Badmingtons

Badmingtons
Origin	Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
Genres	Punk Experimental rock
Years active	1983–1986, 2002, 2007
Labels	Kanal 103
Associated acts	Fol jazik Saraceni Aleksandar Makedonski Mizar Opstrukcija
Website	Badmintons on My Space
Past members	Vladimir Petrovski-Karter (guitar, vocals) Dean Škartov-Deko (keyboards) Boris Georgiev-But (drums)

Badmingtons (in Macedonian language: Бадмингтонс) were a prominent Macedonian punk rock band.

Badmingtons were formed in 1983 in Skopje, then SR Macedonia (now the Republic of Macedonia) by Vladimir Petrovski - Karter (guitar and vocals), Dean Škartov - Deko (keyboards) and Boris Georgiev - But (drums).

Previously, Karter had played in one of the line-ups of Fol Jazik (the first punk band in Skopje, formed 1978) and later in Saraceni, another legendary punk group, which also featured the now-internationally acclaimed musician Goran Trajkoski. Boris Georgiev was a former drummer in Jadro, which included members from several countries, as well as in the bands Pop and Dizajn. He visited London in the 1970s where he acquainted himself with the punk movement. Since purchasing his Yamaha CS-15 electronic keyboard in the late 1970s, Deko initially played in the group Kocka led, but later, in 1983 he joined Karter and But to form Badmingtons.

In 1984 Badmingtons recorded their first demo tape, and got the first prize at the Macedonian demo bands competition Rokfest, which gave them an opportunity to record in the acclaimed M-2 studio of the music production branch of the national Macedonian Radio-Television. They recorded several songs, one of which was their trademark track "Site obični luđe" ("All the common people"). The new recordings were joined together with the previous material and released as the demo album titled "Posle mene što ti e gajle" in 1985. "Site obični luđe" became a Macedonian punk anthem and later was covered by several other artists including the notable alternative rock group SunS in the 1990s. Badmingtons were also included with this song in the Makedonski dokument (Macedonian Document) compilation album along with other notable underground music acts. The style of Badmingtons is a straightforward punk rock, however occasionally they would go beyond the style into a sort of experimental rock. As well as Posle mene shto ti e gajle, the group also issued an EP called Intimno tetoviranje, featuring "Site obichni lugje" and four Serbian-language songs.

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