Punk rock in Yugoslavia
Punk rock in Yugoslavia was the
.History
Although a
Punk rock spread across Yugoslavia in northwest–southeast direction, finding its earliest supporters in:
The late-1970s and early 1980s bands from
The first punk band in
.In
In the late 1970s, some punk bands were affiliated with the
The 1980s saw the emergence of
A notable
Many foreign punk bands played concerts in former Yugoslavia in the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s:
Punk ideology
Although the Yugoslav punk musicians were working in a
, or just innocent youth rebellion.A significant scandal emerged in communist Yugoslavia when the authorities arrested a
Although punk rock was tolerated in Yugoslavia, the system still viewed it with suspicion. The authorities used this scandal as an opportunity to label the movement as
The scandal led to
That anti-fascist badge was misinterpreted as a "nazi provocation" and Vidmar was detained.After the scandal faded, the Yugoslav punk scene continued to exist, albeit with less mainstream media coverage. While the first generation of bands such as:
Also, some media considered punk rock outdated, so they turned their attention to other genres, leaving much of the new punk generation underestimated or unnoticed. This opinion was shared by some musicians, so for example, Paraf and Pekinška patka went post-punk, while Prljavo kazalište and Električni orgazam became conventional rock bands.
The late 1980s and early 1990s saw transition to
Despite the problems that Igor Vidmar once had with the Yugoslav communist system, in an interview published in the
The breakup of Yugoslavia
With the violent
In 1992, the supergroup
In Croatia, some musicians joined the Croatian forces. A notable example was Ivica Čuljak, better known as
The local punk scenes in the independent countries that emerged after the breakup of Yugoslavia continued to exist, some of them heavily suffering during the war. The
After
2000s and later
After the end of the war and the departure of nationalist leaders such as
Current notable acts in the former Yugoslav countries include: Niet, Scuffy Dogs, Aktivna Propaganda, GUB,
Reunions
Related movies
See also
- SFR Yugoslav pop and rock scene
- New wave music in Yugoslavia
- Novi Punk Val
- Paket aranžman
- Artistička Radna Akcija
- New Primitives
- Neue Slowenische Kunst
- Yugoton
References
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- ^ geopoetika.com
- ^ "members.iinet". Archived from the original on 2008-07-04. Retrieved 2008-10-04.
- ^ mladina.si
- ^ hartford.com
- ^ Glas javnosti.rs
- ^ bim.ba
- ^ Glas Slavonije Darko Jerković: Podrumski pakao u sjeni vjetrova rata!, Feb 12, 2016, accessed Oct 26, 2018 (in Croatian)
- ^ vojvodina.com
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Bibliography
- Dragan Pavlov and Dejan Šunjka. (1990) Punk u Jugoslaviji (Punk in Yugoslavia). Yugoslavia: IGP Dedalus.(in Serbian, Croatian, and Slovene)
- Janjatović, Petar. Ilustrovana Enciklopedija Yu Rocka 1960-1997, publisher: Geopoetika, 1997 (in Serbian)
- Janjatović, Petar. EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960-2006. ISBN 978-86-905317-1-4
- Janjatović, Petar. Drugom stranom - Almanah novog talasa u SFRJ (co-authors David Albahari and Dragan Kremer), 1983
- Sava Savić and Igor Todorović Novosadska punk verzija (Novi Sad Punk version), publisher: Studentski Kulturni Centar Novi Sad, 2006 ISBN 86-85983-05-3
External links
- Slovenia Punk
- Uzurlikzurli! Interview with Igor Vidmar
- Uzurlikzurli! E-zine about the former Yugoslav Underground
- Over the Walls of Nationalism and War on Profane Existence
- "Paket Aranžman" and "Artistička radna akcija" review at terapija.net e-zine (in Croatian)
- Member biographies - Mizar official site (in Macedonian)
- 25th Anniversary of Punk: Interview with the first punk rocker in Slovenia - Mladina magazine November 26, 2001 (in Slovene)
- The Yugoslav punks, skins and football hooligans and the Yugoslav Wars at Balkansnet.org
- "Rock under siege", Sarajevo
- Hrvatska Punk Lektira