Rockovnik


Rockovnik is a forty-episode documentary aired on Radio Television of Serbia in 2011, written by Sandra Rančić and Dušan Vesić and directed by Vesić. The series focuses on the history of former Yugoslav rock scene from its beginnings in the late 1950s until the year 2000. The name of the show is a bilingual pun based on the words "rock" and "rokovnik".

Summary

The show features the Led Zeppelin song "Rock and Roll" as the opening theme.
The first ten episodes deal with the late 1950s and the 1960s in Yugoslav rock music, the next ten episodes with the 1970s, and the following ten with the 1980s. The last ten episodes deal with the period from the beginning of Yugoslav Wars and the breakup of Yugoslavia to the 2000 political changes in Serbia, and, as with the dissolution of the country the Yugoslav rock scene ceased to exist, mostly with the Serbian rock scene.
Every episode features a small list of events, both political and cultural, that happened during a certain year.

Recording

The first recordings were made at the end of the 1990s, but most of the recording took place during 2004, in Belgrade, Zagreb, Ljubljana, Sarajevo, Rijeka, Pula, Kumrovec, Kragujevac and Novi Sad.

Interviews

The show features interviews with more than 300 personalities, mostly musicians, but also critics, journalists, fans, and others.

Musicians

Others

  • Branislav Antović - Music Television of Serbia manager
  • Želimir Altarac Čičak - art manager, journalist
  • Voja Aralica - producer
  • Dejan Bodiroga - basketball player
  • Branislav Cvetković - journalist
  • Jovan Ćirilov - theatre expert, writer
  • Srđan Dragojević - director
  • Dragan Džigurski - rock fan
  • Goga Grubješić - Superstar Agency producer
  • Aleksandar Ilić "Sale" - EKV Records owner
  • Jadranka Janković-Nešić - journalist
  • Zlatko Jošić - manager and concert organiser
  • Momo Kapor - writer
  • Nikola Karaklajić - chess master, radio personality
  • Slavoljub Knežević - Rajko Kojić's friend
  • Zoran Lazarević "Kiza Betmen" - author of the show Paket aranžman
  • Bane Lokner - rock critic
  • Biljana Maksić - dramaturge
  • Radomir "Raka" Marić - manager
  • Višnja Marjanović - journalist
  • Ivan Markov - director
  • Dubravka "Duca" Marković - Hit meseca host
  • Vladimir Mihaljek "Miha" - manager
  • Milorad Milinković "Debeli" - director
  • Zoran Modli - DJ
  • Malkolm Muharem - manager, New Primitivism ideologue
  • Nikola Nešković - journalist
  • Biljana Nevajda - woman that inspired Riblja Čorba song "Ostani đubre do kraja"
  • Dragan Nikolić - actor
  • Predrag Novković - journalist
  • Dragan Papić - artist
  • Raša Petrović - journalist
  • Mladen Popović - Hit meseca editor
  • Nada Popović - rock fan
  • Petar Popović - rock critic
  • Momčilo Rajin - art historian, designer
  • Ivana Ristič - rock fan
  • Jovan Ristić - director
  • Sonja Savić - actress
  • Vladimir Spičanović - chronicler
  • Marko Stoimenov - Margita Stefanović's boyfriend
  • Rodoljub Stojanović "Rođa" - manager
  • Tanja Vdović - Ivica Vdović "Vd"'s cousin
  • Aleksandar Žikić - rock critic

Rockovik on YouTube

The show's official YouTube channel features all the episodes of the show. The YouTube edition features the instrumental version of Atomsko Sklonište song "Olujni mornar" as the opening theme.

Possible DVD release

In a 2013 interview, Sandra Rančić stated that there was a possibility for the show to be released on DVD, and that the DVD release would feature some of the unused footage.