Badmingtons
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Badmingtons | |
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| Origin | Skopje,Republic of Macedonia |
| Genres | Punk Experimental rock |
| Years active | 1983–1986, 2002, 2007 |
| Labels | Kanal 103 |
| Past members | Vladimir Petrovski-Karter (guitar,vocals) Dean Škartov-Deko (keyboards) Boris Georgiev-But (drums) |
| Website | BadmintonsonMy Space |
Badmingtons(inMacedonian:Бадмингтонс) were a prominentMacedonianpunk rockband.
Biography
[edit]Badmingtons were formed in 1983 inSkopje,thenSR Macedonia(now theRepublic of Macedonia) by Vladimir Petrovski - Karter (guitarandvocals), Dean Škartov - Deko (keyboards) and Boris Georgiev - But (drums).
Previously, Karter had played in one of the line-ups of Fol Jazik (the firstpunk bandin Skopje, formed 1978) and later inSaraceni,another legendary punk group, which also featured the now-internationally acclaimed musicianGoran Trajkoski.Boris Georgiev was a former drummer in Jadro, which included members from several countries, as well as in the bands Pop and Dizajn. He visitedLondonin the 1970s where he acquainted himself with thepunk movement.Since purchasing hisYamahaCS-15electronic keyboardin the late 1970s, Deko initially played in the group Kocka led, but later, in 1983 he joined Karter and But to form Badmingtons.
In 1984 Badmingtons recorded their firstdemo tape,and got the first prize at the Macedonian demo bands competitionRokfest,which gave them an opportunity to record in the acclaimedM-2studio of the music production branch of the nationalMacedonian Radio-Television.They recorded several songs, one of which was their trademark track "Site obični luđe" ( "All the common people" ). The new recordings were joined together with the previous material and released as the demo album titled "Posle mene što ti e gajle"in 1985." Site obični luđe "became a Macedonian punk anthem and later was covered by several other artists including the notablealternative rockgroupSunSin the 1990s. Badmingtons were also included with this song in theMakedonski dokument(Macedonian Document)compilation albumalong with other notableunderground musicacts. The style of Badmingtons is a straightforwardpunk rock,however occasionally they would go beyond the style into a sort ofexperimental rock.As well asPosle mene shto ti e gajle,the group also issued an EP calledIntimno tetoviranje,featuring "Site obichni lugje" and four Serbian-language songs.
Badmingtons ceased to exist in 1986 and transformed themselves into a new band calledAleksandar Makedonski(Alexander The Great). The new band were initially a morepop-rockoriented act and also included some new additional members. Their debut album "Za heroje i princeze" was released forJugodiskrecord label in 1988 inSerbo-Croat,because it was the most widespread language in themultilingualformer Yugoslavfederal market. In the same year, Boris Georgiev left them and joined thegothic rockcult bandMizarand played drums on their firstself-titledalbum in 1988. Deko remained in Aleksandar Makedonski until 1988. Later he was member of thepsychedelic rockgroup Kleržo until 1991, when he left the country forItaly,where he spent several years before returning. On the other hand, Karter lived inGermanyfor a while and continued to work with Aleksandar Makedonski after coming back to Skopje. In the early 1990s they recorded several songs in the studio of Kokan Dimuševski (ofLeb i sol), one of them being aduetwith Goran Tanevski of Mizar. Karter performed at theStrip & Soundfestival in Skopje in 1995. One year later Aleksandar Makedonski released the albumMoeto carstvo.The lineup onMoeto carstvocan be seen as a Badmingtons reunion of sorts, due to all three original Badmingtons members playing on the album. In 1997 Karter formed a new band calledOpstrukcija,which released the albumSistem.
In 2002 Badmingtons briefly reunited for the summer open-air festivalAlarmheld in Ljubaništa on theOhrid Lake,Ohrid Municipality,where they shared the main stage with the famousBritishpunk bandUK Subsand other prominent acts on 13 July.
Badmingtons gathered for a one-off reunion after their music was used for the soundtrack of the feature filmPrevrteno(Upside Down) directed by Igor Ivanov - Izi in 2007. The reunion concert took place in the Youth Cultural Centre (MKC) in Skopje on 3 December 2007 as a part of theTaksiratfestival annually organized byLithium Records.
Discography
[edit]- Posle mene što ti e gajle(1985 cassette, compilation of three songs from a session at Studio M2 of RTS and earlier demos)
- Intimno tetoviranje(1985 cassette EP)
- "Ako mi dadesh"(2007 CD single)
See also
[edit]- Music of the Republic of Macedonia
- Punk rock in Yugoslavia
- Popular music in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
References
[edit]- Dragan Pavlov and Dejan Šunjka: Punk u Jugoslaviji (Punk in Yugoslavia), publisher: IGP Dedalus, 1990.(in Serbian, Croatian, and Slovene)
- Forum Plus Magazine interview[permanent dead link](in Macedonian)
- Macedonian Music Network(in Macedonian)
- Alarm Festival 2002(in English)
- Janjatović, Petar:Ilustrovana Enciklopedija YU Rocka 1960-1997,article: Aleksandar Makedonski, page: 13, publisher: Geopoetika, 1997Archived2011-07-11 at theWayback Machine(in Serbian)
