Block Out (band)

This article is about the Serbian band. For other uses, see Blockout (disambiguation).
Block Out
Block Out performing live in Niš in 2007
Block Out performing live in Niš in 2007
Background information
OriginBelgrade, Serbia
Genres
Years active1990 – 2014
LabelsTake It Or Leave It, ITMM, Metropolis Records, Multimedia Records, Long Play
Past membersMilutin Jovančić
Nikola Vranjković
Dragan Majstorović
Danilo Pavićević
Vladan Lazarević
Dean Dimitrijević
Miljko Radonjić
Aleksandar Balać
Dragoljub Marković
Dejan Hasečić

Block Out was a Serbian alternative rock band formed in Belgrade in 1990. They were one of the most notable acts of the 1990s Serbian rock scene.

Originally formed under the name Ad Hoc, the band was initially hard rock-oriented, but moved towards darker, heavier sound with the arrival of guitarist and songwriter Nikola Vranjković in 1991, who would become the creative core of the band. The band's albums Crno, belo i srebrno (1994), Godina sirotinjske zabave (1996) and San koji srećan sanjaš sam (1998) featured a combination of alternative rock, grunge, metal and psychedelic sound, with Vranjković's poetic and dark lyrics about Serbian society in the years following the dissolution of Yugoslavia and artistic music videos created by the band's vocalist Milutin Jovančić "Mita". In 2004 the band released their last studio album, Ako imaš s kim i gde. Despite critical acclaim and large popularity, growing disagreements inside the band led to Vranjković being excluded from Block Out in 2013. Vranjković started a successful career as a solo artist and the rest of band members continued to perform as Block Out for a short period of time, before continuing their work under the name Čovek Vuk (Wolf Man).