YU Grupa

YU Grupa
Members of YU Grupa performing live in Belgrade in 2018, from left to right: Petar, Dragi and Žika Jelić
Members of YU Grupa performing live in Belgrade in 2018, from left to right: Petar, Dragi and Žika Jelić
Background information
OriginBelgrade, Yugoslavia (present-day Serbia)
Genres
Years active1970 – 1981
1987 – present
LabelsPGP-RTB, Jugoton, ZKP RTLJ, PGP-RTS, Croatia Records
SpinoffsOpus, Zebra, Leb i Sol
Spinoff ofDžentlmeni
MembersDragi Jelić
Žika Jelić
Petar Jelić
Saša Žule Radojević
Past membersMiodrag Okrugić
Velibor Bogdanović
Miodrag Kostić
Ratislav Đelmaš
Dragan Micić
Nedžat Maculja
Dragoljub Đuričić
Dragan Janković
Igor Malešević
Slobodan Jurišić
Websitewww.yugrupa.com

YU Grupa (trans. YU Group) is a Serbian (former Yugoslav) rock band. A pioneer in combining rock music with the elements of the traditional music of the Balkans,[1][2][3] YU Grupa is credited with being the longest-lasting Serbian rock band. [4][5]

  1. ^ Janjatović, Petar (2007). EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960-2006. Belgrade: self-released. p. 241.
  2. ^ TASIĆ, Snežana (3 July 2007). "Dragi Jelić: Slučajno smo uveli etnorok". Nezavisne.com. Archived from the original on 28 October 2021. Retrieved 28 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Bregovićevi uzori opet jašu". Muzika.hr. Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
  4. ^ ""Hazardersko upuštanje u životne tokove", interview with Žika Jelić on Popboks.com". Archived from the original on 2012-10-08. Retrieved 2010-12-09.
  5. ^ Srpski „Stonsi" rođeni na Dan republike Archived 2023-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, pressonline.rs; accessed 15 November 2016.