Plejboj
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Plejboj was a Serbia
n punk rock
/ska
band from Belgrade
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members, bassist Roman Goršek, guitarist Igor Petrović and drummer Miladin Radivojević. They were soon joined by saxophonist Dušan Petrović, a former Duh Nibor and Deca Loših Muzičara
member. Together they had their first public appearance at the Brzi Bendovi Srbije festival held at the Dom Omladine in Belgrade, where, performing with kitsch
y clothes, attractive musical style, wig
s and on-stage dancers, the band had easily drawn the attention of the public to themselves.
The following year, the band performed as a part of the Trinidad Trip band in the play Trinidad (Trinidad
) which was directed in the BITEF
theater by Milutin Petrović. The song "Ja hoću mambo" ("I Want Mambo"), performed with Branka Katić
, Slobodan Ninković
and Branko Vidaković on vocals, soon became a nationwide hit. The band also wrote music for a part of the Beogradske priče (Belgrade Stories) play.
on "Carstvo čula" ("Empire of Sensations"), Marko Milivojević
, percussion on the tracks "Grizi metak" ("Bite the Bullet"), "Bela koka" ("White Coca
") and "Carstvo čula" ("Empire of Sensations"), and Vlada Lešić, conga
s on "Plejboj" and percussion on "Carstvo čula". The tracks "Koliko" ("How Much"), "Grizi metak" and "Skidam se" ("I am Stripping") were distinguished as the most prominent. "Sve ili ništa" was also included on the various artists compilation Radio Utopia (B92: 1989-1994) released by B92
during the same year.
On early 1995, the band got a new drummer, Goran Milošević, and in the new lineup they performed at the Sumertime Jazz and Blues festival at Sava Centar in Belgrade as an opening act for Fishbelly Black, promoting the band's first single "Zajedno" ("Together"), released by B92 and DE Production in 1994, a cover of the Croatia
n New Wave
band Film single, and their own song, "Znaj" ("You Should Know") as the B-side. The former was recorded at the Belgrad VI studio and the latter at the O studio, both produced by Dušan Ercegovac. The beginning of the song "Zajedno" featured a similar intro to the Disciplina Kičme
version of the song "Čudna šuma
" ("Strange Forest"). As guests on the single appeared drummer Srđan Todorović and Deca Loših Muzičara
trombonist Borislav Veličković.
The band worked on the Do koske (To the Bone) movie soundtrack providing it with dynamic instrumental compositions, themes influenced by Latino music and on the soundtrack also appeared a new mix of the song "Grizi metak". The music from the album, recorded at the O studio, was officially released as Muzika iz filma 'Do koske' (Music from the film 'To the Bone' ), released by Monte Royal Pictures and produced by Oliver Jovanović. The song "Kokain" ("Cocaine"), which appeared on the soundtrack, featuring the rapper Bane Brujović Grumbowski, appeared on the single "Kokane" by Brujović's band Sunshine
, released by Metropolis Records
in 1997. The song also appeared on the various artists compilation Fight The Devil, released by Multimedia Records in 2007.
From January until March 1997, they had been recording the new studio album at the O studio, eventually released by PGP-RTS
and DE Production in 1997. Overdrive featured the brass and string sections, recorded by Nice Girls string quartet and Fat Cats trumpet section, and as guest on backing vocals appeared Kazna Za Uši
frontman Ivan Đorđević "Ivek" on the track "Superstar" and Mihajlo Krstić appeared on a bass solo on the track "Probaj" ("Try it"). During the same year, Plejboj appeared on the soundtrack and performed in the film Geto - Tajni život grada (Ghetto - A Secret City Life), however, the soundtrack album was never officially released.
In the meantime, the band appeared on several various artists compilations. The track "Zajedno" appeared on Radio BOOM 93 and B92 compilation Ovo je zemlja za nas?!? (This Is The Land For Us?!?) and the Radio Index compilation Nas slušaju svi, mi ne slušamo nikoga! (Everybody Listens To Us, We Listen to Nobody). The band also recorded a cover version of Šarlo Akrobata
song "Sad se jasno vidi
" ("Now It's Clearly Visible") which appeared on the various artists cover album
Korak napred 2 koraka nazad
(A Step forward 2 Steps Backwards). It was the last recording the band had made, as they disbanded during the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.
, as an opening act for the Belgrade
concert of the Rolling Stones, however, the concert was canceled and Plejboj performed at the Novi Sad
Exit Festival. The following year, in 2007, the band once again reunited to perform at the Jelen Pivo Live
festival.
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 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...
/ska
Ska
Ska |Jamaican]] ) is a music genre that originated in Jamaica in the late 1950s, and was the precursor to rocksteady and reggae. Ska combined elements of Caribbean mento and calypso with American jazz and rhythm and blues...
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...
.
Formation, rise to prominence (1992-1993)
The band was formed in 1992 by former Euforija and PresingPresing
Presing is a Serbian alternative rock band from Belgrade. Formed in 1990 and named after pressure defense in basketball , Presing were, together with Darkwood Dub and Kanda, Kodža i Nebojša, representatives of the so-called NeoBeo sound, alternative, guitar-based rock music produced in Belgrade in...
members, bassist Roman Goršek, guitarist Igor Petrović and drummer Miladin Radivojević. They were soon joined by saxophonist Dušan Petrović, a former Duh Nibor and 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...
member. Together they had their first public appearance at the Brzi Bendovi Srbije festival held at the Dom Omladine in Belgrade, where, performing with kitsch
Kitsch
Kitsch is a form of art that is considered an inferior, tasteless copy of an extant style of art or a worthless imitation of art of recognized value. The concept is associated with the deliberate use of elements that may be thought of as cultural icons while making cheap mass-produced objects that...
y clothes, attractive musical style, wig
Wig
A wig is a head of hair made from horsehair, human hair, wool, feathers, yak hair, buffalo hair, or synthetic materials which is worn on the head for fashion or various other aesthetic and stylistic reasons, including cultural and religious observance. The word wig is short for periwig and first...
s and on-stage dancers, the band had easily drawn the attention of the public to themselves.
The following year, the band performed as a part of the Trinidad Trip band in the play Trinidad (Trinidad
Trinidad
Trinidad is the larger and more populous of the two major islands and numerous landforms which make up the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. It is the southernmost island in the Caribbean and lies just off the northeastern coast of Venezuela. With an area of it is also the fifth largest in...
) which was directed in the BITEF
Bitef
BITEF, Belgrade International Theatre Festival, is one of the theatre festival that takes place in Belgrade, Serbia, each year.Founded in 1967, BITEF has continually followed and supported the latest theater trends...
theater by Milutin Petrović. The song "Ja hoću mambo" ("I Want Mambo"), performed with 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:...
, Slobodan Ninković
Slobodan Ninkovic
Slobodan "Boda" Ninković is a Serbian actor. His credits include roles in the films Ulysses' Gaze, The Crusaders , We Are Not Angels and TV series Bolji život and Otvorena vrata. He was the presenter of Beovizija 2007.-References:...
and Branko Vidaković on vocals, soon became a nationwide hit. The band also wrote music for a part of the Beogradske priče (Belgrade Stories) play.
Official releases, breakup (1994-1999)
The debut album, Sviraj dečko (Play Boy), released by B92 and DE Production in 1994, the band recorded featuring guest appearances by Veljko Nikolić "Papa Nik", piano on the track "Sve ili ništa" ("All or Nothing") and vibraphoneVibraphone
The vibraphone, sometimes called the vibraharp or simply the vibes, is a musical instrument in the struck idiophone subfamily of the percussion family....
on "Carstvo čula" ("Empire of Sensations"), 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...
, percussion on the tracks "Grizi metak" ("Bite the Bullet"), "Bela koka" ("White Coca
Coca
Coca, Erythroxylum coca, is a plant in the family Erythroxylaceae, native to western South America. The plant plays a significant role in many traditional Andean cultures...
") and "Carstvo čula" ("Empire of Sensations"), and Vlada Lešić, conga
Conga
The conga, or more properly the tumbadora, is a tall, narrow, single-headed Cuban drum with African antecedents. It is thought to be derived from the Makuta drums or similar drums associated with Afro-Cubans of Central African descent. A person who plays conga is called a conguero...
s on "Plejboj" and percussion on "Carstvo čula". The tracks "Koliko" ("How Much"), "Grizi metak" and "Skidam se" ("I am Stripping") were distinguished as the most prominent. "Sve ili ništa" was also included on the various artists compilation Radio Utopia (B92: 1989-1994) released by B92
B92
B92 is a radio and television broadcaster with national coverage headquartered in Belgrade, Serbia. The network's key demographic is chiefly urban and young audience. Its programs, including the news cover topics with fairly liberal political painted attitudes...
during the same year.
On early 1995, the band got a new drummer, Goran Milošević, and in the new lineup they performed at the Sumertime Jazz and Blues festival at Sava Centar in Belgrade as an opening act for Fishbelly Black, promoting the band's first single "Zajedno" ("Together"), released by B92 and DE Production in 1994, a cover of the 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 ...
n New Wave
New Wave music
New Wave is a subgenre of :rock music that emerged in the mid to late 1970s alongside punk rock. The term at first generally was synonymous with punk rock before being considered a genre in its own right that incorporated aspects of electronic and experimental music, mod subculture, disco and 1960s...
band Film single, and their own song, "Znaj" ("You Should Know") as the B-side. The former was recorded at the Belgrad VI studio and the latter at the O studio, both produced by Dušan Ercegovac. The beginning of the song "Zajedno" featured a similar intro to the 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...
version of the song "Čudna šuma
YU grupa (1973 album)
YU grupa is the debut studio album from Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band YU grupa.The album featured hits "Crni leptir", "More", "Trka", "Čudna šuma", "Noć je moja"...
" ("Strange Forest"). As guests on the single appeared drummer Srđan Todorović and 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...
trombonist Borislav Veličković.
The band worked on the Do koske (To the Bone) movie soundtrack providing it with dynamic instrumental compositions, themes influenced by Latino music and on the soundtrack also appeared a new mix of the song "Grizi metak". The music from the album, recorded at the O studio, was officially released as Muzika iz filma 'Do koske' (Music from the film 'To the Bone' ), released by Monte Royal Pictures and produced by Oliver Jovanović. The song "Kokain" ("Cocaine"), which appeared on the soundtrack, featuring the rapper Bane Brujović Grumbowski, appeared on the single "Kokane" by Brujović's band Sunshine
Sunshine (Serbian band)
- 1990s :The band was formed in 1993 by the vocalist Branko Bojović "Bane", also known as Gumbrowski, who, having previously worked in the Novi Beograd band Green Cool Posse, formed Sunshine with vocalist Đorđe Radivojević, also known as Đole Ramirez...
, released by Metropolis Records
Metropolis Records (Serbia)
Metropolis Records is a record label based in Belgrade, Serbia.Formed in 1994, the label is mainly oriented towards rock music, and has released albums by a numerous notable acts of the Serbian rock scene.- Artists :...
in 1997. The song also appeared on the various artists compilation Fight The Devil, released by Multimedia Records in 2007.
From January until March 1997, they had been recording the new studio album at the O studio, eventually released 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....
and DE Production in 1997. Overdrive featured the brass and string sections, recorded by Nice Girls string quartet and Fat Cats trumpet section, and as guest on backing vocals appeared Kazna Za Uši
Kazna Za Uši
Kazna Za Uši is a Serbian garage rock band from Belgrade.- Band formation, first releases :...
frontman Ivan Đorđević "Ivek" on the track "Superstar" and Mihajlo Krstić appeared on a bass solo on the track "Probaj" ("Try it"). During the same year, Plejboj appeared on the soundtrack and performed in the film Geto - Tajni život grada (Ghetto - A Secret City Life), however, the soundtrack album was never officially released.
In the meantime, the band appeared on several various artists compilations. The track "Zajedno" appeared on Radio BOOM 93 and B92 compilation Ovo je zemlja za nas?!? (This Is The Land For Us?!?) and the Radio Index compilation Nas slušaju svi, mi ne slušamo nikoga! (Everybody Listens To Us, We Listen to Nobody). The band also recorded a cover version of Šarlo Akrobata
Šarlo Akrobata
Šarlo Akrobata were a seminal Yugoslav rock band often categorized as late punk or New Wave, particularly art-oriented. Short-lived but extremely influential, in addition to being one of the most important acts of the Yugoslav New Wave scene, the three piece left an indelible mark on the entire...
song "Sad se jasno vidi
Sad se jasno vidi
"Sad se jasno vidi" is a song by the Serbian New Wave band Šarlo Akrobata, from the album Bistriji ili tuplji čovek biva kad..., released in 1981.- Cover versions :...
" ("Now It's Clearly Visible") which appeared on the various artists cover album
Cover Album
-Tracklisting:#Misono to Utaou! Animedley I # #...
Korak napred 2 koraka nazad
Korak napred 2 koraka nazad
- Additional personnel :* Škart — album cover [design]* Velja Mijanović — engineer [post-producer], mastered by- References :* * EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960-2006, Janjatović Petar; ISBN 978-86-905317-1-43...
(A Step forward 2 Steps Backwards). It was the last recording the band had made, as they disbanded during the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.
Reunions (2006, 2007)
In 2006, the band ought to have performed, along with Alice CooperAlice Cooper
Alice Cooper is an American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans more than four decades...
, as an opening act for 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...
concert of the Rolling Stones, however, the concert was canceled and Plejboj performed at the 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. The following year, in 2007, the band once again reunited to perform at the Jelen Pivo Live
Jelen Pivo Live
Jelen Pivo Live is a musical festival held since 2006 in order to promote the Apatin brewery brand Jelen pivo. The organizers had the idea gather the finest Serbian rock bands at one place, but the following year beside Serbian bands, foreign acts were also included in the festival lineups.- 2006...
festival.
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2 koraka nazad Korak napred 2 koraka nazad - Additional personnel :* Škart — album cover [design]* Velja Mijanović — engineer [post-producer], mastered by- References :* * EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960-2006, Janjatović Petar; ISBN 978-86-905317-1-43... |
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External links
- Plejboj at MyspaceMyspaceMyspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
- Plejboj at FacebookFacebookFacebook is a social networking service and website launched in February 2004, operated and privately owned by Facebook, Inc. , Facebook has more than 800 million active users. Users must register before using the site, after which they may create a personal profile, add other users as...
- Plejboj at YoutubeYouTubeYouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....
- Plejboj at DiscogsDiscogsDiscogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...
- Plejboj at Last.fmLast.fmLast.fm is a music website, founded in the United Kingdom in 2002. It has claimed 30 million active users in March 2009. On 30 May 2007, CBS Interactive acquired Last.fm for UK£140m ....
- Plejboj at Rateyourmusic