Bajaga i Instructori

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Bajaga i Instructori
Bajaga i Instruktori live 2009
Bajaga i Instruktori live 2009
General information
origin Belgrade (formerly Yugoslavia ; today: Serbia ) Yugoslavia Socialist Federal RepublicYugoslavia SerbiaSerbia 
Genre (s) Rock , pop
founding 1984, 1996
resolution 1994
Website www.bajaga.com
Founding members
singing
 Dejan Cukić (until 1987)
Momčilo Bajagić
guitar
 Nenad Stamatović (until 1994)
Miroslav Cvetković
Vladimir Golubović (until 1994)
Current occupation
Momčilo Bajagić
bass
 Miroslav Cvetković
Saša Lokner (since 1988)
Guitar, vocals
 Žika Milenković
Drums
 Ceda Macura (since 1996)
former members
guitar
 Vlada Negovanović
guitar
 Ljubiša "Buba" Opačić (2001 † –2008)
guitar
 Marko Nježić (2008)

Bajaga i Instruktori is a Serbian rock group. Momčilo Bajagić Bajaga (singer, guitarist and songwriter of the band) started the band in 1984 in Belgrade , then still the capital of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia , initially to publish his solo works, later as the sole band.

Band history

Momčilo Bajagić Bajaga was the guitarist of the hard rock band Riblja čorba . He was also active as a songwriter for the group, but wrote some hits as well as songs that were more pop-oriented or funnier and did not fit Riblja Čorba. Together with singer Dejan Cukić (ex-Dizel, Tilt and Bulevar, journalist for Rock magazine), bassist Miroslav "Cvele" Cvetković (ex-Tilt, Pop Mašina and Papatra), guitarist Nenad Stamatović (ex-Tilt, Zebra, Suncokret and Bulevar) and drummer Vladimir Golubović (ex-Tilt and Suncokret, at that time session drummer with Riblja Čorba) he formed a band for his first solo album. The album was released in 1984 under the title Pozitivna geografija and was a veritable success. On April 12, 1984 he performed for the first time with his at Club Kulušić in Zagreb . Three days later the band appeared for the first time as “Bajaga i Instruktori”, which has been their permanent band name ever since. The success of the solo album brought conflicts with his main band at the time, and from July 19, 1984 Riblja čorba and Momčilo Bajagić went their separate ways. Supported by the rock magazine that Bajaga awarded as Musician of the Year and Pozitivna geografija as Album of the Year, it was decided to let the project continue.

In 1985 the second album Sa druge strane jastuka was released and thus the first under the official band name. With Žika Milenković, a second singer (and later guitarist) joined the group. The album sold excellently in communist Yugoslavia and a subsequent tour went very well. Jahači magle followed in 1986 . In addition, a cover of the Beatles song All You Need Is Love was released as a 7 '' single, which was given as a supplement to Rock magazine. This was followed by a tour of the Soviet Union . In 1987 Cukić got out. In the same year he had released his successful solo album Spori Ritam and has now formed his own group, the Spori Ritam Band .

On the fourth album Prodavnica tajni therefore Bajaga took over the vocals for the first time. Bajaga wrote the songs for the album while on vacation in Thailand. the album was first recorded in the studios of Radio Novi Sad .

In 1991 the extended play Četiri godišnja doba was released . Opera singer Jadranka Jovanović was a guest on the album. The band remained active despite the outbreak of the Yugoslav Wars and continued to perform live. During this period of upheaval they even managed to release another album in 1993 with Muzika na struju . The band released some anti-war songs there and also performed at the 1991 protests in Terazije . In 1994, however, the band broke up briefly after Bajaga got into an argument with Stamatović and Golubović.

In 1996 there was a reunification. In addition to Milenković, Cvetković and Lokner, guitarist Vlada Negovanović (ex-Butik, Doktor Spira i Ljudska Bića, Slađana Milošević and Tunel) and drummer Čeda Macura (ex- Neverne Bebe , Viktorija, Legija and Revolveri) joined the band. In 1997 the reunion album Od bižuterije do ćilibara was released . In the same year the compilation Neizbrisano was released .

In 2001 Ljubiša "Buba" Opačić joined the band and Bajaga i Instruktori released the album Zmaj od Noćaja . With Da li da ili ne odem there was a Serb cover of The Clash -Klassikers Should I Stay or Should I Go on the album. A year later, the live compilation Best of Live followed and in 2003 the compilation Ruža vetrova Beograda with songs inspired by Belgrade.

In 2005 the next album Šou počinje u ponoć was released . Pesma slobod is a cover of the song Redemption Song , originally by Bob Marley . In 2008 guitarist Opačić died unexpectedly after a concert in a hotel in Maribor . Marko Nježić (ex-Vroom) joined the band for him. In 2009, on the occasion of their 25th anniversary, the band played three concerts in the Sava Centar in Belgrade.

In 2010 the box set Antologija was released with remastered versions of the first four albums. In 2012 the band's last studio album, Daljina, dim i prašina, was released.

meaning

Bajaga i Instruktori is one of the most famous rock bands from the former Yugoslavia and is still very popular in Serbia today. A total of four albums can be found on a list of the 100 best pop and rock albums in Yugoslavia called YU 100 , published in book form in 1998 : najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike . The list was compiled by journalists, music critics and artists. The first album Pozitivna geografija was voted number 37 in 1998. The successor Sa druge strane jastuka achieved 13th place and thus the highest ranking. Jahači magle came in at number 58 and Prodavnica tajni at number 79. On the list of the 100 best Yugoslav songs of all time published in 2000 by Rock Express magazine, her song Zažmuri from the album Sa druge strane jastuka is at number 70 . The song reached number 40 on the Serbian radio station Radio B92's top 100 list .

The band is one of the most covered bands from Serbia. Among others, Next of Kin , the punk bands Trula Koalicija and Six Pack , the pop singer Teodora Bojović and the Polish singer Maciej Maleńczuk have covered songs by the group.

Discography

Albums

  • 1984: Pozitivna geografija (as Bajaga, PGP RTB)
  • 1985: Sa druge strane jastuka (PGP RTB)
  • 1986: Jahači magle (PGP RTB)
  • 1988: Prodavnica tajni (PGP RTB)
  • 1993: Muzika na struju (Produkcija Stig)
  • 1997: Od bižuterije do ćilibara (Biveco)
  • 2001: Zmaj od Noćaja (PGP RTS)
  • 2005: Šou počinje u ponoć (PGP RTS)
  • 2012: Daljina, dim i prašina (Long Play)
  • 2018: U sali lom (PGP-RTS)

Live albums

  • 1989: Neka svemir čuje nemir (PGP RTB)
  • 2002: Best of Live (Metropolis Records)

EPs and singles

  • 1984: Berlin / Pustite me druže (PGP RTB, 7 ″)
  • 1985: 220 (plava Verzija) (PGP RTB, 7 ″)
  • 1985: Sa druge strane jastuka (PGP RTB, 7 ″)
  • 1986: All You Need Is Love (verzija 1986) / Jahači magle (Ukratko) (supplement to Rock magazine, 7 ″)
  • 1987: Samo nam je ljubav potrebna / Rimljani (Živa verzija) (PGP RTB, 7 ″)
  • 1991: Četiri godišnja doba (Diskoton, EP)

Compilations

  • 1989: The Best of Bajaga i Instruktori (PGP RTB)
  • 1993: So Far ... The Best Of (Red Luna Records)
  • 1996: Dvadeseti vek (Taped Pictures)
  • 1997: Neizbrisano (Biveco)
  • 2010: Antologija (4-CD box set)

Web links

Commons : Bajaga i Instruktori  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Koncert Bajage i Instruktora u Splitu. Muzikqa.20minuta.hr, accessed May 15, 2016 .
  2. ↑ 20 godina Prodavnice tajni. popboks.com, accessed May 15, 2016 .
  3. ^ Preminuo Ljubiša Opačić, gitarista “Bajage i Instruktora”. Pressonline.rs, September 29, 2008, accessed May 15, 2016 .
  4. ↑ Jovan Ristić: BAJAGA I INSTRUKTORI U SAVA CENTRU: Instruktori mejnstrima. Popboks.com, accessed May 15, 2016 .
  5. ↑ Antonić, Duško; Štrbac, Danilo: YU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike . Belgrade: YU Rock Press 1998
  6. ↑ 100 najboljih pesama svih vremena YU rocka . Rock Express 2000
  7. ↑ 100 najboljih domaćih pesama ( Memento of March 28, 2007 in the Internet Archive )