Block Out (band)

Block Out
Block Out performing live on Nisomnia festival in 2007
Background information
Also known as	Ad Hoc, Blok Aut, BO
Origin	Belgrade, Serbia
Genres	Alternative rock, grunge, doom metal, neo-psychedelia, art rock
Years active	1990 – 2014
Labels	Take It Or Leave It, ITMM, Metropolis Records, Multimedia Records, Long Play
Associated acts	Indijanci, Ništa Ali Logopedi, Ruž, Satan Panonski
Members	see the members section

Block Out was an alternative rock band from Belgrade, Serbia. Their musical style was a combination of artistic alternative rock, punk rock, doom metal and psychedelic rock. The band was one of the few representatives of grunge music in Serbia.

The band Ad Hoc was formed in late 1990 by Milutin Jovančić "Mita" (vocals), Dragan Majstorović "Trle" (bass guitar), Danilo Pavićević (guitar), Vladan Lazarević (guitar), and Dean Dimitrijević (drums). Due to the existence of another band under the same name, they decided to change their name. The band chose the name from at the time very popular computer game, Block Out. The slang meaning of the phrase refers to the moment before losing consciousness, which the band members found amusing. During 1991, Lazarević left Block Out and moved to live in Netherlands and Nikola Vranjković joined the band as a new guitarist, soon becoming the central creative core of the band. Before his return to Belgrade he lived for four years in Russia and worked with many groups, including the band Besiders, which consisted of experienced Russian musicians. On his return to Yugoslavia, Vranjković did a tour with the band Ruž, and, along with Voja Vijatov performed with Satan Panonski.

At the beginning of the Yugoslav Wars, the band moved to London. They performed at the clubs Sick of Rock and Robby's, at Finsbury Park and at the University Centre, where they performed songs with lyrics in English. Also, they achieved the opportunity to release a single, but it never happened due to the fact the band were forced to return to Yugoslavia. On their return to Belgrade, in 1992, Block Out released their first recordings on the tape-only release Live KST, Akademija, released in 1993, which consisted of live material performed in the Belgrade rock clubs KST and Akademija in 1991 and 1992. The band, beside Jovančić, Vranjković and Majstorović, now featured the drummer Miljko Radonjić.