- Familija
Infobox musical artist
Name = Familija
Img_capt = Familija in "Dva sata kvalitetnog TV programa" television movie
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Origin =Belgrade ,Serbia
Genre =Ska
RockPop rock
Years_active =1994 –1999
Label =PGP RTS
Komuna
Associated_acts = KošavaU Škripcu Vampiri
Centrala
The Dibidus
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Past_members = Aleksandar Vasiljević
Aleksandar Lukić
Dejan Pejović
Dejan Petrović
Goran Redžepi
Ratko LjubičićFamilija (
Serbian Cyrillic : Фамилија) was aSerbian rock supergroup fromBelgrade , consisting ofVampiri , Košava andU Škripcu members. The band's musical style was a combination ofska , pop androck music .History
In 1994
U Škripcu and Košava members Aleksandar "Vasa" Vasiljević (guitar) and Aleksandar "Luka" Lukić (guitar) with formerVampiri members Dejan "Peja" Pejović (vocals), Dejan "Dexi" Petrović (vocals) and drummer Goran " Gedža" Redžepi formed Familija, a band in which they would play music different than the one played in their own bands.During the same year the band released their debut album, "Narodno pozorište" ("People's Thetare") , released by
PGP RTS . Pejović, Vasiljević and Lukić wrote all the songs, featuring a variation of musical styles combined withpop rock sound. Notable tracks on the album are "Baltazar" (which was a cover of "Professor Balthazar " theme song), "Mala, mala", "Što ja volim taj seks" and "Nije mi ništa". The track "Tajna Nina" fearutes lyrics from theBeatles track "Yellow Submarine". The record was produced by Đorđe Petrović who also played keyboards and the cover was designed by Saša "Madoženja" Marković. After the album release Redžepi left the band and started working as a manager, and was replaced by formerDisciplina Kičme and U Škripcu drummer Ratko Ljubičić. The band also appeared in the moive "Dva sata kvalitetnog TV programa" as one of the performers at the New Year’s Eve party.Durring mid
1996 the band released a CD single featuring two songs, "Brate Murate" (a cover ofKorni Grupa track "Trla baba lan") and "Ringišpil", the former appearing on their next album "Seljačka buna" ("Peasants' Uprising"), released inMay 1997 . The album, like the previous, was produced by Đorđe Petrović and featured "Paranoja", "Hepi hipi", "Niš, Pariz, Teksas", stylistically similar to the previous record. The album and the single were released by Komuna.In
1999 due to financial problems, the band ceased to exist and Dejan Petrović with his brother Nenad (Mušterije member) formed the band Centrala. The band's style is a combination ofelectronic music with rock. They recorded material for a debut album but had problems with finding a record label. Dejan Pejović Peja with former Hush bassist Milan Šarić andDeca Loših Muzičara guitarist Jova Jović Joca formed The Dibidus in2003 . The band released one album for BK Sound and disbanded.Discography
Studio albums
* "Narodno pozorište" (
PGP RTS ,1994 )
* "Seljačka buna" (Komuna,1997 Singles
* "Brate Murate" / "Ringišpil" (Komuna,
1996 )External links and references
* "EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960-2006", Janjatović Petar; ISBN 978-86-905317-1-4
* [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=familija&search_type=&aq=f Familija at Youtube]
* [http://www.last.fm/music/Familija Familija at Last.fm]See also
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Serbian rock
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