Yu Rock Misija - Biografija
YU Rock Misija (meaning, in the Slovenian, Serbo-Croatian and Macedonian languages, Yugoslav Rock Mission) was the contribution of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to the famous Bob Geldof's Band Aid famine relief campaign which culminated with the historical Live Aid concert on July 13, 1985.
Beside the British "Do They Know It's Christmas?" and the corresponding USA for Africa projects, many other countries also joined Geldof's campaign, including: Canada, West Germany, Austria, Norway and many others.
SFR Yugoslavia was not an exclusion. The elite of the SFR Yugoslav Pop and Rock scene gathered and formed a Yugoslav Band Aid group called YU Rock Misija. The group recorded a charity song which was released as single and also filmed a corresponding video. The group included some of the most important former Yugoslav musicians: Momčilo Bajagić-Bajaga, the frontman of Bajaga i Instruktori; Marina Perazić from the synthpop duo Denis i Denis; Aki Rakimovski the vocalist of the eminent rock band Parni Valjak; Željko Bebek, the former charismatic frontman of Bijelo Dugme; Massimo Savić from Dorian Gray; Slađana Milošević, Oliver Mandić, Peđa D' Boj and many other eminent musicians. They recorded the Yugoslav Band Aid song "Za milion godina" (For a Million Years), which is still considered as an evergreen in the former Yugoslav countries. The guitar solo in the song is played by Vlatko Stefanovski from Leb i Sol. A prominent artist who openly refused to take part in the Yugoslav Band Aid was Bora Đorđević, the leader of the cult band Riblja Čorba.
At the end of the campaign, the Yugoslav musicians played a big stadium concert in Belgrade. The video for Za Milion godina was played on many TV stations worldwide and also, on July 13 1985 at the Wembley Stadium on the large video screens during a video interlude. It is included, though not completely, in the Overseas contributors section in the official Live Aid DVD which was released in 2004 by Warner Music Group.
YU Rock Misija (meaning, in the Slovenian, Serbo-Croatian and Macedonian languages, Yugoslav Rock Mission) was the contribution of the former Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to the famous Bob Geldof's Band Aid famine relief campaign which culminated with the historical Live Aid concert on July 13, 1985.
Beside the British "Do They Know It's Christmas?" and the corresponding USA for Africa projects, many other countries also joined Geldof's campaign, including: Canada, West Germany, Austria, Norway and many others.
SFR Yugoslavia was not an exclusion. The elite of the SFR Yugoslav Pop and Rock scene gathered and formed a Yugoslav Band Aid group called YU Rock Misija. The group recorded a charity song which was released as single and also filmed a corresponding video. The group included some of the most important former Yugoslav musicians: Momčilo Bajagić-Bajaga, the frontman of Bajaga i Instruktori; Marina Perazić from the synthpop duo Denis i Denis; Aki Rakimovski the vocalist of the eminent rock band Parni Valjak; Željko Bebek, the former charismatic frontman of Bijelo Dugme; Massimo Savić from Dorian Gray; Slađana Milošević, Oliver Mandić, Peđa D' Boj and many other eminent musicians. They recorded the Yugoslav Band Aid song "Za milion godina" (For a Million Years), which is still considered as an evergreen in the former Yugoslav countries. The guitar solo in the song is played by Vlatko Stefanovski from Leb i Sol. A prominent artist who openly refused to take part in the Yugoslav Band Aid was Bora Đorđević, the leader of the cult band Riblja Čorba.
At the end of the campaign, the Yugoslav musicians played a big stadium concert in Belgrade. The video for Za Milion godina was played on many TV stations worldwide and also, on July 13 1985 at the Wembley Stadium on the large video screens during a video interlude. It is included, though not completely, in the Overseas contributors section in the official Live Aid DVD which was released in 2004 by Warner Music Group.