers I
- Personnel :Partibrejkers* Goran Bulatović "Manzanera" — drums, percussion* Ljubiša Kostadinović "Ljuba" — guitar* Nebojša Antonijević "Anton" — organ, guitar, percussion, artwork by* Zoran Kostić "Cane" — vocals, percussionAdditional personnel...

 was polled in 1998 as the 18th on the list of 100 greatest Yugoslav popular music albums in the book YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike
YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike
YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike is a book by Duško Antonić and Danilo Štrbac...

 (YU 100: The Best albums of Yugoslav pop and rock music).

In 2006, the song "1000 godina" was ranked #7 and the song "Hoću da znam" was ranked #21 on the B92 Top 100 Domestic Songs List.

Discography

  • Partibrejkers I
    Partibrejkers I
    - Personnel :Partibrejkers* Goran Bulatović "Manzanera" — drums, percussion* Ljubiša Kostadinović "Ljuba" — guitar* Nebojša Antonijević "Anton" — organ, guitar, percussion, artwork by* Zoran Kostić "Cane" — vocals, percussionAdditional personnel...

     (1985)
  • Partibrejkers II
    Partibrejkers II
    - Personnel :Partibrejkers* Nebojša Antonijević "Anton" — arranged by, guitar, producer* Zoran Kostić "Cane" — lead vocals* Vlada Funtek — drums* Dime Todorov "Mune" — bassAdditional personnel* Milan Ćirić — producer, arranged by, recorded by...

     (1988)
  • Partibrejkers III
    Partibrejkers III
    - Personnel :Partibrejkers* Nebojša Antonijević "Anton" — guitar* Zoran Kostić "Cane" — vocals* Igor Borojević — drums, recorded by* Dime Todorov "Mune" — bassAdditional personnel* Milan Ćirić — producer* Vlada Negovanović — mixed by...

     (1989)
  • Kiselo i slatko
    Kiselo i slatko
    - Personnel :Partibrejkers* Nebojša Antonijević "Anton" — guitar* Zoran Kostić "Cane" — vocalsAdditional personnel* Vlada Negovanović — acoustic guitar, producer* Branka Katić — backing vocals* Srđan Gojković "Gile" — backing vocals...

     (1994)
  • Ledeno doba
    Ledeno doba
    - Personnel :Partibrejkers* Nebojša Antonijević "Anton" — guitar, mixed by, producer* Zoran Kostić "Cane" — vocals* Gojko Ševar — bass* Srđan Graovac — guitar, backing vocals* Darko Kurjak — drumsAdditional personnel...

     (1997)
  • Gramzivost i pohlepa
    Gramzivost i pohlepa
    - Personnel :Partibrejkers* Nebojša Antonijević "Anton" — guitar, mixed by, producer* Zoran Kostić "Cane" — vocalsAdditional personnel* Miloš Velimir "Buca" — drums on tracks 1, 3 to 7, 9, 11* Darko Kurjak — drums on tracks 2, 8, 10...

     (2002)
  • Sloboda ili ništa
    Sloboda ili ništa
    - Personnel :Partibrejkers* Nebojša Antonijević "Anton" — guitar, vocals* Zoran Kostić "Cane" — vocals* Vladislav Rac — bass* Dejan Utvar — drumsAdditional personnel* Igor Borojević — producer, featuring [guest]* Goran Živković — mastered by...

     (2007)


External links

  • Official website
  • Partibrejkers at Youtube
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  • Partibrejkers at Discogs
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  • Partibrejkers at Rateyourmusic
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