Vampiri
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| Origin | Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia |
| Genres | Doo-wop, rock and roll, rockabilly, pop rock, rock |
| Years active | 1990 – 1993 1995 – 1998 2012 – present |
| Labels | PGP-RTB, ZAM, PGP-RTS, Komuna |
| Associated acts | Breeze, The Bestbeat, The Dibidus, Familija |
| Members | Aleksandar Eraković Dejan Tomović Damjan Dašić Marko Ćalić Andreja Bucan |
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Vampiri (Serbian Cyrillic: Вампири, trans. The Vampires) are a Serbian and Yugoslav rock band from Belgrade. The band was formed in 1990, and performed music influenced by the 1950s doo-wop and rockabilly. After releasing two studio albums, they disbanded in 1993. The band reunited in 1995, releasing two more albums, second of which featured harder rock sound, only to disband again in 1998. In 2012, the band reunited once again.
The idea of forming a band came in 1988 as a collaboration between the Lollypops and Baby Boom members. Together, former Lollypops member Aleksandar Eraković (vocals), former Baby Boom members Dejan Pejović (backing vocals) and Dušan Pavlović (guitar), Goran Redžepi (drums) Dušan Varda (both backing vocals), made several demo recordings. Previously, Eraković, Pejović, and Pavlović went together to the Belgrade school for industrial design (1986-1988), which is where they met. In September 1989 Eraković, Pejović, Pavlović and Redžepi all went to serve the Yugoslav People's Army. On their return from the army service, the two bands merged with Eraković as the lead vocalist, being officially formed as a band in 1990. Other members which joined the band were Dejan Petrović (backing vocals), Dejan Jovanović (bass guitar).
One of the last demo recordings the band had made was a cover of "Rama lama ding dong" of The Edsels. An earlier demo version of the song was made in 1988. In June 1990, a promotional video was made for the song, shot partially on the roof of the cinema 20 October and partially at the Kalemegdan Fortress in Belgrade. Soon after, the video was broadcast by the national television, making it an immediate hit. At the time, the band started being regularly broadcast on radio stations. In the late 1990, the band entered the studio to record three songs, "Lea", "Anđela" and "Malena" ("Little Girl"), which were produced by Saša Habić. It was only then that PGP-RTB agreed to release the band's debut album.
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