Pasta ZZ was a former Yugoslav new wave band from Belgrade, notable as participants in the ArtistiÃÂka Radna Akcija project in 1981.
The band was formed by vocalist ÃÂorÃÂe "Rahaja" LukiÃÂ, guitarists Branislav "Banana" Petroviàand SrÃÂan DebeljkoviÃÂ, bassist Vià ¡eslav OrinÃÂiÃÂ, and drummer Dragoslav RadojkoviÃÂ. The only recordings the band released were two songs, "F.G. & Acreppy", written by Petroviàand LukiÃÂ, and "Drakula" ("Dracula"), written by PetroviÃÂ, released on the ArtistiÃÂka radna akcija (Artistic Work Action) compilation of various artists in 1981, featuring the second generation of the Belgrade new wave and punk rock bands.
After the release of the compilation, the band split up. Dragan Petroviàjoined the band Slomljena Stakla. Branislav Petroviàjoined Bezobrazno Zeleno and with them released their debut album BZ1. After the disbandment of Bezobrazno Zeleno, in 1985, he joined ElektriÃÂni Orgazam and has been a band member ever since. Throughout his career, he appeared as guest on numerous notable releases including the Partibrejkers debut and second album, playing harmonica, Ledeno doba (Ice Age) and Sloboda ili nià ¡ta (Freedom or Nothing) doing backing vocals, SrÃÂan Gojkovià"Gile"'s solo album Evo sada vidià ¡ da moà ¾e (Now You See It Can) as guest guitarist and Disciplina KiÃÂme's albums Svi za mnom! (Everybody, Follow Me!) and Kada kaà ¾eà ¡ muzika, na à ¡ta taÃÂno mislià ¡, reci mi? (When You Say Music, What Exactly Do You Mean, Tell Me?) doing backing vocals.
Radojkoviàjoined Kazimirov Kazneni Korpus, releasing their one and only split studio album, Kazimirov Kazneni Korpus / Profili Profili. He also performed with Laibach, appearing on their first studio album. In 1986, with Partibrejkers guitarist Nebojà ¡a Antonijevià"Anton", former Urbana Gerila bassist SrÃÂan Markovià"ÃÂile" and Profili Profili and Kazimirov Kazneni Korpus bassist and vocalist Miodrag "ÃÂeza" StojanoviÃÂ, he formed the band PlaÃÂenici. The band appeared with four songs on the Beogradski grafiti (Belgrade Graffiti) compilation of various artists, and disbanded. In 2006, he appeared as guest drummer on MarkoviÃÂ's band Supernaut's fourth studio album Eli.
In 2004, a live version of the band's song "Moje mladosti" ("My Youths") appeared on the Croatian compilation of various artists Tutti Pazzi Vol. 11.
In the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Missing Identity" Patrick finds a record of the band Sting Ray 5000 in a dumpster. In a Serbian language version of the episode, the name of the band is translated as Pasta ZZ.