About Petrol

There are (were) at least three bands called Petrol. 1) new band of Dan Solo, bassist and ex member of the Italian group Marlene Kuntz. 2) Petrol were a psychedelic rock trio from Belgrade, Serbia, formed in 2003 by Ana Janković, Ilija Duni and Milan Bukeljović. The band started out as an improvisational unit without fixed instrumental roles. Experimental jams took place at Ilija's flat and recordings were made over several months before the band started playing live. In 2004 Petrol self-released an EP, which was distributed to fellow musicians, radio stations and rock journalists. The EP was well received, with Petrol punks finding its way to some annual singles charts, such as that of Cross Radio - a network of Balkan radio stations. A series of gigs across Serbia followed. In February of 2008, three Petrol songs were included on "Zdravo Zdravo Zdravo", a compilation that featured songs from prominent Belgrade bands. That compilation was, in effect, an overture to Petrol's first LP, Nezgodno vreme opasni dani (Inconvenient Times Dangerous Days) which was recorded and produced by Hrvoje Nikšić-Nikša at the "Kramasonik" studio, Zagreb. The album was released in October 2008 by Odličan hrčak, an indie label from Belgrade, as part of the "New Serbian Scene" series - a set of releases from a wave of bands to emerge in the late 00's. The first single Sve jedno je spent several weeks at the top of the MTV Adria chart, with the second single Beirut being voted Serbia's best single for 2008 on B92 radio. The next single Zebra topped the charts on several Serbian radio stations. Following the album's release, Petrol toured extensively throughout Serbia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Slovenia and Croatia. They played two shows at the State prison in Belgrade and were the first band from Serbia to play in Knin, Croatia after the 1991-95 war. Petrol have played four times at the Exit Festival, Novi Sad, and in june of 2010 they went on a 10-day tour of Holland, playing their first EU gigs. In 2013 they released their sophomore album, 80 Proleća, for online download. Petrol soon disbanded, Ilija formed Ti, Milan plays drums in Virvel and Crno Dete, Ana forfeited from the music world, to concentrate on her career. Petrol on myspace 3) Swedish guitar band by that name that released an album and a few singles in the 1990s.