Smak

Smak
Smak in 1975: Laza Ristovski, Slobodan "Kepa" Stojanović, Radomir "Točak" Mihailović, Zoran Milanović, and Boris Aranđelović.
Background information
Origin	Kragujevac, Serbia
Genres	Progressive rock, jazz rock, blues rock, folk rock, symphonic rock, psychedelic rock, hard rock
Years active	1971 – 1981 1986 – 1992 1994 – 2002 2010 – present
Labels	PGP-RTB, Suzy, ZKP RTLJ, Bellaphon, Fantasy, RCA, Sorabia Disk, Vans, Komuna, A Records, Razglas, PGP-RTS, Active Time, One Records
Associated acts	Bijelo Dugme, Leb i Sol, Neverne Bebe, Osvajači, Generacija 5, Deliverance Inc.
Members	see the members section

Smak (Serbian Cyrillic: Смак; trans. The end time) is a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band from Kragujevac. The group reached the peak of popularity in the 1970s when it was one of the most notable acts of the former Yugoslav rock scene. The band's leader, guitarist Radomir Mihailović, nicknamed Točak ("The Wheel"), is considered one of the most influential guitarists on the former Yugoslav rock scene.

Formed in 1971 by the guitarist Radomir "Točak" Mihajlović and drummer Slobodan "Kepa" Stojanović, the band did not get a stable lineup until 1975 by which time bassist Zoran Milanović, vocalist Boris Aranđelović and keyboard player Laza Ristovski became the band's official members. However, after recording their eponymous debut album, Ristovski left and the remaining quartet recorded their subsequent albums with various keyboard players before disbanding in 1981.

After brief reunions in the period between 1986 and 1992, the band was reformed by the two founding members with younger musicians, vocalist Dejan "Najda" Najdanović, the second drummer Dejan "Kepa Jr." Stojanović, second guitarist Milan "Mikica" Milosavljević and bassist Vlada Samardžić. During the late 1990, the latter was replaced by the bassist Slobodan "Sale" Marković who performed with the band until 2002 when Smak disbanded once again. The remaining members from the last lineup, with the new bassist Miloš Petrović reunited in 2010, and in 2012 the default lineup of the band made a one-off reunion.

Radomir "Točak" Mihailović (guitar) and Slobodan "Kepa" Stojanović (drums), two ambitious young musicians, met on April 23, 1971 in Kraljevo, Stojanović's hometown, with an idea of forming a band, owing to their mutual friendship with Predrag "Biska" Albić, Mihailović's childhood friend who had served the Yugoslav People's Army with Stojanović. After the meeting, the two parted as Stojanović was to go on a tour with his family orchestra in order to earn enough money to buy a new drum kit, and Mihailović returned to his hometown Čačak. Upon his return, he had met the Kragujevac musicians Zoran Milanović (bass guitar) and Slobodan "Koma" Kominac (vocals) who asked him to complete the lineup of their progressive rock band Gentry, which he accepted on condition that Stojanović was to become their drummer. During November of the same year, the four had met in order to officially form a band and, having been driven away from Stojanović's home by his grandmother for being long-haired, they went to a local restaurant and then to a park where they wrote their first song, later called "Bluz u parku" ("Blues in the Park") in memory of the event.

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