Night Shift (band)

Night Shift (band)
Night Shift
Origin Belgrade, Serbia
Genres Post-grunge, hard rock, rock
Years active 1991 – present
Labels PGP-RTS, Multimedia Records
Associated acts 357
Website www.nightshift.co.rs
Members
Milan Šćepanović
Danijel Šćepanović
Branislav Vukobratović
Past members
Marko Dacić

Night Shift is a Serbian rock band from Belgrade.

Contents

History

Underground years (1991-2001)

The band was formed in 1991, by the Šćepanović brothers, Milan (guitar, vocals) and Danijel (drums, percussion), with their friend Marko Dacić (bass guitar, vocals). The official date of the band formation was chosen to be January 11, 1991, when the trio had their first live performance. Two years later, in 1993 the band started performing across FR Yugoslavia.

During 1999 and 2000, touring extensively, the band introduced a regular sound and light engineer. Already having a cult status, and being a live club attraction, the band decided to record a studio album.

Mainstream years (2002-present)

The band's debut, cover album Undercovers was released in 2002 by PGP-RTS, reaching good record sales, produced by Milan Šćepanović and Mirko Vukomanović. Guest appearances on the album featured Dejan Cukić and Ivana Pavlović on backing vocals. Promotional videos were recorded for the tracks "No Ordinary Love", "Livin' La Vida Loca", and "Missing", which only increased the band's popularity. During the same year, the band appeared on the tribute album Kao da je bilo nekad... Posvećeno Milanu Mladenoviću dedicated to Milan Mladenović, with the cover version of the Ekatarina Velika song "Ti si sav moj bol".[1] After the release of Undercovers, the band went on the No Ordinary Tour, performing forty live dates, including the Zaječar Gitarijada festival, Novi Sad EXIT festival and Belgrade Beer Fest.

In 2004, the band performance at the Belgrade Studentski kulturni centar was recorded and released on the No Ordinary DVD, the first surround sound DVD release in Serbia. The album and the DVD were also packaged together as a limited edition gift set.[2] During the same year, the band appeared at the annual Beovizija festival, performing the song "Daj mi snage" with Teodora Bojović. At the festival, the band was nominated for the Band of the Year and Album of the Year 2003 awards, and won both. Also, with the Radio Television of Serbia production, they recorded the promotional film Night Shift - Uncovered, featuring a combination of live and studio performances, interviews and appearances of several music critics, producers and band co-workers. By the end of the No Ordinary Tour, the band already had more than 1500 live performances.

After the tour, the band started preparing their second album, this time featuring their own material. However, bassist Marko Dacić left the band in 2007, being replaced by Branislav Vukobratović. The new lineup started recording the second studio album, finished during January 2009.[3] The recordings were then sent for mastering and post-production to the Grammy awarded sound engineer James Cruz, who worked on the album at the Zeitgeist studio in New York.[4][5] During September of the same year, it was announced that the band had signed the contract with Multimedia Records[6] and Bez zaklona (No Cover) was officially released on October 13, featuring nine songs, including the opening track "Snovi", also being the first single, and a rerecorded version of the song "Daj mi snage".[7] As guests on the album appeared Marko Dacić, Teodora Bojović, and the Intermezzo string quartet.[8][9]

The album was well received by the press.[10][11][12] The band recorded a promotional video for the song "Snovi" ("Dreams") during their performance at the Hall 1 of the Belgrade Fair, which was one most expensive videos ever shot in the history of Serbian popular music.[13] "Snovi" music video soon gained popularity and reached the top of the MTV charts for Adriatic region. After the album release, the band went on a promotional tour, and during the following year, the band headlined the 44th Gitarijada festival in Zaječar,[14] Desant na Drvar and the first Bosnia and Herzegovina Beer Fest and the Days of Turda festival in Romania.[15] On September 23, 2010, the band performed as an opening act on the Guns N' Roses concert at the Belgrade Arena.[16] On November of the same year, the single "Snovi" appeared on the tenth position of the Jelen Top 10 list, and quickly advanced to 4th place.[17] At the beginning of 2011, Bez zaklona was voted #9 on the list of Best Domestic Albums in 2010 by the readers of Popboks.[18] In February 2011, the band won, alongside Riblja Čorba, the Best Rock Band Award on Beogradski Pobednik festival.[19] In September, the band released two videos, both for the song "Nikada" ("Never"), one featuring Serbian celebrities (including musicians Ana Stanić, Ivana Peters, Marčelo, Prljavi Inspektor Blaža, Aleksandar "Aca Celtic" Petrović, Milan Đurđević, and others), and the other featuring the band's fans.[20]

Discography

Studio albums

  • Undercovers (2002)
  • Bez zaklona (2009)

Video albums

  • No Ordinary DVD (2005)

Other appearances

  • "Ti si sav moj bol" (Kao da je bilo nekad ... (Posvećeno Milanu Mladenoviću); 2002)
  • "Daj mi snage" (with Teodora Bojović; Beovizija 2004; 2004)

References

External links


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