Laibach

History

Laibach evolved from the band Salto Mortale, formed by Dejan Knez in 1978 in the mining industry town of Trbovlje. Laibach was officially formed on 1 June 1980. The name Laibach, adopted after a suggestion from Knez's father, well-known painter Janez Knez, Despite this, the group would in the future often refer to him and dedicate various projects to him, including an installation entitled Apologia Laibach, created around Hostnik's self-portrait. The group resumed its activities at the beginning of 1983, when they held an exhibition in the Prošireni mediji (Expanded Media) gallery in Zagreb. In the "manifesto" the band quoted Stalin ("Artists are engineers of the human soul") and Hitler ("Art is sublime, leading to fanaticism"). In 1984, the band members moved to Great Britain, where they worked as labourers in London, worked at a pier in Belfast and appeared as extras in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket. Through the Belgian record label L.A.Y.L.A.H. Anitrecords, the group released their debut record, a 12" single with Slovene language songs "Boji" ("Fights"), "Sila" ("Force") and "Brat moj" ("My Brother"). In Yugoslavia, the play was performed at the Belgrade International Theatre Festival, however, performance by Laibach and Tito's speeches were omitted. Their concert in Šentjurje was visited by only five people due to poor promotion, but the band nevertheless performed the whole set. The 2008 DVD Volk Dead in Trbovlje featured the recording of the band's performance held in Trbovlje's Worker's Hall on 23 March 2007, as well as music videos for the songs from Volk and a documentary about the tour entitled Volk Tour Medley, all directed by Sašo Podgoršek. In 2011, the group released the box set Gesamtkunstwerk – Dokument 81–82 (Total Work of Art – Document…

Most-observed species

• Eurasian Blue Tit

  Cyanistes caeruleus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  450
• Great Tit

  Parus major Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  437
• Eurasian Blackbird

  Turdus merula Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  417
• Common Chaffinch

  Fringilla coelebs Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  369
• European Robin

  Erithacus rubecula (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  339
• Eurasian Magpie

  Pica pica (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  321
• House Sparrow

  Passer domesticus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  314
• Lizard Orchid

  Himantoglossum hircinum (L.) Spreng. · Liliopsida
  313

Most recent

• M 3.6 — 2014-05-17
  2 km ESE of Pfungstadt, Germany
• M 2.5 — 2007-06-30
  1 km ESE of Ehningen, Germany
• M 2.6 — 2005-03-26
  0 km ESE of Wiesenbach, Germany
• M 3.3 — 2005-02-10
  3 km NNW of Speyer, Germany
• M 2.7 — 2004-10-08
  1 km ESE of Stockstadt am Rhein, Germany
• M 2.5 — 2004-06-24
  3 km ESE of Maxdorf, Germany