Badmingtons

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Badmingtons (in Macedonian: Бадмингтонс) were a prominent Macedonian punk rock band.

Biography

Badmingtons were formed in 1983 in

Republic of Macedonia) by Vladimir Petrovski - Karter (guitar and vocals), Dean Škartov - Deko (keyboards) and Boris Georgiev - But (drums
).

Previously, Karter had played in one of the line-ups of Fol Jazik (the first

CS-15 electronic keyboard
in the late 1970s, Deko initially played in the group Kocka led, but later, in 1983 he joined Karter and But to form Badmingtons.

In 1984 Badmingtons recorded their first

Macedonian Radio-Television. They recorded several songs, one of which was their trademark track "Site obični luđe" ("All the common people"). The new recordings were joined together with the previous material and released as the demo album titled "Posle mene što ti e gajle" in 1985. "Site obični luđe" became a Macedonian punk anthem and later was covered by several other artists including the notable alternative rock group SunS in the 1990s. Badmingtons were also included with this song in the Makedonski dokument (Macedonian Document) compilation album along with other notable underground music acts. The style of Badmingtons is a straightforward punk rock, however occasionally they would go beyond the style into a sort of experimental rock
. As well as Posle mene shto ti e gajle, the group also issued an EP called Intimno tetoviranje, featuring "Site obichni lugje" and four Serbian-language songs.

Badmingtons ceased to exist in 1986 and transformed themselves into a new band called

Sistem
.

In 2002 Badmingtons briefly reunited for the summer open-air festival Alarm held in Ljubaništa on the

UK Subs
and other prominent acts on 13 July.

Badmingtons gathered for a one-off reunion after their music was used for the soundtrack of the feature film Prevrteno (Upside Down) directed by Igor Ivanov - Izi in 2007. The reunion concert took place in the Youth Cultural Centre (MKC) in Skopje on 3 December 2007 as a part of the Taksirat festival annually organized by Lithium Records.

Discography

  • Posle mene što ti e gajle (1985 cassette, compilation of three songs from a session at Studio M2 of RTS and earlier demos)
  • Intimno tetoviranje (1985 cassette EP)
  • "
    Ako mi dadesh
    " (2007 CD single)

See also

  • Music of the Republic of Macedonia
  • Punk rock in Yugoslavia
  • Popular music in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

References

External links

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