Pero Defformero

Infobox musical artist
Name = Pero Defformero

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Origin = Novi Sad, Serbia
Genre = Turbo Folk
Progressive Metal
Years_active = 1993 – 1997
2003 – present
Label = Music YUser
PGP RTS

Associated_acts = New Now
Piknik
Horor Piknik
URL = [http://www.myspace.com/perodefformeroklan Official myspace]
Current_members = Goran Biševac
Saša Friš
Nenad Kovacević
Slobodan Stanojević

Past_members = Željko Jojkić
Tibor Lakatoš
Srđan Milovanović
Miroslav Mijatović

Pero Defformero are a Serbian band from Novi Sad. The band is known by its unique style, combining turbo-folk and progressive metal.

Band history

1993–1997

The first idea of combining hard rock and heavy metal with turbo-folk came up in the early 1990s when Saša Friš, a guitar player from Novi Sad wrote a song called "Veče na plaži" ("An Evening at the Beach") later rerecorded as "Ostavljen sam ja" ("I've Been Left"). Friš was joined by Dragan "Sneki" Jovanić who did the arrangements and production. Both songs were recorded in 1993. Following the arrival of vocalists Željko Jojkić, Friš wrote another song called "Srca tvoga plam" ("A Sparkle of Your Heart") later rerecorded as "Došli smo do kraja puta" ("We Came to the End of the Road"). In order to continue their work, Friš needed a full-time band so Tibor Lakatoš (bass guitar) and Srđan Milovanović (drums) were recruited. The band got the name by a character from Alan Ford comic book.

As the amount of material became bigger, the idea of recording an album became appeared and the band entered the "Pro Sound" studio in Novi Sad in the summer of 1994 to record their debut album. "Pero Defformero" was released in the autumn of 1995 through record label Music YUser. The album consisted of nine tracks and promotional video was recorded for the track "Srca tvoga plam". After the album was released, Jojkić and Lakatoš left the band and were replaced by Goran Biševac (vocals) and Miroslav Mijatović (bass). The band then recorded their second album "Pero Defformero II" (also known as "Nazovi drugi album" or "Napalm, Nitro, Turbo, Disko") which was never released. In the meantime the band changed the lineup featuring Slobodan Stanojević instead of Milovanović on drums. Due to misunderstandings, the band ceased to exist in 1997.

2003–2008

In 2003 a fan recognized some of the band members and managed to persist them to reunite and start playing again and after seven years the band became active again. After performing for a while and making a small pause in their work the band entered "Mr. Big" studio in 2006. The demo recorded consisted of four tracks produced by Dragan Jovanić and was presented on their official Myspace. Some of the tracks appeared on the debut album, but were rerecorded and renamed. The lineup changed for the last time when bassist Mijatović left due to personal reasons and was replaced by Nenad Kovačević and together they participated in the various artists tribute to Đorđe Balašević called "Neki noviji klinci i..." with the cover version of "Jaroslava".

In January 2008, the band entered "Piknik" studio to record their long-awaited second album. It would consist of new material and remixed old songs from "Pero Defformero" and the never-released "Pero Defformero II". Some of the tracks have already been put on the official Myspace. The album would include 15 tracks and would be released through PGP RTS records.

Live appearances

Pero Defformero is a parody of turbo-folk music and the band also refers to itself as a mafia clan. Since the essence of their unique style is turbo-folk, the lead vocalist appears dressed like a turbo-folk singer, wearing kitschy clothes and lots of jewelry. The set list, beside their own songs, usually includes mixed versions of famous hard rock and heavy metal songs ("Child In Time", "Master Of Puppets", "Stairway To Heaven" and others) with lyrics by turbo-folk artists, but also heavy metal versions of turbo-folk songs.

Discography

Studio albums

* "Pero Defformero" (Music YUser, 1995)
* "Pero Defformero II" (also known as "Nazovi drugi album" or "Napalm, Nitro, Turbo, Disko") (unreleased)

Various artists compilations

* "Neki noviji klinci i..." (Various artists tribute to Đorđe Balašević) (PGP RTS, 2007)

External links and references

* [http://www.myspace.com/perodefformeroklan Official myspace]
* [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=pero+defformero&search_type= Pero Defformero at Youtube]
* [http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=13594 Pero Defformero at Encyclopaedia Metallum]
* [http://www.last.fm/music/Pero+Defformero Pero Defformero at Last.fm]
* [http://www.soundlift.com/band/music.php?id=101649 Pero Defformero at Soundlift]

See also

* Serbian rock
* Turbo-folk