The band's early history started in
Zagreb, then
SR Croatia in 1974, when its founding members Mladen Puljiz and Slavko Remenarić, switched their interest from
classical music to rock music, inspired by
art rock acts such as
Yes,
King Crimson,
Genesis,
David Bowie,
Roxy Music and
Peter Gabriel. The band moved towards the then actual
New Romantic sound and fashion and after the release of
their debut album for
Suzy in 1982, they were voted by the readers of the prominent Yugoslav musical magazine
Džuboks as the best upcoming act of the year. Their next album
Ritam strasti (
Rhythm of passion) followed by around a hundred concerts around
former Yugoslavia brought them even higher popularity. Despite the fact that their next album
Govor tijela (
Body language) included some successful hits, the band fell into creative crisis and thus the group halted its activities until 1989 when the group got a new
rhythm section consisted of the drummer Paolo Sfeci (former member of
Aerodrom and
Parni valjak) and the bass player Zvonimir Bučević (prominent session musician). In 1990 the band released the album
Prvi val (
First Wave), and performed as a
support act of
David Bowie's concert at
Maksimir stadium in Zagreb in front of over 50,000 people. Two years after, they released the
compilation album 81-92 featuring live performances and studio recordings with new arrangements. The CD also included the song
Zemlja, which was recorded in 1991 for the
Rock za Hrvatsku (
Rock for Croatia) music project tributed to the
Croatian War of Independence. In 1993, a new member of the group is the keyboard player Gojko Tomljanović. In the next year they release the CD
Kraj djetinjstva (
End of Childhood) featuring guest appearances by prominent artists such as:
Josipa Lisac,
Dino Dvornik and
Vanna. The feature song "Kao mir" (
Like peace), a duet with Josipa Lisac was nominated in two categories for the prestigious Croatian music award
Porin. In 2002
Croatia Records released the integral versions of the two first albums on
Audio CD, which was awarded with Porin in the
Re-release of the year category. Following this success, the band also released a compilation featuring songs from their third and fourth album in 2004 under the title
Kao nekad (
Like in the old days). All of the songs were
remastered and in some of them the authors modified the arrangements. The CD also contains
bonus tracks such as "Boa Constrictor", an experimental
instrumental, which includes sound effect that Puljiz i Remenarić recorded back in 1974 on their old
Grundig 2-track
open-reel tape recorder. The group is still active. ==Discography==