Sick Mother Fakers (''Fakers'' being

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for ''Fuckers''), also known as SMF for short, is a

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band from

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History

1980s

The band was formed in 1989 as a side project of musicians, who beside playing with their own bands, wanted to create a one-off band which would perform at a festival held at

's SKC. Influenced by

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and

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, they wanted to create a

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band with simple,

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and

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lyrics written by themselves. The first lineup consisted of former Brainstorm and Overdose guitarist Zoran "Đura "Đuroski, former

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and Amnesia bass guitarist Dejan "Francuz" Lukić who played the drums, former Genocid, Heller and Brainstorm guitarist Dare who played bass guitar, and Amnesia and Kerozin guitarist Kokan who did the vocals. The set list, performed at the festival, consisted of eight songs written in one day. Due to the positive audience reaction, the band continued working but without Đuroski and Kokan who left the band after the first gig and were replaced by Sale on vocals and Brainstorm drummer Šola. Lukić and Dare returned to their original instruments. This lineup of Sick Mother Fakers worked until 1994. After a few live appearances, the band recorded a demo consisting of nine songs, which ought to have been released as an EP by the Start Today Records, but it never happened. Even though never released, this demo made the band popular and got the audience interested in the band's work. The band performed until 1991 when the war broke out.

1990s

Due to the political situation in the country, the band did not perform live, but they wrote material for their debut album. ''Dalje nećeŠ moći... plati pa ćeš proći!'' (You Are not Going further... Pay and You'll Come Through) featured the rerecorded versions of the songs which appeared on the demo and fifteen new songs. The album was recorded in early August 1994 in the Focus Studio for about thirty hours and was released by ITV Melomarket in 1995. The band demonstrated inspiration by

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's movies '' Who's That Singing Over There'' and ''

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'' in the songs "Dalje nećes moći...", "Daj pare" ("Give the Money"), "Đenka", "Opljačkani smo" ("We Have Been Robbed") and "Vozi, Miško" ("Drive, Miško"), featuring the ''Who's That Singing Over There'' theme. The political and social situation in the country was described in the songs "Vreme krize" ("Chrisis Times"), "Bus", "'Oću moju platu" ("I Want My Salary"), and others. The album also featured a hardcore punk/

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cover of the

song "I Saw Your Mommy". A promotional video was recorded for the track "Cvikam žicu" ("I'm Cutting the Wire"). In 1995, the movie director Dejan Zečević, and a friend of the band members, used the band's songs in his movie '' Dečak iz Junkovca''. In the meantime, Šola left the band and joined Đuroski's

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band

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. His replacement was the former Brainstorm drummer Boris. Since his arrival, the lineup has not changed. The following year the band started writing new material. ''Lako ćemo'' (''It'll Be Easy'') was released in 1998 and featured seventeen songs including the cover of the

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hit " Odlazak u grad" ("Going to the City"). "Doktore, pomagaj" ("Doctor, Help"), "Propade mi pos'o" ("My Business Is Ruined"), "Šoferska tuga" ("Driver's Sorrow") i "Majstori" ("Artizans") represented the image of the social situation in

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, but through a

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note. The album was also a multimedia CD, as it contained a short video. After the album release and the live presentation of the album, Sale joined the

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band Šaht as a new drummer.

2000s

In 2000, the band started preparing their new album, but stopped performing live. The album recording was finished in 2006. The band went further with their music and beside the influences of

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and

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, used elements of industrial music, break beat,

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and

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. During the same year the band started performing live again and played as an opening act for

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at SKC in

. The band continued the concert activity and in November 2007,

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released the third album ''Ma kome majku?'' (''Whose Mother?''). A promotional video was recorded for the track "'Ajde" ("C'mon"). The album featured a cover of the song "You Spin Me Round" by

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.''Ma kome majku?'' at Discogs
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n and

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cities.

Discography

* ''Dalje nećes moći... plati pa ćeš proći!'' (1995) * ''Lako ćemo'' (1998) * ''Ma kome majku?'' (2007) * ''Boli glava'' (2016)

References

Information on all studio releases at the official site

Band bio at the official myspace

External links

*
Official myspace

SMF at Last.fm

SMF at Discogs
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