Goblini

Goblini
Goblini performing at the 2012 EXIT festival
Background information
Origin	Šabac, Serbia
Genres	Punk rock, alternative rock
Years active	1992 – 2001 2010 – present
Labels	Myusic YUser, Metropolis Records, Mortal Kombat, Hi-Fi Centar, Kulturni Centar Šabac, Multimedia Records
Associated acts	Džukele, Eleven, Generacija Bez Budućnosti, Ništa Ali Logopedi, Obojeni Program, Starfuckers
Website	www.goblini.com
Members	Branko Golubović Alen Jovanović Leonid Pilipović Vladislav Kokotović Milan Arnautović
Past members	Nenad Divinić Nedeljko Nedić Zoran Jović Saša Šetka Vladimir Cinklocki Zoran Jovanović

Goblini (Serbian Cyrillic: Гоблини; trans. The Goblins) are a Serbian punk rock band from Šabac.

Guitarist Alen Jovanović and Vladislav Kokotović "Vlada", who lived in Karlovac, played in the band Lorelei until 1991 when they disbanded. Having played with numerous bands from Zagreb, the two moved to Šabac, and in March 1992, with the vocalist Branko Golubović, formed Goblini. The band changed several drummers until Nenad Divnić came to the band. The lineup recorded the first album Goblini (The Goblins), released on compact cassette only, and released in small printing in April 1994. The A-side of the cassette included songs from the Lorelei period and the B-side featured new material.

A few months later Divnić went to the army and was replaced by Nedeljko Nedić "Meketa" with whom the band recorded the second album Istinite priče I deo (True Stories Part I), also released on cassette only. The album featured "Cipjonka", "eLeSDi se vraca kući" ("LSD Is Returning Home") and "Za Lorenu" ("For Loreena") and five rerecorded tracks from the first album. Divnić recorded drum sections for a part of the material. Later that year, the band was joined by Džukele guitarist Leonid Pilipović, also known as Leo fon Punkerstein, since his band took a work-break, as the band members went to serve the army. In May 1995, Nedić left for Cyprus and was replaced by Zoran Jević "Fric".

During the same year, the band released their first live album, KST Live 31.08.'95, a live cassette of their performance at the Belgrade KST on 31 August 1995. Among the songs, the band played cover versions of KUD Idijoti songs "Pisma o ribaru Marinu, Mari i moru" ("Song about the Fisherman Marin, Mara and the Sea") and "Minijatura" ("A Miniature"), Ramones songs "Sheena Is a Punk Rocker" and "Commando" and a version of The Clash cover of "I Fought the Law", with lyrics in Serbian language entitled "Ne mogu više" ("I Cannot Bear It"), which were regularly performed on concerts. "Ne mogu više" was dedicated to the president Slobodan Milošević and the last part of the song featured the chorus of the Talking Heads's track "Road to Nowhere". The band also played Boris Novković's song "Tamara" since Jovanović was for a time a part of Novković's backing band, and the cover of Demolition 23 track "Same Shit, Different Day", featuring Pilipović on lead vocals.