Obojeni Program

Obojeni Program
Obojeni Program performing live at the 2007 VIP INmusic festival in Zagreb
Background information
Also known as	Program, OP, Coloured Program, oBOYEni Program
Origin	Novi Sad, Serbia
Genres	New wave post-punk art punk alternative rock indie rock electronic music experimental music
Years active	1980 – present
Labels	Search & Enjoy, Sorabia, Metropolis, Tarcus, Tom Tom Music, Radio B92, urbaNS, Hello Bing, Exit Muisic, Odličan Hrčak
Associated acts	Atheist Rap, Boye, Goblini, Kasandrin Glas, Kontraritam, La Strada, Love Hunters, Urbana Gerila, Veliki Prezir
Website	www.obojeniprogram.rs
Members	Branislav Babić Ilija Vlaisavljević Ljubomir Pejić Vladimir Cinkocki Aleksandar Jocić
Past members	see the members section

Obojeni Program (Serbian Cyrillic: Обојени Програм, trans. Colored Program) is a Serbian alternative rock band from Novi Sad. The band are pioneers of the Serbian alternative rock scene. The band is also famous for giving strange names to their albums, which is explained by the fact that the first letters of the first seven studio albums form an acronym of their home town. They have performed at every Exit festival since the first in 2000.

Before forming the band, vocalist Branislav Babić "Kebra" was a member of the two minor Novi Sad punk rock groups, Abortus and Pankreas. With the latter, Babić performed at the Zemun Punk festival, where the members of the Belgrade punk group Urbana Gerila approached him and asked to join them. He became their member, but only for a few months. One of the first Obojeni Program lineups was a trio, featuring Babić (vocals), Goran Ivčić "Tukša" (bass) and Edi Keler (drums). They sounded similar to the early period of Disciplina Kičme, which was formed two years later.

Lasting only for six months, the band was transformed into a quintet featuring Babić, Bora Oslovčan, Pera Telarov, Aleksandar Koledin "Kole" and Aleksandar Jocić "Cana", who used to change instruments during their performances. Moving towards a more post-punk oriented sound, influenced by the Manchester bands The Fall and Magazine, Babić renamed the group to Program, with the lienup which beside him featured Aleksandar Jocić "Cana" (guitar), Zoran Geratović "Gera" (bass) and Edi Keler (drums). Having performed for a year, the band rerenamed itself to Obojeni Program.

The first live appearance the band had in 1981, at the Novi Sad's club Bronx, performing their songs only, with Babić singing with his back towards the crowd, which became a part of his stage performance for a while. During the same year, at the first Novi Sad private studio Meta Sound, the band recorded four tracks, "Kad bi malo (7x) mozak stao" ("If the (7x) Brain Could Stop a Little"), "O, da li?" ("Oh, Is It?"), "Obojeni program" ("Coloured Program"), and "Ulični kerovi" ("Street Dogs"), produced by the former member Bora Oslovčan. The recordings were often broadcast on Radio Novi Sad, especially in the Yu pop scena (Yu Pop Scene) radio show hosted by Dragan Gojković "Goja".