Urbana Gerila
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| Background information | |
| Also known as | Punkreteni, Berliner Strasse, Berlinen Strasse |
| Origin | Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia |
| Genres | Punk rock, new wave, post-punk, krautrock |
| Years active | 1980 – 1984 |
| Labels | Jugoton |
| Associated acts | Defektno Efektni, Disciplina Kičme, Laibach, Obojeni Program, Partibrejkers, Radnička Kontrola, Kazimirov Kazneni Korpus, Električni Orgazam, Beograd |
| Past members |
Zoran Kostić Vladimir Arsenijević Branko Rosić Uroš Đurić Slobodan Nešović Branislav Babić Nenad Krasavac Dragoslav Radojković Milan Tošić Vladimir Rađenović Petar Ilić Marina Vulić Slobodan Stanić Ljubodrag Bubalo Milan Ivanus |
Urbana Gerila (Serbian Cyrillic: Урбана Герила, trans: Urban Guerrilla) was a former Yugoslav punk rock and new wave band from Belgrade. The band is notable as the participant of the Artistička radna akcija project in 1981. In 1982, the band members formed an ad hoc group Berliner Strasse (Berlin Street), influenced by post-punk and krautrock, performing songs with lyrics in the German language.
Initially named Punkreteni (Punkmorons), the teenage band existed for less than two years during the early 1980s. Punkreteni consisted of Branko Rosić (bass), Vladimir Arsenijević (guitar), Zoran "Cane" Kostić (vocals) and Slobodan "Loka" Nešović (guitar). All band members were between the ages of 13 and 15. After a few weeks the band changed its name to Urbana Gerila. Nešović soon left to form his own group called Defektno Efektni. Featuring raw sound and drawing lyrical inspiration from, among other things, the events surrounding the activity of terrorist groups such as the Baader-Meinhof Group, Urbana Gerila had its first live performance as part of an event called Palilula Culture Olympics, in 1980, which was one of the first punk performances in Belgrade. Later, the band became a cult attraction, managing to sell out a Zagreb venue Lapidarij despite not having any recordings.
The band's two tracks, "Proces" ("The Trial") and "Bez naslova" ("Untitled") were released on the Artistička radna akcija (Artistic Work Action) various artists compilation in late 1981, on which Nešović's Defekno Efektni also appeared. The band performed two more songs, "Beograd" ("Belgrade") and "Ipak bojim se rata" ("Still, I'm Afraid of the War"), written before Nešović's departure, however, they were never released. After the compilation release, the band moved towards playing post-punk, influenced by Joy Division and Bauhaus, with the vocalist Branislav "Kebra" Babić, which was not well received by the audience.
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