Generacija 5

Generacija 5 is a rock band from Belgrade, officially formed on 1 July 1977 by keyboard player Dragoljub "Dragan" Ilić, singer Jovan Rašić, guitarist Dragan "Krle" Jovanović, bassist Dušan "Duda" Petrović, formerly of Pop Mašina, and drummer Slobodan "Boban" Đorđević. The name was suggested by Ilić's brother, the composer Aleksandar "Sanja" Ilić, after he read a newspaper article about fifth-generation computers.

The band began with jazz rock. Their first single, "Novi život" / "Izgubljeni san", came out in May 1978, and they played the rock evening of the Subotica Youth Festival. "Svemu dođe kraj" (1979) had a harder sound, and with it they won the award for the best use of traditional music elements at the 1979 Opatija festival. In October 1979 Rašić left and Goran Milošević, brother of Slađana Milošević, took over, and that November their third single brought the cult ballad that became their biggest hit, "Ti samo budi dovoljno daleko".

The debut album Generacija 5, produced by Josip Boček, came out in 1980, with lyrics by Ilić, Bora Đorđević of Riblja Čorba and Marina Tucaković, and gave them the hits "Dolazim za 5 minuta", with words by Đorđević, "Ti i ja", "Rođen na asfaltu" and "Pseto", composed by Kornelije Kovač. The second album, Dubler (1982), was produced by Peter Taggart, but at the height of new wave the band could not hold on to its popularity and split in June 1982. Ilić went on to work for Radio Television Belgrade and PGP-RTB and to write for Željko Bebek and Slađana Milošević, and in 1985 he wrote "Za milion godina" for YU Rock Misija, the Yugoslav contribution to Live Aid.

Generacija 5 returned in 1992 with singer Đorđe David, bassist Miloš Stojisavljević "Cajger" and drummer Zoran Radovanović. The compilation Generacija 5 '78-'94 (1994) carried the new song "Najjači ostaju", a big success, and the comeback album Svet je tvoj (1997), recorded in Belgrade and Los Angeles, brought "Ritam dodira", "Povedi me u noć" and "Nosi je košava", whose lyrics were by the late Nenad Radulović of Poslednja Igra Leptira. Unplugged & Live (2002) captured a 1995 concert in Television Belgrade's Studio 9, and Energija (2006), produced by Saša Habić, had former Smak singer Dejan Najdanović Najda on vocals.

In November 2016 the band came back with the single "Opasna po život", the first with singer Miloš Bajat, and it marked its 45th anniversary with the single "Freedom" and a concert in Belgrade's Trade Union Hall on 8 December 2022, with Dado Topić and Bora Đorđević as guests. Original bassist Dušan Petrović died on 17 October 2003 and Cajger in January 2024; that May the band released "Ja verujem" with Dado Topić, dedicated to him.

In the Rock Express Top 100 Yugoslav Rock Songs of All Times, compiled in 2000 by the Serbian magazine Rock Express from the votes of readers, critics and musicians, "Dolazim za 5 minuta" was ranked 53rd, and in 2011 Radio 202 listeners voted it one of the 60 greatest songs released by PGP-RTB/PGP-RTS.