Balkan (band)
Balkan | |
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SFR Yugoslavia | |
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Years active | 1982–1989 |
Labels | Jugodisk, Panonija Koncert, Raglas Records, One Records, Take It Or Leave It Records, MCF Records |
Past members | Aleksandar Cvetković Željko Jerković Saša Zavišić Radivoj Bugarski Zlatko Marušić Miroslav Papić Željko Glamočanin Zoran Vasiljević |
Balkan (
Band history
1982-1989
Balkan evolved from the hard rock band Leki, led by guitarist and vocalist Aleksandar "Leki" Cvetković (and named after his nickname),[1] which existed for a number of years but managed to gain only some local popularity.[2] After Leki's 1982 performance on the Gitarijada festival in Zaječar, the band, after the suggestion of their manager, changed their name to Balkan.[2] Balkan's sound was hard rock-oriented, but, influenced by the Yugoslav new wave scene, featured elements of new wave and ska,[2] and Cvetković's social-related lyrics were inspired by the lyrics of Riblja Čorba frontman Bora Đorđević and Azra frontman Branimir Štulić.[2]
On the beginning of their career Balkan performed as an opening band on
In October 1983 Balkan released their second studio album, Na brdovitom Balkanu (On the Mountainous Balkans), produced by Nemeček and featuring lyrics dealing with similar subjects as on Gola istina.[2] It was recorded in the new lineup of the band which, besides Cvetković and Jerković, featured Zlatko Marušić (bass guitar) and Miroslav Papić (drums).[2] The album featured harder sound than the band's previous release[3] and brought the minor hit "Svečanost" ("Celebration").[2] In 1985 Balkan released the album Homo Balcanicus, produced by Srđan Marjanović, continuing their saga about the poor.[2] On June 15 of the same year, Balkan, alongside 23 other acts, performed on the Red Star Stadium in Belgrade, on the concert which was a part of YU Rock Misija, a Yugoslav contribution to Live Aid.[4] However, Homo Balcanicus saw little critical and commercial success, and the band went on hiatus.[5]
After a longer break, in 1989, in the lineup featuring Cvetković (vocals, guitar), Željko Jerković (guitar), Radivoj Bugarski (drums), Željko Glamočanin (bass guitar), and Zoran Vasiljević (keyboards),
Post breakup
In 1996 Balkan's first two albums were reissued by Raglas Records on a single disc entitled Na brdovitom Balkanu.[2]
In 2004 Cvetković, who at the beginning of the 1990s moved to
In 2019 JD Production record label released the double compilation album Sećanje na stvarnost (Memory of Reality).[8]
Discography
Studio albums
- Gola istina (1982)
- Na brdovitom Balkanu (1983)
- Homo Balcanicus (1985)
- Kome verovati (1989)
- Boli me nepravda (2007)
Compilations
- Na brdovitom Balkanu (1996)
- Najlepše pesme 1982–2003 (2004)
- Sećanje na stvarnost (2019)
References
- ^ Mijatović, Bogomir (2005). NS rockopedija 1963-2003. Novi Sad: Switch. p. 35.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Janjatović, Petar (2007). EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960–2006. Belgrade: self-released. p. 25.
- ^ a b c d e Mijatović, Bogomir (2005). NS rockopedija 1963-2003. Novi Sad: Switch. p. 36.
- ^ "YU Rock Misija". Rock (in Serbian) (76). Belgrade: NIP politika: 3.
- ^ a b Mijatović, Bogomir (2005). NS rockopedija 1963-2003. Novi Sad: Switch. p. 37.
- ^ a b c Boli me nepravda at Discogs
- ^ Antologija 1982-2007 at Discogs
- ^ Sećanje na stvarnost at Discogs