Block Out (band)

The band's albums Crno, belo i srebrno (1994), Godina sirotinjske zabave (1996) and San koji srećan sanjaš sam (1998) featured a combination of alternative rock, grunge, metal and psychedelic sound, with Vranjković's poetic and dark lyrics about Serbian society in the years following the dissolution of Yugoslavia and artistic music videos created by the band's vocalist Milutin Jovančić "Mita".

The band chose the name from at the time very popular computer game, Block Out, with the slang meaning of the phrase referring to the moment before losing consciousness.

[3] Vranjković previously lived for four years in Moscow and worked with many groups, including the band Besiders, which consisted of experienced Soviet musicians.

The album was promoted on their first solo concert, held at Belgrade's Students' Cultural Centre, featuring guest appearances by Aleksandar Balać on guitar and Leontina Vukomanović and Madame Piano on backing vocals.

[2] In early 1996, revolted by the current situation in Serbia, the band recorded the track "Leto na Adi" ("Summer on Ada"), which, due to the lack of space.

[3] The band's new members Aleksandar Balać on bass guitar and Dragoljub Marković (who at the time also performed with Ništa Ali Logopedi) on keyboards debuted on the album.

[3] Produced by Aleksandar Radosavljević, the album brought Block Out's unique version of artistic rock, capturing a depressing picture of the reality of life in Serbia in the songs like "Zvezdane staze" ("Star Trek"), "Najduži je poslednji sat" ("The Last Hour Is the Longest"), "U krtogu" ("In the Pit") and "Armatura" ("Framework").

[2] As guests on the album appeared Nebojša Zulfikarpašić on guitar, Orthodox Celts member Dejan Lalić on mandolin, Eyesburn frontman Nemanja Kojić on trombone and Srđan Sretenović on cello.

In addition to the book came his first solo album of the same title, characterized by calmer, minimalistic and acoustic music, but still in the vein of Block Out's melancholic atmosphere.

[2] In 2002 the band appeared on the Milan Mladenović tribute album Kao da je bilo nekad... Posvećeno Milanu Mladenoviću (Like It Happened Someday...

[3] As guests on the album appeared Ana Đokić (synthesizer), Nemanja Popović (backing vocals), Darko Marković (guitar) and Dušan Živanović (percussion).

Some of the new songs, like "Fotelja" ("Armchair"), "Nikad (Dve hiljade i kusur godina)" ("Never (Two Thousand And Something Years)") and "Sve što mogu reći" ("All I Can Say"), were performed live during 2008 and 2009.

[7] On 9 June 2012, Block Out performed, alongside Marilyn Manson, Mizar, Laibach and Dirty Vegas, at the IQ Festival, held in Belgrade Arena.

The list was published in the book Kako (ni)je propao rokenrol u Srbiji (How Rock 'n' Roll in Serbia (Didn't) Came to an End).

Milutin Jovančić "Mita" performing with Block Out at the 2012 Exit Festival