Bajaga
Serbian rock musician
Momčilo Bajagić (Serbian Cyrillic: Момчило Бајагић; born 19 February 1960), better known by his nickname Bajaga (Serbian Cyrillic: Бајага), is a Serbian rock musician. Bajagić is best known as the frontman of Serbian and former Yugoslav rock band Bajaga i Instruktori, as well as a former member of rock band Riblja Čorba.
Career
Early years
Bajagić started his musical activity as a singer in a band called TNT. He wrote his first lyrics, song "Dvadeseta noć" ("Twentieth Night"), as a member of this band.
After TNT disbanded in 1976, Bajagić joined Ofi, a band led by organist Toma "Ofinger" Stojković.
After Stojković left the group, Bajagić and the remaining two Ofi members—drummer Dragan "Đera" Đerić and vocalist Živorad "Žika" Milenković—formed Glogov Kolac (Hawthorn Stake) together with guitarist Rajko Kojić. The band's debut live performance, in the Banat village of Izbište, turned out to be their last as Glogov Kolac disbanded too. Seventeen-year-old Bajagić then turned down Boban Petrović's invitation to join his disco-funk act Zdravo, while Kojić joined the band S.O.S. and eventually Riblja Čorba.
Riblja Čorba
In 1978, on a suggestion from Rajko Kojić (by then lead guitarist in Riblja Čorba), Bajagić was invited to audition for the recently formed band as they had decided to add a rhythm guitarist in order to tighten the sound. Bajagić recorded six albums with Riblja Čorba. He wrote songs "Ja sam se ložio na tebe" ("I Was Crushing on You"), "Baby, Baby I Don't Wanna Cry", "Muzičari koji piju" ("Musicians Who Drink") and "Kad hodaš" ("When You're Walking").
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