Presenting their new album Sirotinjsko carstvo, giants of Belgrade rock ‘n’ roll finally to appear in Šiška! Five years after the release of their live album Krš i lom and eight years after the release of their studio album Sloboda ili ništa, the rock icons Partibrejkers have released an excellent new album Sirotinjsko carstvo on the label
Presenting their new album Sirotinjsko carstvo, giants of Belgrade rock ‘n’ roll finally to appear in Šiška!
Five years after the release of their live album Krš i lom and eight years after the release of their studio album Sloboda ili ništa, the rock icons Partibrejkers have released an excellent new album Sirotinjsko carstvo on the label Odličan hrčak.
“After all these years and so much time that we spent rolling across the Balkan ditch, it is fortunate that we still have something to say, and we’ve said it all with this album,” said Zoran Kostić – Cane more than a year ago. Naturally, he left much unsaid at the time, to give the audience the opportunity of listening to the new album and hearing for themselves what it was they wanted to say.
It would be difficult to condense the extensive biography of Partibrejkers into just a few sentences and not omit the facts that younger fans might not be familiar with. Since their first appearance in Dadov in 1982, the local rock scene has never been the same. They began telling their story in an intense way, with straightforward lyrics, harsh tunes, and an honest rebellious style, which great numbers of the 1980s youth could identify with. Their demos Hiljadu godina and Večeras became anthems of the Yugoslav youth of the time. Big hits were being born, they played countless shows, there was even a certain point in their career when they played five gigs in just three days.
Partibrejkers are among the few bands who used their musical activism to try and change the world. As Yugoslavia collapsed, members of bands Ekatarina Velika, Električni orgazam and Partibrejkers formed an ad hoc band Rimtutituki, and recorded the cynical anti-war song Slušaj ‘vamo. Rimtutituki performed at an anti-war and anti-racist festival in Vienna. Their unique commitment is still talked about today.
During wartime there was no interest in rock ‘n’ roll, but it was unavoidable for Partibrejkers to sustain. The band resumed normal service in 1996 and despite the break they managed a historical feat – with their comeback gig in Novi Sad and sold-out appearance at Tašmajdan, Belgrade, they brought rock ‘n’ roll back to the two cities in style. Later they toured the area of ex-Yugoslavia as well as Germany, UK and Canada. Playing a gig in the packed Hala sportova in March 2012, Partibrejkers celebrated three decades of their existence. Showing that they can still agitate drowsy crowds after so many years, they proved that their music is more than just the expression of a single historical period.
In 2010, the Belgrade based publishing house LOM published the band’s monograph Srce kuca tu je. Spreading over 166 pages, it contains collected lyrics of all songs from their extensive discography, interviews with Zoran Kostić – Cane and Nebojša Antonijević – Anton, as well as more than 200 photos.
