Bajaga i Instruktori | |
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 Bajaga i Instruktori performing live in 2009 | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Belgrade, Serbia |
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| Labels | PGP-RTB, Diskoton, Red Luna Records, Produkcija Stig, PGP-RTS, Komuna, Biveco, Dallas Records, Metropolis Records, Hi-Fi Centar, Take It Or Leave It Records, Long Play |
| Members | Momčilo Bajagić Živorad Milenković Aleksandar Lokner Marko Nježić Vladimir Čukić Marko Kuzmanović |
| Past members | Dejan Cukić Nenad Stamatović Miroslav Cvetković Vladimir Golubović Vladimir Negovanović Čedomir Macura Ljubiša Opačić |
| Website | www.bajaga.com |
Bajaga i Instruktori (Serbian Cyrillic: Бајага и Инструктори; trans. Bajaga and the Instructors) are a Serbian and Yugoslav rock band formed in Belgrade in 1984. Founded and led by vocalist, guitarist and principal composer and lyricist Momčilo Bajagić "Bajaga", the group is one of the most notable acts of the Yugoslav rock scene.
The band was formed while Bajagaić was still a guitarist for the highly popular band Riblja Čorba, originally to promote Bajagić's side project Pozitivna geografija. The success of the album and the promotional tour led to the continuation of the band's activity. Bajaga i Instruktori's following releases, Sa druge strane jastuka (1985), Jahači magle (1986) and Prodavnica tajni (1988), brought a plethora of hit songs, placing the band at the top of the Yugoslav rock scene, alongside other mega-selling bands like Riblja Čorba and Bijelo Dugme. The band's work and Bajagić's often poetic lyrics were also widely praised by the music critics. The band continued their activity after the breakup of Yugoslavia, throughout their whole career remaining one of the most popular groups in Serbia and other former Yugoslav republics.