Demolition Group was formed in 1983 under the name Gastarbeiters, playing its own variation of white funk. As Gastarbeiters, the group released two LPs in the former Yugoslavia. In 1986 Gastarbeiters transformed its music into a fusion of heavy metal, funk and electronic rhythms and changed its name to Demolition Group.
History and Releases
It has since performed at many important European festivals, including San Remo Rock 88, Barcelona Bienal 87, Berlin Independence Days 89, Druga Godba Festival 86 and others. Soon after its appearances in 1986 the group was signed to the Italian label Cruisin' Hiara Records (Modena), for which it released two albums, both of which were promoted in most European countries. Demolition Group's music is an energetic fusion of electronic and acoustic drums, rock and funk-oriented guitars, neurotic saxophone and vocals. In 1993 the group released a CD entitled Bad Gag 2, which immediately became a hit record. Six months later it released a mini CD called Demolition Group plays Gastarbeiters. With these albums coupled with its appearance on the compilation Kraftwerk remakes Trans Slovenia Express (Mute Records, London), Demolition Group again confirmed that it belongs to the first class of Slovene contemporary music. The album Deep True Love, released in 1995, was a collaboration between Demolition Group and Mladinsko Theatre, where the band wrote music for three plays directed by Matjaž Pograjc. Two songs from the album (which is by no means classical in scope) are based on Puccini's famous arias Dovunque al' mondo and Un bel di vedremo. Deep True Love was voted Record of the Year in Slovenia and Demolition Group was declared Band of the Year 1995 in Slovenia. Its videos In Your Eyes and You Never Cry gained the top spot on the national TV 'Top 10', and for the second time it was awarded the Golden Bird Award. In January 1999 Demolition Group made a feature film called Dark Angels, directed by Sašo Podgoršek who has also directed all of its videos. The band wrote the script, played the main roles and wrote the music score. Neovangelij was released in April 1999 and the remixes for this album were done by the Random Logic. Bič Luč+Upanje, released in 2001, focuses on the voice of singer Goran Šalamon. Two of the songs featured on the album, Sladke Sanje ('Sweet Dreams') and Twist (with a video featuring Josef Nagy and Davor Janjić, September 2001), have been created especially for the film Sweet Dreams by Sašo Podgoršek and were performed by V I S MESEČINA.
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