Izrod na granici (trans. Bastard on the Border) is a mini-album by Yugoslav hard rock and heavy metal band Rok Maà ¡ina, released in 1983. The album was released after the band disbanded in 1982, and featured a part of the material they had recorded while working on their second studio album.
Rok Maà ¡ina was formed in 1980 by former Pop Maà ¡ina members Robert NemeÃÂek (vocals and bass guitar) and brothers Zoran and Vidoja Boà ¾inovià(guitars), with Vladan Dokià(drums), and released their debut and only full-length studio album, Rok Maà ¡ina, in 1981. After the album release, Dragan ÃÂorÃÂeviÃÂ, a former member of Generacija 5, replaced DokiÃÂ. However, as at the time of the great popularity of new wave bands in Yugoslavia the future for Rok Maà ¡ina did not seem very promising, they disbanded in 1982, in the midst of recording their second studio album. Part of the material recorded for the second album was released posthumously in 1983 on Izrod na granici. The album featured a live version of the song "Bilo mi je bolje" ("I Felt Better"), recorded on the Belgrade Rock Festival held in Pionir Hall in September 1982, which was also the last live performance by Rok Maà ¡ina. The song "Promaà ¡en san" ("Failed Dream") features a recording of Aleister Crowley's voice.
The album cover was designed by Jugoslav VlahoviÃÂ. The original album cover, also designed by VlahoviÃÂ, should have featured two hands with feathers thrust through them and the bands logo and album title written in red. However, the cover was, as the band's leader Robert NemeÃÂek stated at the time, refused by the band's label, Jugodisk, as "politically problematic". The label soon denied NemeÃÂek's claims, stating that the original artwork was refused as "it might allude to some other things", but that it was not politically problematic.
In 2021, the songs "Granica" and "Nulti ÃÂas" were ranked 16th and 39th respectively on the list of 100 Greatest Yugoslav Hard & Heavy Anthems by web magazine Balkanrock.