Maori i Crni Gonzales

It was at the insisting of Tetcha Morales (manager, guitar) and Voja Žugić (Scorned Records, Three Pals Zine) that the band recorded their debut album Maori i Crni Gonzales ( Māori and Black Gonzales ), recorded at the Do-Re-Mi Studio in Novi Sad by the end of 1992, and released it in 1993. Despite the humorous lyrics of the songs “Ljubav”, featuring the sampled speech of Josip Broz Tito , “Wartburg limuzina”, “Blu Trabant” and “Plitka poezija”, named after the first Pekinška patka album , and a mixture of cover versions by Pekinška Patka ), the album had low official but pretty high pirate release sale. However, the band received the Album of the Year Award at the Brzi Bendovi Srbije festival. The band also occasionally performed under pseudonymous names Božidara Starog Park and Električni Jurica. “Wartburg limuzina” and “Blu Trabant” became hits in Serbia and Republic of Macedonia . The latter appeared on the American compilation Delite the Elite , featuring bands from the USA and Europe (MDC, Negu Gorriak, Credit to the Nation and Chumbawamba, Clawfinger…). Maori i Crni Gonzales was re-released by Take It Or Leave It Records in 1994, and again in 1996 by the same record label, featuring four bonus tracks from the never released EP Compact Disc . The album also featured live versions of “Ljubav”, “ORA je pravi način da…” ( YWA Is the Real Way To…”) and “Ritam”. Despite the political and economic situation in the country, the band presented the release at live performances in major cities and all around Serbia.