Im not sure how familiar you guys are with the yugoslavian scene during the 70's and 80's (while yugoslavia was still under a proper socialist regime), but im gonna give this a go anyway. I've been largely ignoring "local" artists (im from Slovenia) till just recently, but i've been discovering more and more great artists that operated (welll, some still do) in the former republic of Yugoslavia.
Lets start off with some slovenian punk, shall we gents: oh, and all the info about the bands is copypasted from Wiki, thanks to whoever was cool (or sad) enough to translate it to english.
Pankrti
Pankrti (The Bastards in Slovene) were a punk rock band from Ljubljana, Slovenia, active in the late 1970s and during the 1980s. They were known for provocative and politically engaged songs and billed themselves "The First Punk Band Behind The Iron Curtain" (although actually the non-aligned Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was not behind the Iron Curtain). They are one of the most important former Yugoslav Punk groups and one of the first punk rock bands ever formed in a communist country.
Niet
not much on these guys on wiki, and theres not really much to know about them. formed around '83 in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Racija
not much to say about them either. typical slovenian punk, sorta new-ish aswell. formed in 96, went on to make about 3 albums. their name means "raiding", in a sense where police or the army bust up a certain location. for example, like in a mass drug bust.
right-o chaps, tommorow ill continue with some more slovenian groups, as well as some croatian, bosnian and serbian bands. will probably expand on rock and noise groups aswell, if the response is atleast half decent. as I said, I have absolutely no idea if someone has done this before on this board, but my search turned up with nothing so I guessed ill go ahead with it.
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