Orthodox Celts
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Orthodox Celts performing live in Banja Luka
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| Background information | |
| Origin | Belgrade, Serbia |
| Genres | |
| Years active | 1992 – present |
| Labels | Take It Or Leave It, ITMM, Metropolis Records, Automatik, O'Celts Records |
| Associated acts | Roze Poze, Pachamama, Čutura i Oblaci, Ruž, Irish Stew of Sindidun, Despot |
| Website | www.orthodoxcelts.com |
| Members |
Aleksandar Petrović Dejan Lalić Nikola Stanojević Vladan Jovković Dejan Grujić Dušan Živanović Dragan Gnjatović |
| Past members |
Ana Đokić Dejan Jevtović Dejan Popin Bojan Petrović |
Orthodox Celts is a Serbian band which plays Irish folk music combined with rock elements. Despite their uncharacteristic genre in their home country, the band is one of the top acts of the Serbian rock scene and has influenced several younger Serbian bands, most notably Tir na n'Og and Irish Stew of Sindidun.
The band started their career performing traditional Irish songs and, gradually, introduced more and more of their own material (lyrics mostly written by the band's frontman Aleksandar "Aca Celtic" Petrović, music mostly written by band's female violinist Ana Đokić). All their songs are in English, but the group has composed some purely instrumental songs as well. The band traditionally celebrates St. Patrick's Day with a large concert in Belgrade. The band also traditionally performs on the Belgrade Beer Fest, and is the only act that has appeared on every Belgrade Beer Fest so far (except Belgrade Beer Fest 2004, when a part of the program was cancelled due to technical problems).
During the mid-eighties, Roze Poze drummer, Dušan Živanović wanted to form a band which would perform cover versions of Irish folk songs. Even though he had partially managed to fulfill this idea in Roze Poze, in 1992, Živanović took up playing the accordion and, with Ana Đokić (violin) and Dejan Lalić (mandolin, banjo, tin whistles), formed a band which performed occasionally at clubs. The band had the first official public appearance on Saint Patrick's day at the British Council in 1992.
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