PANKRTI / DOM OMLADINE BEOGRADA / SALA AMERIKANA, 11.04.2025.

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PANKRTI

DOM OMLADINE BEOGRADA / SALA AMERIKANA

4/11/2025 9:00:00 PM - 4/11/2025 11:30:00 PM

21:00

Pankrti are a legendary Yugoslav and Slovenian group, the authors of the first real punk album in our country, the iconic "Dolgcajt" . These pioneers of punk in the Balkans and one of the strongest phenomena in local rock and roll, are on tour again, with good reason! It is exactly 45 years since the release of their debut release , which critics consider one of the most influential albums in the history of the local rock scene.

A limited amount of tickets at a special promotional price of RSD 1,500 can be purchased at the DOB Box Office, through the eFinity network and online . The advance ticket price will be RSD 1,800.

Pankrti was founded in 1977 in Kodeljevo, a suburb of Ljubljana. They had their first performance on October 18, 1977 at the gymnasium in Moste, where they performed with a program of covers of Sex Pistols, The Clash, New York Dolls, Dead Boys , along with several original songs. Soon they released their first single " Lublana je bulana" / "Lepi in prazi ", which achieved considerable success both in Yugoslavia and abroad. The Pankrts were a thunderous announcement of a new age and such a sensation when they appeared, that even the famous Johnny Štulić sang the immortal line " I shave my beard, mustache, to look like the Pankrts " on the first single of the group Azra "Balkan".

Pankrti gained wider popularity in 1980 with their debut album "Dolgcajt" (Boredom). A critical attitude towards the problems of socialist society and a highly energetic guitar sound were an absolute novelty at that time. They became the unexpected winners of the prestigious "Seven Secretaries of SKOJ" award, intended for the creativity of young people. In 1982, they released their second album "Državní ljubiči", which was met with a "knife" from Slovenian critics, primarily because of the poetic-political engagement that touched on the then-unlawful topics of one-party control of society, but "Jubox", the most famous Yugoslav music magazine for popular music, still declared "Državní ljubiči" the record of the year.

In 1984, Pankrti recorded their third album, according to most critics, their best album - "Red Album". He is remembered for his punk cover of the Italian revolutionary song " Bandiera rossa " (Red Flag), which became the band's trademark, and as Pankrt's best-selling release. The fourth album was released in 1985, under the name "Pesmi sprave" (Songs of Reconciliation), and the fifth and last, " Sexpok " in 1987. They rounded off their career on December 10, 1987 with a big concert in Ljubljana's Tivoli Hall, called "Zadnji pogo" (The Last Pogo), which ended the historical period of the group's work.

Pankrti became active in concerts again in 2007. They are still led by the unique Peter Lovšin , a poet, punk and singer, who is one of the most furious frontmen in Yugoslav rock music. The renewed line-up features Lovšin , Bogo Pretnar (guitar), Boris Kramberger (bass) and Slav Colnarič (drums), which on the current tour performs a program largely devoted to great songs from the first Yugoslav punk album "Dolgcajt". After the concerts in Germany and Austria, " Sex Pistols from Ljubljana " as part of the current tour, under the slogan "Boredom never ends!" they visit Zagreb, Rijeka, Belgrade - cities with which they have maintained a particularly emotional relationship for 45 years. There is no doubt that this love is mutual!