Laki Pingvini

Laki Pingvini
The reunited Laki Pingvini in 2006
Background information
Origin	Belgrade, Serbia
Genres	New wave, synthpop, pop rock
Years active	1979–1986 1988–1989 1995 (reunions: 1994, 2006)
Labels	PGP-RTB, PGP-RTS, Jugoton, Taped Pictures
Associated acts	Beograd, Galija, Piloti, Jakarta
Past members	Aleksandar Rodić Časlav Stanković Dragutin Jakovljević Đorđe Dragojlović Goran Grbić Ivan Aleksijević Milan Bubalo Rade Bulatović Srđan Đurić Zoran Obradović Zoran Radetić

Laki Pingvini (Serbian Cyrillic: Лаки Пингвини; trans. The Easy Penguins) were a Serbian rock band from Belgrade. While initially being a new wave act, throughout their later career, the band turned towards synthpop and pop rock.

The band was formed in 1979 and had their first public appearance on November 29, at a punk costume party held at the Pinki club in Zemun. At the time, the band had four vocalists and no regular lineup, but as time passed, the lineup featuring Đorđe Dragojlović (vocals), Časlav Stanković (guitar), Srđan Đurić (bass guitar), Aleksandar Rodić (keyboards) and Milan Bubalo (drums) became the default.

The band started working more accurately on September 1982, and in the following summer released their debut EP Šizika (Crazyca). The EP, beside the title track, featured two more tracks, "Devojka iz svemira" ("A Girl from Outer Space") and "Možda, možda" ("Maybe, Maybe"), and was produced by Saša Habić. A demo version of the song "Možda, možda" also appeared on the Ventilator 202 Demo Top 10 compilation.

In the following year, the band released their debut album, Muzika za mlade (Music for the Young Ones), produced by Slobodan Marković, featuring a cover version of the Bay City Rollers' "Yesterday's Hero", with lyrics in Serbian entitled "Ne, nisam tvoj heroj" ("No, I'm Not Your Hero"), and a nationwide hit "Moja devojka" ("My Girlfriend"). The track "Baby" featured sampled accordion and car engine sounds, and the whole album featured an analog drum machine. Having released the album, the band performed at the Split music festival with the song "Ja sam mornar" ("I'm a Sailor") and a cover version of Paul Anka's "Love Me Warm and Tender", with lyrics in Serbian entitled "Voli me" ("Love Me"), which appeared on the various artists compilation Split '84.