Atheist Rap
Atheist Rap | |
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pop punk | |
Years active | 1989–present |
Labels | GBB Tapes, Scorned Records, Take It Or Leave It, PGP-RTS, Hi-Fi Centar, Multimedia Records, SKCNS, B Pop Založba |
Members | Aleksandar Popov Vladimir Radusinović Zoran Lekić Aleksandar Milovanov Branko Radusinović |
Past members | Dušan Ječmenica Slobodan Fekete Stevan Gojkov Vladimir Kozbašić Zoran Zarić Zoran Džuklevski |
Website | atheistrap |
Atheist Rap is a Serbian punk rock band from Novi Sad, formed in 1989, which has released six studio albums, one compilation album and one live DVD. Their music is often characterized as "fun punk" due to its cheerful music and vocals. Their lyrics are usually critical of society and politics and are often humorous accounts of everyday events.
History
1980s
The idea of forming Atheist Rap came to vocalists Aleksandar Popov (also known as Dr. Pop) and Vladimir Kozbašić (also known as Pećinko) at the
1990s
In January 1990, the band performed at the
It was at the insisting of Tetcha Morales (manager, guitar) and Voja Žugić (Scorned Records, Three Pals Zine) that the band recorded their debut album
By the time the band released their second studio album
A series of successful concerts in Serbia, Republic of Macedonia and
In the meantime, Hi-Fi Centar re-released the band's second album on CD. The band also appeared on the various artists compilation Punk You All with a cover version of Paraf "Narodna pjesma" and Dead Kennedys "Too Drunk to Fuck", released by Hi-Fi Centar in 1998, and recorded live at KST in Belgrade on 26 October 1996. During 1998, the band performed at the Gitarijada festival in Zaječar with a new member, guitarist Slobodan Fekete "Barbun", and in autumn, with KUD Idijoti, Goblini and Sikter, the band performed in Sarajevo at the ruined hall of the city train station.
2000s
In 2000 the band took part in the campaign Vreme je... Izađi na crtu (It's Time... Get Out There) whose aim was to motivate the people to vote against Slobodan Milošević on the upcoming elections. On October of the same year band went on a Croatian tour, playing at Močvara (Zagreb), Uljanik (Pula) and Palah (Rijeka). The following year the band released the compilation Predsednici Predsedništva Predsednika (Presidents of the Presidency of the Presidents), which featured a newly recorded version of the song "Sarajevo", and a new song "Lopovi i žace" ("Cops and Robbers").
The compilation album release was followed by absence of concert activities as Kozbašić and Fekete left the band and Radusinović started playing bass in Bonebreaker. Fekete was replaced by Dušan Ječmenica "Dulles", who played in bands KNO, Mitesers, Out Of Control, Bonebreaker,
By the end of March 2005, the band started touring, performing at about thirty concerts, including the performances at the
In 2009, the band started a 20th anniversary tour, performing at various venues,
The band released their fifth studio album
2010s
On 7 July 2011, the band opened the twelfth
In April 2012, the band released the single "Mene za budžu" ("Vote Me for Hot-Shot").
In February 2014, the band released the single "Drugo pakovanje" ("Different Package") and started a tour across Serbia and Croatia in order to celebrate their 25th anniversary.[21] In autumn of 2014, the band participated in a tribute album to Novembar, entitled Tako mlad i tako čist (So Young and So Clean), with a cover of Novembar song "Ko je sunce ubio?" ("Who Killed the Sun?").[22] In April 2015, the band went on a German tour, which featured eleven concerts, few of them with Defenders of the Universe.[23] On 3 September 2015, the band performed on the Novi Sad Festival of Street Musicians, having a joint concert with Croatian band Let 3. The concert, entitled Street Musical Clash and held on Novi Sad Liberty Square, featured the band's performing on tho separate stages, but performing songs of each other's.[24] In November 2015 the band released their 6th studio album called "Uberlauf" and in 2016 started "Uberlauf tour", which will include all ex-Yugoslav republics, Germany and France.
Legacy
In 2011, the song "Fatamorgana" ("Mirage") was voted, by the listeners of Radio 202, one of 60 greatest songs released by PGP-RTB/PGP-RTS during the sixty years of the label's existence.[25]
Discography
Studio albums
- Maori i Crni Gonzales (1992)
- Ja eventualno bih ako njega eliminišete (1996)
- II liga zapad (1998)
- Osveta Crnog Gonzalesa (2005)
- Priče matorih pokvarenjaka (2009)
- Uberlauf (2015)
Compilation albums
Video albums
- Live in KST (2008)
Other appearances
- "Usamljen oženjen" (Brkati gosti, 2013)
- "Ko je sunce ubio?" (Tako mlad i tako čist, 2014)
See also
References
- ^ "Novi Sad Vol. 2". discogs.com. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ^ a b "Ja eventualno bih ako njega eliminišete". discogs.com. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ^ "Pankrti 06". discogs.com. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ^ "Role Model – Tribute To Ljubiša Georgijević 1976–2005 at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ^ "Novi Sad Punk Version 1978–2005". discogs.com. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ^ "Atheistrap.net Atheistrap.net". Archived from the original on 12 April 2009. Retrieved 10 July 2009.
- ^ "Disk". Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ^ "Beerfest 2008 u Nišu | 23 – 27 jul ; Tvrđava". nis-music.net. 19 July 2008. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ^ "Bez pene, molim!". popboks.com. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ^ "Preporođeni 4. jula". popboks.com. 31 October 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ^ "Rođendanski Atheist Rap: od Čačka do Lastova". popboks.com. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ^ "Nick Slaughter među Srbima". popboks.com. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ^ "Priče Matorih Pokvarenjaka review at". popboks.com. 13 January 2010. Archived from the original on 9 March 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ^ "Novi album "Atheist Rap"". blic.rs. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ^ "Atheist Rap otvorili 12. Exit". b92.net. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ^ "Atheist Rap u Londonu i Blackpoolu". popboks.com. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ^ "Novi singlovi iz zemlje u kojoj je dokazano da učlanjenjem u političku stranku možeš dobiti posao i funkciju: Polyester Shock, Darkwood Dub, Bajaga i Instruktori, Etar, Atheist Rap, Laura 2000, Kraljevski apartman". zlihadzo.com. Archived from the original on 11 June 2015.
- ^ Miodrag Sovilj. "Atheist rap započinje ex-Yu turneju". 021.rs. Archived from the original on 8 May 2013.
- ^ "BRKOVI – Brkati gosti (Tribute to Brkovi) – Recenzije – NOCTURNE Music Magazine". NOCTURNE music magazine. Archived from the original on 3 July 2013.
- ^ "Slaughtera Nicka za predsjednika" s Atheist Rapom u hrvatskim kinima, muzika.hr
- ^ "Atheist Rap objavili novi spot i prve datume turneje". Balkanrock.com.
- ^ "RAZNI IZVOĐAČI – TRIBUTE TO NOVEMBAR – TAKO MLAD I TAKO ČIST", nocturnemagazine.net
- ^ "Atheist Rap na prolećnoj turneji po Nemačkoj". B92.net.
- ^ "Festival uličnih svirača – Street Musical Clash (Let 3 vs. Atheist Rap) @ Trg slobode, Novi Sad, 03. 09. 2015.", ZliHadzo.com Archived 9 January 2016 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "PGP na 202". Facebook.
- EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960–2006, Janjatović Petar; ISBN 978-86-905317-1-4
- NS rockopedija, novosadska rock scena 1963–2003, Mijatović Bogomir, SWITCH, 2005