Zebra (Yugoslav band)

Zebra
Zebra
	Yugoslavia
Genres	Rock; hard rock;
Years active	1976–1979
Labels	ZKP RTLJ, PGP-RTB
Past members	Raša Đelmaš; Anka Lazarević; Ana Merlini; Bata Radovanović; Dušan Lazarević; Miroslav Stamenković; Karolj Burai; Nenad Stamatović; Željko Nikolić; Zoran Bartulović

Zebra (Serbian Cyrillic: Зебра) was a Yugoslav rock band formed in Belgrade in 1976. Formed and led by drummer Ratislav "Raša" Đelmaš, Zebra was a prominent act of the 1970s Yugoslav rock scene.

Band history

1976–1979

During the 1960s and at the beginning of the 1970s, drummer

Moby Dick) and Felix.^[1] In 1972, he became a member of Pop Mašina, during the summer of the same year he performed with Siluete, and in the autumn of 1972 he became a member of YU Grupa.^[1] He spent four years with YU Grupa and recorded three albums with them.^[1] After leaving YU Grupa in 1976, Đelmaš formed Zebra.^[1]

The first lineup of Zebra featured, besides Đelmaš, Bata Radovanović (keyboards), Dušan Lazarević (bass guitar), Miroslav Stamenković (trumpet), Karolj Burai (saxophone) and two female members, Anka Lazarević (vocals) and Ana Merlini (guitar).[1] During the following years, a large number of musicians passed through the band, including guitarists Nenad "Nele" Stamatović (later a member of the bands Bulevar and Bajaga i Instruktori and a solo artist) and Željko Nikolić (later the leader of the band Roze Poze).^[1]

Zebra's debut release, the

7-inch singles.^[1]

In 1979, the band released their only studio album, Kažu da takav je red (They Say That's the Way It Should Be).

comic on the inner sleeve were designed by Vladeta Andrić.^[2] The album was poorly received by the critics, largely due to Lazarević's naive lyrics.^[1] Soon after the album release, the group disbanded.^[1]