Raša Đelmaš

Ratislav "Raša" Ðelmaš (Serbian Cyrillic: Ратислав-Раша Ђелмаш) is a Serbian rock musician, best known as a member of the bands YU Grupa and Zebra.

Raša Đelmaš
Born1950 (age 69–70)
Belgrade, SR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
GenresRock, progressive rock, hard rock, folk rock, blues rock
Occupation(s)Musician, Songwriter
InstrumentsDrums, Vocals
LabelsJugoton, PGP-RTB, ZKP RTLJ, Diskoton, PGP-RTS, Croatia Records
Associated actsPop Mašina, Siluete, YU Grupa, Zebra

Musical career

Đelmaš started his career as the drummer in the band Anđeli, continuing it in bands Hendriksova Deca, Mobi Dik and Felix. In 1972, he became a member of Pop Mašina, later that year he moved to Siluete, and finally to YU Grupa. With YU Grupa he recorded the albums YU Grupa (1973), Kako to da svaki dan? (1974)[1] and YU Grupa (1975),[2] before leaving it and forming Zebra in 1976. With Zebra he released the album Kažu da takav je red (1979), on which he played drums and keyboards and sang.[3] In 1982, he released the solo album Hot rok, which featured Đelmaš on drums and vocals, Bata Kostić on guitar and Laza Ristovski on keyboards.[4] After the album release Đelmaš retired from music and dedicated himself to auto racing and his restaurant. In 1989 he returned to YU Grupa, and with the band recorded albums Tragovi (1990)[5] and Rim 1994 (1995).[6] At the end of the 1990s, he left YU Grupa, retiring from music.

Discography

With YU Grupa

Studio albums

Live albums

Singles
  • "Šta će meni vatra" / "Spusti glavu" (1973)
  • "Drveni most" / "Živi pesak" (1974)
  • "Sama" / "Trka" (1975)
  • "Osveta" / "Oprosti ljubavi" (1976)
  • "3 do 6" / "Tačno u podne" (1976)

With Zebra

Studio albums
  • Kažu da takav je red (1979)

EPs
  • Telefon (1977)

Singles
  • "Moja mala zebra" / "Šumadinka plava" (1977)
  • "Ma ko si ti" / "Motor" (1978)

Solo

Studio albums
  • Hot rok (1982)

References
  1. Kako to da svaki dan? at Discogs
  2. YU Grupa at Discogs
  3. Kažu da takav je red at Discogs
  4. Hot Rock at Discogs
  5. Tragovi at Discogs
  6. Rim 1994 at Discogs
  • EX YU ROCK enciklopedija 1960-2006, Janjatović Petar; ISBN 978-86-905317-1-4
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