Riblja Čorba
Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Riblja Čorba (Serbian Cyrillic: Рибља Чорба, pronounced [rîbʎaː t͡ʃɔ̌ːrba]; translation: lit. Fish Stew) is a Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band formed in Belgrade in 1978. The band was one of the most popular and most influential acts of the Yugoslav rock scene.
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Origin | Belgrade, Serbia |
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Years active | 1978–present |
Labels | PGP-RTB, Jugoton, Samy, WIT, Hi-Fi Centar, M Factory, City Records, PGP-RTS, RTV Stara Pazova, Fidbox |
Members | Bora Đorđević Vicko Milatović Vidoja Božinović Nikola Zorić Jovan Jeftić Ivan Stanković |
Past members | Miša Aleksić Rajko Kojić Momčilo Bajagić Vladimir Golubović Nikola Čuturilo Zoran Ilić Vladimir Barjaktarević |
Website | www |
Riblja Čorba was formed in 1978 by former Zajedno, Rani Mraz and Suncokret member Borisav "Bora" Đorđević (vocals) and the members of the band SOS, Radislav "Rajko" Kojić (guitar), Miroslav "Miša" Aleksić (bass guitar) and Miroslav "Vicko" Milatović (drums). Their debut release, the single "Lutka sa naslovne strane" (1978), saw huge success and launched them to fame. They were soon joined by guitarist Momčilo Bajagić "Bajaga", the new lineup releasing the album Kost u grlu (1979), which was, due to their gritty hard rock sound and Đorđević's social-related lyrics, a huge commercial and critical success. Their following releases, Pokvarena mašta i prljave strasti (1981), Mrtva priroda (1981) and Buvlja pijaca (1982) launched them to the top of the Yugoslav rock scene; their works were praised for composition, musicianship, production and especially Đorđević's provocative social- and political-related lyrics, which were praised by the critics and often caused media scandals. In the mid-1980s, the band saw a slight decline in popularity, but made a triumphant comeback with the album Istina (1985), recorded with the new guitar duo, Vidoja "Džindžer" Božinović and Nikola Čuturilo. Until the end of the decade and the breakup of Yugoslavia, the band managed to sustain their popularity, but after the beginning of Yugoslav Wars it heavily declined in Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina, due to Đorđević's support for Serbian nationalism. However, Đorđević also opposed the regime of Slobodan Milošević, demonstrating his attitude on the albums Riblja Čorba recorded during the 1990s, which were often banned in state-owned media. Since the beginning of the 2000s, the band has managed to remain one of the top acts of the Serbian rock scene, although the albums they released during the 2000s and 2010s saw little critical success.
Riblja Čorba is considered one of the most influential acts of the Yugoslav and Serbian rock scenes, a number of their albums appearing on various lists of best Yugoslav rock albums and a number of musicians citing them as an influence. Đorđević's lyrics were praised by the music critics, as well as by academic circles, and he has become a prominent public figure in Yugoslavia and its successor countries, especially Serbia, where his controversial political statements had caused large attention during the past two decades and contributed to the decline of Riblja Čorba's popularity.