Kerber

For people named Kerber, see Kerber (surname).

re under windy conditions. He continued the concert

despite doctors advice, and later on continued the tour
with bandages on his face. After this accident other
members forbade iki to continue performing the rebreathing act. In June 1984, Kerber was an opening act
for Nightwing concerts in Yugoslavia. In August drummer Zoran Stamenkovi returned to the band for the summer performances in Greece.

Kerber (Serbian Cyrillic: ; trans. Cerberus) is a

Serbian and former Yugoslav hard rock band from Ni.

1
1.1

Band history

In December 1984, Kerber traveled to England to record

their second album, Ratne Igre (War Games). The album was recorded in Saughall, and the producer was once
again Gordon Rowley from Nightwing.[4] During their
staying in England, Kerber performed in Liverpool and
Chester. An English language version of Mezimac entitled Get Me Out was recorded on their concert in Liverpool and included on the album.[4] Part of the album lyrics
were written by the lyricist Duko Arsenijevi,[4] who
continued to work with Kerber on their future releases.[5]
In May 1985, only a week after Ratne igre was released,
Stamenkovi went to serve the army and Boban orevi replaced him once again. On June 15 of the same
year, Balkan, alongside 23 other acts, performed on Red
Star Stadium, on the concert which was a part of YU
Rock Misija, a Yugoslav contribution to Live Aid. In
October 1985, drummer Boban orevi was replaced
by former Mama Co Co, YU grupa and Leb i Sol member Dragoljub urii. In November Kerber was awarded
with Smeli Cvet (Courageous Flower), an award which
was given by League of Communist Youth of Serbia for
contribution to rock music. In July 1986, keyboardist
Branislav Boinovi was, due to his army obligations,
temporarily replaced because of army duty by Milorad
Dmerkovi, former member of Slomljena Stakla and
Pea D'Boy band.

1980s

The original members of Kerber were Goran epa Gale

(vocals), Tomislav Nikoli (guitar), Branislav Bane
Boinovi (keyboard), Zoran Stamenkovi (drums) and
Zoran Madi (bass guitar). In 1981, formerly known as
Top (trans. Cannon), the band changed its name to Kerber. In November 1981, Kerber had their rst ocial
concert in Muziki klub in Ni. During 1982 the band
had numerous concerts in Ni and Serbia, while working
on the material for their rst album. In early spring of
1982, Madi left the band due to his army obligations. He
was replaced by former Mama Rock and Plamtee Nebo
member Zoran Sosa iki who had an attractive onstage performance: he played an axe-shaped guitar and
performed re breathing. In May 1983, Kerber won the
rst place at Festival Omladina in Subotica with the song
Mezimac (Minion).
In July 1983, Kerber recorded their debut LP Nebo je
malo za sve (The Sky Is not Big Enough for All), mixed in
Strawberry studio in Manchester, with Nightwing's bass
guitarist Gordon Rowley as the producer.[3] In December 1983, Kerber was an opening band on Uriah Heep,
Ten Years After and Nightwing concerts in Yugoslavia.
At about the same time, Kerbers Nebo je malo za sve
was released, bringing hits Mezimac, Nebo je malo za
sve and Heroji od staniola (Foil Heroes). The album
was released by ZKP RTLJ[3] and immediately became
successful, with 10,000 copies sold during the rst week.
In January 1984, during the tour through Macedonia,
rst Ziki, and then Stamenkovi contracted infectious
hepatitis, so in March, during the Kerbers performance at
the music festival in Opatija, Stamenkovi was temporarily replaced by Generacija 5 drummer Boban orevi
and Madi briey re-entered the bass players post for
this occasion. Despite the good performance, Kerber did
not t well in the pop format of the Opatija festival with
their hard rock sound. After returning to Kerber, iki
continued with his on-stage performance. On May 19,
1984, during the bands open-air concert in Novi Sad,
he got second-degree burns while attempting to breathe

In 1986, Kerber recorded their third studio album, Seobe

(Migrations), which was produced by Kornelije Kova.[6]
Seobe included numerous hits: Hajde da se volimo
(Lets Make Love), "ovek od meda (Man Made of
Honey, which featured Riblja orba's frontman Bora
orevi on vocals[6] ), ballads Kad ljubav izda (When
Love Betrays, which featured a quotation from Pero
Zubac's poem Mostar Rains[6] ), Jo samo ovu no mi
daj (Give Me just This more Night), power ballad
Bolje da sam druge ljubio (I Should Have Been Kissing
Other Girls) and the haunting ballad Seobe. Following
the success of Seobe Kerber performed more than 200
concerts across Yugoslavia. In 1988, the band released
album Ljudi i bogovi (Humans and Gods), produced by
ore Petrovi. Major hits were Svet se brzo okree

3 DISCOGRAPHY

(The World Is Turning Quickly), Od srca daleko

(Far From Heart) and ballad Na raskru (At the
Crossroads). In the summer of the same year, iki left
the band, and was replaced by former Bulevar, Suncokret
and Idoli member Branko Isakovi. On December 12,
Kerber recorded their rst live album 121288.[7] The album was not well received by fans and critics, and after
its release the band members made a two-year break.

1.2

1990s

1.4 2010s
In July 2010, the band announced that they are working
on the new studio album.[15] During the same year, Neboja Mini (formerly of Gidra i Erotske okoladice and
Puls) joined the band as the second guitarist. The band
celebrated their 30th anniversary with three concerts.
The rst one was held in air Hall in Ni on December 15, 2011. The concert featured numerous guests: the
bands former members Stamenkovi, Karadov, orevi, Stanojevi, Isakovi and urii, Kornelije Kova,
Smak vocalist Dejan Najdanovi, Neverne Bebe, YU
grupa, and others.[16] The second concert was held in
SPENS in Novi Sad on April 6, 2012.[17] The third and
nal concert was held in Hala sportova in Belgrade on December 13, 2012. The concert featured Bora orevi as
guest.[18]

At the end of 1990, the band released their fth studio

album Peta strana sveta (The Fifth Side of the World),
which was produced by Saa Habi.[8] For a retrospective
evening of Belgrade Spring Festival, Kerber recorded a
cover of Zdravko oli's song April u Beogradu (April
in Belgrade).[9] After this event, the band made a long At the 2013 Belgrade Beer Fest, the band debuted a new
break in their work, during which they recorded music song entitled Pepeo i prah (Ashes and Dust).[19]
for the theatre play Blues osmeh (Blues Smile). In 1994,
Mezimac was released on Komuna compilation album
Pakleni vozai: Jugoslovenski hard rock (Hell Riders: Yu2 Legacy
goslav Hard Rock).[10]
At the beginning of 1996, the band released Zapis
(Inscription). The album introduced new members:
Saa Vaskovi (bass guitar), Josip Hartl (drums),
Vladan Stanojevi (acoustic guitar), and Goran orevi
(percussion).[11] In January 1996, they held an unplugged
concert in Studio M in Novi Sad. The recording of
this concert was released on the album Unplugged.[12]
In 1998, the band released two compilation albums:
Antologija 19831998 I (Anthology 19831998 I) and
Antologija 19831998 II (Anthology 19831998 II), with
the detailed overview of their work.
In 1998, Kerber celebrated their 15th anniversary with a
concert held on Ni fortress. The demo for the song "Sveti
Nikola" was recorded and soon found its way to radio stations, but the planned recording of the album was postponed. In 1999, Kerber performed as an opening band
on Ronnie James Dio concert in Soa, Bulgaria, and soon
after went on hiatus.

1.3

2000s

During the 2000s, Kerber, although ocially still active,

performed occasionally only. On February 9, 2006, the
band reunited in its original lineup for the rst time after
twenty-three years, to perform in the building of Serbian
National Theatre in Novi Sad. In 2008, PGP-RTS released the compilation album Svet se brzo okree - The
Best of,[13] and in 2009, the same record label released the
Kerber box set entitled Sabrana dela (Collected Works).
The box set featured all six Kerber studio albums on CDs
and the song Sveti Nikola on the seventh disc.[14] After
the box set was released, Kerber original bass guitarist,
Zoran Madi, returned to the band.[15]

Serbian rock singer Viktorija recorded a cover of the

song Seobe on her 2000 album Nostalgija (Nostalgia).[20] Serbian heavy metal band Alogia covered the
songs Mezimac and Hajde da se volimo on their 2006
live album Prie o vremenu i ivotu Live at SKC, with
epa making a guest appearance on the songs.[21] Serbian
hard rock/heavy metal band Atlantida recorded a cover of
the song Igraj sad (Dance Now) on their 2009 album
Put u venost (Road to Eternity).[22]
In 2000, the song Seobe was polled No.43 on Rock Express Top 100 Yugoslav Rock Songs of All Times list.[23]
In 2011, the song Mezimac was polled, by the listeners of Radio 202, one of 60 greatest songs released by
PGP-RTB/PGP-RTS during the sixty years of the labels
existence.[24]

3 Discography
Main article: Kerber discography

Nebo je malo za sve (1983)

Ratne igre (1984)
Seobe (1986)
Ljudi i bogovi (1988)
Peta strana sveta (1990)
Zapis (1996)

References

[1] Rok Maina: Na ponoru svetlosti, balkanrock.com

[2] "Kerber, poslednje pripreme, rts.rs
[3] Nebo je malo za sve at Discogs
[4] Ratne igre at Discogs
[5] Duko Arsenijevi at Discogs
[6] Seobe at Discogs
[7] 121288 at Discogs
[8] Peta strana sveta at Discogs
[9] Grobraivanje:
jker.com

Najgore domae obrade, trablme-

[10] Pakleni vozai: Jugoslovenski hard rock at Discogs

[11] Zapis at Discogs
[12] Unplugged at Discogs
[13] Svet se brzo okree - The Best of at Discogs
[14]
[15] Kerber priprema novi album
[16] Kerber u Niu: air je mali za sve, balkanrock-com
[17] Kerber @ Spens, Novi Sad, timemachinemusic.org
[18] Kerber sino ispunio Halu sportova, popboks.com
[19] Kerber ima novi hit - posluajte Pepeo i prah"!
(VIDEO)", nadlanu.com
[20] Nostalgija at Discogs
[21] Prie o vremenu i ivotu Live at SKC at Discogs
[22] Put u venost at Discogs
[23] 100 najboljih pesama svih vremena YU rocka. Rock
Express (in Serbian). Belgrade: Rock Express (25): 27.
[24] 60 202!, facebook.com

EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960-2006, Janjatovi

Petar; ISBN 978-86-905317-1-4
Enciklopedija nikog Rock 'n' Rolla 1962 - 2000,
Stanojevi Vladan; ISBN 86-902517-1-5

External links
Ocial website
Ocial MySpace page
Ocial Facebook page
Kerber at Discogs

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