Urbana gerila

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Urbana gerila was a punk and new wave band from Belgrade, SR Serbia, at the time a constituent republic in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.

Initially named Punkreteni, the teenage band existed for less than two years during the early 1980s. In that period they managed to record two tracks ("Proces" and "Bez naslova") released on Artistička radna akcija various artists compilation in late 1981.

[edit] Prominence and legacy

In terms of media prominence, the band is most notable for its one-time vocalist Zoran "Cane" Kostić who later rose to fame as frontman of the cult band Partibrejkers. After leaving Urbana gerila, Cane joined Radnička kontrola, another band featured on the above mentioned Jugoton-released compilation.

Urbana gerila's core actually consisted of Branko Rosić (later to become journalist) and Vladimir Arsenijević (later to become awarded and internationally acclaimed writer-novelist as well as co-founder and editor of the publishing house Rende). Other members that came through the band include Uroš Đurić (later painter and occasional actor), Slobodan "Loka" Nešović (later founder of Automatik Records company), and Branislav "Kebra" Babić (later frontman of Obojeni program), Nenad "Kele" Krasavac (later the founding member of Disciplina kičme), and Dragoslav "Draža" Radojković (later member of Laibach).

A few years after Urbana gerila disbanded, Rosić and Arsenijević formed the electronic music band Berliner Strasse.