Petar i Zli Vuci | |
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 Petar i Zli Vuci: Vojin Jovanović (left) and Saša Lukić (right) | |
| Background information | |
| Also known as | PiZV |
| Origin | Belgrade,SR Serbia,SFR Yugoslavia |
| Genres | New wave,punk rock,ska,reggae |
| Years active | 1980 – 1983 |
| Labels | Jugoton,PGP-RTB |
| Past members | Bojan Banović Dragoljub Ljubičić Goran Sinadinović Milan Popović Relja Obrenović Saša Lukić Siniša Nojković Vojin Jovanović |
Petar i Zli Vuci (Serbian Cyrillic:Петар и Зли Вуци; trans.Peter and the Wolf Pack) were aformer Yugoslavnew wave/ska band fromBelgrade, notable as the participant of theArtistička radna akcija project.
During the early 1980s, former Hipnotisano Pile vocalist Bojan Banović together with a formerElektrični Orgazam guitarist Goran Sinadinović founded the band called Petar i Zli Vuci. The idea for the name came from Sinadinović and was inspired by the band-names from the 1960s. Soon after, vocalists Saša Lukić and Milan Popović, guitarist Vojin Jovanović "Voja", bassist Siniša Nojković and drummer Relja Obrenović joined the band. Most of the band members were high school friends from the Eleventh Belgrade High School.
The band got the public's attention by numerous club performances in Belgrade andZagreb.Ska style and unique live performances provided the band an opportunity to perform and win theFestival Omladia, in May 1981, with the song "Ogledalo" ("Mirror"). The song, with "Ubica" ("Killer") and "Na plaži" ("On the beach") as the B-sides was released on single byJugoton during the summer of 1981. The single, recorded at the Druga Maca Studio and produced byEnco Lesić, featured guest appearance by a formerThe End Band member Saša Stojanović "Sax" on saxophone.[1]
"Ogledalo", with the song "Kozaci" ("Cossacks"), also appeared on theArtistička radna akcija various artists compilation, featuring the second generation ofnew wave andpunk rock bands fromBelgrade. After the compilation release, Saša Lukić, Milan Popović and Voja Jovanović left the band andDragoljub Ljubičić "Mićko" (guitar, vocals)[2] became the new band member. The new lineup recorded the single "Moroni" ("Morons"), released on the various artists compilationVentilator 202 Demo Top 10 byPGP-RTB in April 1983. The band split up during the same year.
In 1994,Komuna released a compilationYu retrospektiva - Jugoslovenski novi talas (Yu retrospective - Yugoslav New Wave) featuring "Ogledalo", which is the only Petar i Zli Vuci song released on CD.
Relja Obrenović joinedRambo Amadeus' backing band, and appeared as performer on the albumHoćemo gusle, released in 1989, and in 2007 he appeared as guest on thePartibrejkers studio albumSloboda ili ništa.[3]
Banović worked withIndexovo radio pozorište for four years, finished Architecture studies and got the master's degree in theUnited States. Sinadinović appeared as guest on the album title track of the Point Blank studio albumJužnjačka uteha (Southern Comfort), released in 1991.[4]
Ljubičić was also involved with theIndexovo radio pozorište. In 1993, he appeared in directorŽelimir Žilnik's semi-documentary filmTito po drugi put među Srbima. From 1985 and onward, he founded and became the director of Tim Talenata (Talents Team) marketing agency. He has since been involved with several productions and radio shows as well as written the bookNacionalni park Srbija (National Park Serbia). He also recorded a solo albumTruba... i druge priče (Trumpet... and Other Stories), released by Mascom Records in 2005, on which Banović appeared as the co-author of the song "Kiše" ("Rains").[5]
In 1998, the various artists compilationVentilator 202 vol. 1, featuring the band's song "Moroni", appeared on the 100th place on the 100 greatest Yugoslav popular music albums list, released in the bookYU 100: najbolji albumi jugoslovenske rok i pop muzike (YU 100: The Best albums of Yugoslav pop and rock music).[6] In 2006, theB92list of the 100 Greatest Yugoslav popular music songs, "Ogledalo" was ranked No. 90.[7]
In 2008, the song "Ogledalo" was covered by Serbianpunk rock bandNovembar on their album 2008cover albumRadulizam[8] In 2011, "Ogledalo" was covered by Serbianhard rock/heavy metal bandTrigger for their cover albumEX.[9]
The "Ogledalo" lyrics were featured inPetar Janjatović's bookPesme bratstva, detinjstva & potomstva: Antologija ex YU rok poezije 1967 - 2007 (Songs of Brotherhood, Childhood & Offspring: Anthology of Ex YU Rock Poetry 1967 - 2007).[10]
| Title | Released |
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"Ogledalo" / "Ubica" / "Na plaži" | 1981 |
| Title | Album | Released |
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"Ogledalo" / "Kozaci" | 1981 | |
"Moroni" | Ventilator 202 demo top 10 | 1983 |
"Ogledalo" | Yu retrospektiva - Jugoslovenski novi talas | 1994 |