Radomir mihajlovic tocak biography of michael jackson

(Yugoslavian-Serbian 1971 - 1981, 1986, 1992 1994 - present)
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SMAKwas formed 1971 in Kragujevac, the present Serbia and Montenegro, by a guitar virtuoso Radomir Mihajlovic nicknamed "Tocak" (the Wheel).

The first stable line-up was assembled in late 1974 including Slobodan Stojanovic (drums), Zoran Milanovic (bass), Boris Arandjelovic (vocals) and Lazar Ristovski (keyboards).
Their music has always been rhythmically and harmonically advanced.

Interesting points about their compositions include the abundant use of odd rhythms, vocal improvisations (scat singing), lengthy improvisations from all of the musicians, and uniquely-styled lyrics using mostly very short words due to the relative difficulty of using complex Serbian words in singing.

Many of the lyrics were written by bohemian-minded poets and artists who were in friendly relations with the band.

During 1977-78 Ristovski was replaced by first Miki Petkovski and then by Tibor Levay on keyboards, while in the period 1979-81 Dad