Žeteoci

Žeteoci - Christian songs

Group from Croatia

About Žeteoci

Žeteoci (trans. The Harvesters) were a Yugoslav rock band formed in Zagreb in 1966. Founded by four students of the Zagreb Catholic Faculty of Theology, Žeteoci performed beat music with religious lyrics, being the first Christian rock band in Yugoslavia, arguably the first Christian rock band in a communist country and one of the first Christian rock bands in general. In addition, Žeteoci, as other 1960s rock bands from Yugoslavia—although they were not among the earliest Yugoslav rock bands—played a pioneering roll on the Yugoslav rock scene. Their first and only album, To nije tajna, released in 1969, was the second full-length album in the history of Yugoslav rock music. Although an openly religious band in a communist state, due to specific political and cultural milieu of the Non-Aligned Yugoslavia, for the most of their career Žeteoci enjoyed the attention of the media and notable popularity among the Yugoslav youth. Their only album was released in cooperation between Glas Koncila (Voice of the Council), the official newspaper of the Catholic Church in Croatia, and state-owned record label Jugoton. They ended their activity in 1971, as the members of the band finished their studies of theology and went on to become priests of the Catholic Church.

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