Pop Masina
Pop Mašina (Serbian Cyrillic: Поп Машина; trans. Pop Machine) was a Yugoslav progressive rock band formed in Belgrade in 1972. The group blended hard rock sound with blues, psychedelic and acid rock elements and is considered one of the most prominent bands of the 1970s Yugoslav rock scene.
The band was formed by bass guitarist and vocalist Robert Nemeček, guitarist and vocalist Zoran Božinović, drummer Ratislav "Raša" Đelmaš and vocalist Sava Bojić. Đelmaš and Bojić left Pop Mašina soon after its formation, and the band continued as a trio with the drummer Mihajlo "Bata" Popović. The lineup featuring Nemeček, Zoran Božinović and Popović was the longest lasting, the most successful and the best-known Pop Mašina lineup. One of the first bands on the Yugoslav rock scene to move from jazz- and classical music-influenced progressive rock towards heavier rock sound, Pop Mašina managed to gain large popularity as a live act. The band released two studio albums and a live album—their debut Kiselina (Acid) today widely considered one of the most notable records in the history of Yugoslav rock music—before Nemeček left the band in 1976 for his mandatory army stint. Zoran Božinović continued to lead Pop Mašina, the new lineup featuring his brother Vidoja "Džindžer" Božinović on guitar. The new lineup of Pop Mašina saw little success, and the band officially disbanded in 1978. In 1980, Nemeček and the Božinović brothers formed the short-lasting hard rock and heavy metal band Rok Mašina (Rock Machine).
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