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Disciplin A Kitschme
The last Disciplin A Kitschme lineup, from left to right: Manja Đorđević, Dušan Kojić "Koja", Igor Djeke and Rade Vulić
The last Disciplin A Kitschme lineup, from left to right: Manja Đorđević, Dušan Kojić "Koja", Igor Djeke and Rade Vulić
Background information
Also known asDisciplina Kičme, DAK, Tooth-Goofie-Nappy
OriginBelgrade, Serbia (1981–1995, 2005–2019)
London, England (1995–2003)
Genres
Years active
  • 1981–1991
  • 1995–2003
  • 2005–2019
LabelsHelidon, Dokumentarna, PGP-RTB, Babaroga Records, PGP-RTS, Tom Tom Music, Exit Music
Past membersDušan Kojić
Srđan Marković
Nenad Krasavac
Srđan Todorović
Zoran Erkman
Dedža
Jugoslav Muškinja
Branislav Trivić
Dušan Dejanović
Jurij Novoselić
Srđan Gulić
Gofie Bebe
Peter Warren
Will Parker
Manja Đorđević
Miloš Velimir
Igor Djeke
Rade Vulić

Disciplin A Kitschme, originally known as Disciplina Kičme (

jungle and drum and bass
.

Disciplina Kičme was formed by bass guitarist and vocalist

dissolution of Yugoslavia the band enjoyed significant mainstream popularity. With the outbreak of Yugoslav Wars, Kojić moved to London, where he reformed the band under the name Disciplin A Kitschme, featuring female vocalist Gofie Bebe and drummer Peter Warren
. From 1995 to 2003, the band was based in London, releasing three studio albums, performing in Great Britain and occasionally touring former Yugoslav republics. In 2003, Kojić returned to Belgrade, where he reformed Disciplin A Kitschme with younger musicians, the last lineup of the band featuring Kojić on bass guitar and vocals, Manja Đorđević on vocals, Rade Vulić on drums and Igor Djeke on harmonica. Đorđević died in April 2019, and three months later, Kojić suffered a stroke from which he only partially recovered, and the band—although never officially announcing their disbandment—has not been active since.

History

Dušan Kojić's beginnings (late 1970s and early 1980s)

Dušan Kojić "Koja" started his musical career in the late 1970s, in the band Limunovo Drvo (Lemon Tree), which would later evolve into

Ivica Vdović "Vd" (drums, vocals), Šarlo Akrobata was short-lived, participating in the seminal compilation album Paket aranžman (Package Deal) and releasing only one studio album, Bistriji ili tuplji čovek biva kad... (Brighter or Dumber a Man Gets When...). Nevertheless, the group became one of the most notable acts of the Yugoslav new wave scene.[2]

During the late 1970s and early 1980s, Kojić also wrote for Džuboks magazine under the pseudonyms Novica Talasić (a pun coming from the Serbian language term novi talas, transl. new wave) and Zeleni Zub (Green Tooth).[3] At the end of 1970s, he hosted discussions on new wave held in Belgrade's Students' Cultural Center and also worked as a DJ in Belgrade's Akademija club.[3] He appeared in Jovan Živanović's 1979 film Radio Vihor zove Anđeliju (Radio Wind Calling Anđelija) and Miloš Radivojević's 1980 film The Promising Boy, writing a part of music for the latter.[3]

Belgrade years (1981–1992)

After Šarlo Akrobata ended their activity in late 1981, Kojić formed the band Disciplina Kičme with former

theatre troupe Kugla glumište (The Ball Theatre) from Zagreb.[3]

The band recorded material for their debut album, but due to the non-commercial musical style, the major Yugoslav record labels refused it.

Hej Sloveni", as an homage to the Jimi Hendrix cover of "The Star-Spangled Banner".[1] The album cover was designed by Kojić, and the band's future releases would feature his unique visual creations on the covers, inspired by comic book heroes and punk aesthetics.[3] The album was quickly sold out, bringing to the band a cult following.[1] In 1984, Kojić made an appearance in Slobodan Šijan's film Strangler vs. Strangler.[1]

After the album release, the band continued performing in clubs of all major Yugoslav cities,[1] and in 1985, they released the EP Ja imam šarene oči (I Have Colorful Eyes) through the label Dokumentarna, recorded during 1983 and 1984, with the track "Novac neće doći" ("Money Will Not Come") as the most notable.[1] Todorović did the drums and Krasavac appeared only on the intro for the track "Sviđa mi se..." ("I Like...") and on "28. jun 1984." ("28 June 1984"), the latter recorded live at Belgrade's Engineering Students' Club on the same date.[1] Kojić produced the EP and for the first time songs featured the trumpet, played by Jugoslav Muškinja.[1] From this release onwards, all of the band releases would be produced by Kojić himself.[1] In 1985, Kojić also debuted as producer on a non-Disciplina Kičme release, producing Partibrejkers debut album Partibrejkers I; during the following years, he would produce albums by Partibrejkers, Boye, S.T.R.A.H., Obojeni Program, Kontrabanda, Električni Orgazam, Sila, Popečitelji and other acts.[3]

The band's second studio album,

Marš na Drinu" ("March on the Drina"), a Serbian patriotic World War I song.[1] The tracks "Čudna šuma", "Zašto" and the title track saw large airplay, Svi za mnom! becoming the band's first release to gain large attention of the Yugoslav media.[1]

After Svi za mnom! was released, drummer Krasavac left the band, moving to the United States (where he still resides), the band continuing to perform with Todorović on drums only.[1] In early 1987, the band celebrated the fifth anniversary by releasing a live album, Najlepši hitovi! Uživo! (Prettiest Hits! Live!), recorded on 3 and 4 November 1986 at the Belgrade club Akademija.[1] Besides the band's own songs, the album featured the band's version of the title song from the 1966 Batman series, which would remain on the band's setlist in the future years.[4] During one of two concerts, a cushion on the floor by the stage was set on fire by a cigarette butt, and the recording of sound engineer Dragan Popović (a former member of the Yugoslav band DAG) asking the audience to make way for a fire extinguisher can be heard on the album.[4] The album, recorded with an eight channel technique without any additional studio works, was the band's first release to be issued by a major record label, PGP-RTB.[1] During the same year, the debut album was rereleased on cassette by the Slovenija record label,[1] and the band lineup changed, as the drummer Todorović joined Ekatarina Velika and was replaced by former Limunovo Drvo and Katarina II drummer Dušan Dejanović, and former Film and Dee Dee Mellow saxophonist Jurij Novoselić "Kuzma" replaced Dedža.[1]

The new lineup recorded the EP

The Cult's "Love Removal Machine", recorded live at the Akademija club, also appeared on the EP.[1]

The album

The Fall of Rock 'n' Roll. Kojić wrot the music for the segment "Ne šalji mi pisma" ("Don't Send Me Letters"), and, together with screenwriters Branko Vukojević and Goran Gajić, wrote screenplay for segments connecting the film's three stories, appearing in them as the superhero Zeleni Zub.[3] At the time, he also had an exhibition of his covers, posters and illustrations in Students' Center in Zagreb.[3]

The band's fourth studio album,

theatre play Prijateljstvo zanat najstariji (Friendship, the Oldest Trade) played in Bitef Thetare and directed by Ivana Vujić. The material, including Kojić's version of the song "Idu dani" ("Days Are Passing"), originally written by Vojislav "Voki" Kostić, was released on Kojić's solo EP Prijateljstvo zanat najstariji.[3]

At the time of Nova iznenađenja za nova pokoljenja release, Disciplina Kičme enjoyed significant mainstream popularity.

1996–1997 protests in Belgrade.[1]

London years (1995–2004)

Dušan Kojić "Koja" in concert at Belgrade's Students' Cultural Center in 2000

At the beginning of his staying in London, Kojić performed instrumental

rhythm & blues in London clubs with former Zabranjeno Pušenje keyboardist Džihan Dado.[1] With three other Yugoslav emigrants, former Ekatarina Velika bassist Bojan Pečar, former Riblja Čorba guitarist and singer-songwriter Nikola Čuturilo and drummer Momo, he formed the band Lost Children, which performed covers of songs by Yugoslav 1970s rock bands.[1] For a time, he worked with local musicians in the bands It's Good To Smoke and Brushstick Blues.[1]

In 1995, Kojić decided to reform Disciplina Kičme. With the Grenadian singer Gofie Bebe and drummer Pete "Beat" Warren from New Zealand, he reformed the band with an altered name, Disciplin A Kitschme, Kojić himself adopting the stage name Black Tooth.[1] Warren previously used to work with the Australian bands DD Smash and Pop Mechanix and various less-known American bands and Gofie Bebe debuted in Disciplin A Kitschme.[1] The three met at a jam session in a local pub.[4] The band performed in minor clubs in England and in the spring of 1996 they founded their own record label, Babaroga Records.[1] Through Babaroga Records the band released the maxi single "Have You Ever Heard Of Any Other Rhythm?", featuring three versions of the title track, which was an English language version of the song "Da li znaš za neki drugi ritam", originally released on the album Nova iznenađenja za nova pokolenja.[1] The single also featured the song "I've Got Those Technicolor Eyes", an English language version of "Ja imam šarene oči", originally released on the EP of the same name.[1] During the years in London, the band joined in on the city's drum and bass scene, incorporating elements of the genre into their work.[5]

Gofie Bebe in concert at Belgrade's Students' Cultural Center in 2000

In November 1996, the band released the album

Skip McDonald, who also did backing vocals on the track "Bedroom Muzik", featuring the lyrics "You got a mouse in your hand / You need no people in a band" as a comment on the media and record labels' attitude towards musicians.[3]

In February and September 1997, the band performed in Serbia and partially the

children's show Ogledi iz jezika (Language Experiments).[3] The band returned to Serbia in late 1999, presenting the new drummer, Will Parker.[3] In the meantime, they released a CD single featuring three versions of the song "Da Answer", signed as Tooth-Goofie-Nappy.[3] During the same year, the record label Tom Tom Music released the compilation Ove ruke nisu male... 1 (These Hands Are Not Small... 1), titled after a verse from "Dečija pesma" and featuring the first two Disciplina Kičme releases and a recording of the live appearance in Zagreb's Lapidarij.[3] The band performed in Zagreb during February 2000, and as guests on the concert appeared the band's former member Jurij Novoselić "Kuzma" and former Haustor member Igor Pavlica.[3] In 2000, Kojić also co-wrote the music for the British film Bodywork with Srđan Kurpjel.[3]

In 2001, Disciplin A Kitschme released the album Refresh Your Senses, NOW!, featuring songs dealing with the new political situation in Serbia, like "D' Demoncracy Yeah" and "Surely They Won't Get Much... of My Sympathy".[3] In 2002, Kojić took part in a tribute album to his former bandmate Milan Mladenović, recording a cover of Ekatarina Velika song "Zemlja" ("Land") with an ad hoc band named Crni Zub i Nova Moćna Organizacija (Black Tooth and New Mighty Organization).[3] The London lineup of Disciplin A Kitschme continued performing live until 2004 when one of last show on which Disciplina was headliner was in Zagreb 23.12.2004 festival FijuBriju, than Kojić returned to Belgrade.[3]

Back in Belgrade (2005–2019)

Disciplin A Kitschme performing in Belgrade in 2007

In 2004, Kojić returned to Belgrade and started working on several projects; during the year, he played guitar on the recording and produced the album Mene treba ovaj grad baš ovakvu kakva sam (This City Needs Me Just the Way I Am) by singer-songwriter Bojana Bulatović "Bo", and wrote music for 11 episodes of the Radio Television of Serbia educational young adult show Pravo da znam (My Right to Know).[3] The following year, Tom Tom Music released Ove ruke nisu male... 2 (These Hands Are Not Small... 2), featuring the reissue of the album Svi za mnom! and as bonus tracks appeared the unreleased music Kojić recorded for Želimir Žilnik's film Pretty Women Walking Through the City.[3] During the year, in Akademija club, Kojić held screenings of his short films, which were followed by jam sessions featuring Belgrade rock and jazz musicians. The events were entitled Fank-i-lastiš Crnog Zuba (Black Tooth's Funk-and-Rubber Band).[3] Part of the recordings from these sessions was released in 2010 on the DVD Fank-i-lastiš Crnog Zuba by MCF Records.[6]

In 2005, a new lineup of Disciplin A Kitchme, featuring

EXIT Festival. The recording of the performance was released on the Uživo sa Egzit-a! / Live at Exit! DVD by PGP-RTS in 2006.[3]

In 2007, Disciplin A Kitchme released their eight studio album,

EXIT Festival, Jelen Pivo Live
and other festivals as well as on their own concerts held in Serbia and abroad.

On 5 July 2011, the band released their ninth studio album, Uf!, through Exit Music.[7] The album, featuring more classic rock-inspired sound that the band's previous several releases,[4] was announced by the single "Ako ti je glasno" ("If it is Too Loud for You"), released in June 2011 for free digital download via the same record label.[8] On 28 May 2013, the former member Zoran Ekrman "Zerkman" died at the age of 50, three days after his guest appearance on the Disciplin A Kitschme performance in Belgrade.[9] In November 2013, the band released the DVD entitled Video Uf!. The DVD featured three previously released videos for songs from Uf! and six new videos for the rest of the songs from the album, as well as audio recordings from the recording of Uf! and an interview. The DVD was given as gift with an issue of Vreme magazine.[10] The following month, the band streamed via Deezer the single "Samo Disciplina" ("Discipline Only"), on which debuted the band's new member, harmonica player Igor Djeke.[11]

In January 2014, the band released the box set entitled Ove ruke nisu male 3, containing remastered editions of Zeleni Zub na Planeti Dosade, Nova iznenađenja za nova pokolenja, Najlepši hitovi! Uživo! and Dečja pesma, all featuring bonus recordings. The box set also features the DVD disc entitled Ove ruke nisu male... 3, which features video recordings from concerts and various video clips from the 1980s and the 1990s.[12] In December of the same year, Kojić recorded a cover of the song "Neukusu treba reći NE!" ("We Should Say NO to Bad Taste!"), originally released on Uf!, with children choir Čuperak (Tuft), as a part of Deca pevaju rokenrol (Children Sing Rock 'n' Roll) project. Kojić sung, played slide guitar, mixed, arranged and produced the new version.[13] On 13 March 2015, on the band's promotional concert in Zagreb, the band was joined on stage by former members Jurij Novoselić and Srđan Gulić, drummer Igor Pavlica and trumpet player Nikola Santro.[14]

In March 2016, the band released their ninth studio album, Opet (Again).[15] The album was previously announced by the single "Zaboravili rokenrol!?!" ("Forgot about Rock 'n' Roll!?!"), released in November 2015 and featuring British musicians Lord Eric Sugumugu and Robert Goldsmith on percussion.[16] The album featured the new drummer, Rade "Vula" Vulić.[15]

In March 2019, Mascom record label released all three albums from the band's London phase on vinyl records, each as a double album containing bonus material.

Kanda Kodža i Nebojša, Eyesburn, Nikola Čuturilo, Dža ili Bu, Čovek Bez Sluha and other acts.[19] Although Kojić partially recovered, he has not returned to performing and recording.[20]

Legacy

In March and June 1991, at the

1996–1997 protests in Belgrade.[1]

Disciplina Kičme song "Manitua mi II" ("By Manitou II") was covered by Serbian alternative rock band Kanda, Kodža i Nebojša on the various artists cover album Korak napred 2 koraka nazad (A Step Forward 2 Steps Backwards).[3]

In 1998, the album

SFR Yugoslavia. The list was published in the book Kako (ni)je propao rokenrol u Srbiji (How Rock 'n' Roll in Serbia (Didn't) Came to an End).[23] In 1987, in YU legende uživo (YU Legends Live), a special publication by Rock magazine, Najlepši hitovi! Uživo! was pronounced one of 12 best Yugoslav live albums.[24]

In 2000, the song "Buka u modi" was polled No. 88 on Rock Express Top 100 Yugoslav Rock Songs of All Times list.[25] The B92 Top 100 Domestic Songs list features two songs by the band: "Dečija pesma", polled No. 49, and "Nemoj", polled No. 63.[26]

The lyrics of 4 songs by the band were featured in Petar Janjatović's book Pesme bratstva, detinjstva & potomstva: Antologija ex YU rok poezije 1967 - 2007 (Songs of Brotherhood, Childhood & Offspring: Anthology of Ex YU Rock Poetry 1967 – 2007).[27]

Discography

Main article: Disciplina Kičme discography

References

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