Crvena Jabuka

Origins (1981–1985) The band's origins can be tracked back to 1981, when guitarist Zlatko "Zlaja" Arslanagić and guitarist and vocalist Dražen "Para" Ričl, both high school students at the time, formed the power pop band Ozbiljno Pitanje (Serious Question) in Sarajevo. Beside Arslanagić and Ričl, the band featured vocalist Saša Kontić, bass guitarist Benjamin Levi, drummer Radmilo "Hare" Gavrilović and keyboardist Dražen Janković. They decided upon the name Jabuka (Apple) as a homage to the Beatles' Apple Records – the Beatles being Arslanagić's biggest idols. On the day of the concert, the band members and their small entourage left Sarajevo on their way to Mostar in three cars: Ričl, Arslanagić and Buha were in Arslanagić's Zastava 750, keyboardist Žerić and drummer Jelčić were in Žerić's Volkswagen Golf Mk1, while employees of the Zenica-based Atlas company, the organizers of the tour, were in a Zastava 1500. In the spring of 1989, the band released the album Tamo gdje ljubav počinje (Where Love Begins). In 2000, Crvena Jabuka released the album Sve što sanjam (Everything I Dream Of). In 2016, the band released the double studio album 2016. He would later state that he left the band out of financial disagreements with Žerić and that he was dissatisfied with Žerić's decision to turn to more folk-oriented sound. Žerić himself refused to comment on Jelčić's statements. Adrian Borić, drummer for the hard rock band Divlje Jagode, stepped in as the replacement for Jelčić. Jelčić would continued his career as the leader of his band Cunja Crvena Jabuka, formed in 2023, based in Toronto, Canada and performing only Crvena Jabuka songs from the 1985–1991 period. In 2019, Crvena Jabuka released the album Nokturno (Nocturne), with most of the album songs authored by Mirko Šenkovski "Geronimo". who also co-produced the album with Žerić. Alongside new songs, the album also features a cover of Alen Slavica song "Dao sam ti dušu" ("I Gave You My Soul"). ==Legacy==

Crvena Jabuka song "Nekako s proljeća" was covered in 1999 by Serbian pop singer Zorana Pavić on her album Nežno & opasno (Gentle & Dangerous), with actors Dragan Bjelogrlić and Nikola Kojo making guest appearances on her version. The band's song "Ostani" ("Stay") was covered in 2005 by Bosnian pop singer Selma Muhedinović on her album Moje Sarajevo (My Sarajevo). In 2000, Crvena Jabuka song "Sa tvojih usana" was polled No.90 on the Rock Express Top 100 Yugoslav Rock Songs of All Times list. The lyrics of the songs "Za sve ove godine" and "Ima nešto od srca do srca", both authored by Arslanagić, were featured in Petar Janjatović's book Pesme bratstva, detinjstva & potomstva: Antologija ex YU rok poezije 1967 - 2007 (Songs of Brotherhood, Childhood & Offspring: Anthology of Ex YU Rock Poetry 1967 – 2007). The Dražen Ričl Award is awarded to young composers by the Association of Composers and Music Creators of Bosnia and Herzegovina. ==Band members==

Studio albums • Crvena Jabuka (1986) • Za sve ove godine (1987) • Sanjati (1988) • Tamo gdje ljubav počinje (1989) • Nekako s proljeća (1991) • U tvojim očima (1996) • Svijet je lopta šarena (1997) • Sve što sanjam (2000) • Tvojim željama vođen (2002) • Oprosti što je ljubavna (2005) • ...Duša Sarajeva (2007) • Volim te (2009) • Za tvoju ljubav (2011) • ''Nek' bude ljubav'' (2013) • 2016 (2016) • Nocturno (2018) • Tvrđava (2020) • Neka nova jutra (2022) • Mirišu jabuke (2024) Live albums • Uzmi me (kad hoćeš ti) (1990) • Riznice sjećanja (1999) • Live (2001) • Bivše djevojčice, bivši dječaci – Unplugged live u Lisinskom (2014) Compilations • Ima nešto od srca do srca (1993) • Moje najmilije (1996) • Antologija (2003) • Zlatna kolekcija (2005) • The Ultimate Collection (2008) • Da nije ljubavi (2010) • Najlepše ljubavne pjesme (2010) • Christmas Limited Edition (2017) • ''Sarajevo 1985. – 2020. (2020) Box sets • Original Album Collection (2013) • 100 originalnih pjesama (2015) Video albums • S druge strane sjećanja (2010) == See also ==