The group started its concert activity in 1979 with a line-up consisted of: Mladen Puljiz (keyboards, vocals), Slavko Remenarić (guitar), Igor Šoštarić (drums) and Damir Košpić (bass guitar).[2] 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.[2]
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.[2] Two years after, they released the compilation album81-92 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.
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croatian, band, croatian, rock, music, group, which, especially, active, during, 1980s, around, former, yugoslavia, boaoriginzagreb, croatiagenresart, rock, poprockyears, active1979, presentlabelssuzycroatia, recordshit, recordsdancing, bearmembersmladen, pulj. Boa is a Croatian pop rock music group which was especially active during the 1980s around the former SFR Yugoslavia BoaOriginZagreb CroatiaGenresArt rock 1 poprockYears active1979 presentLabelsSuzyCroatia RecordsHit RecordsDancing BearMembersMladen PuljizSlavko RemenaricPaolo SfeciZvonimir BucevicGojko TomljanovicPast membersIgor SostaricDamir KospicHistory editThe band s early history started in Zagreb then SR Croatia in 1974 when its founding members Mladen Puljiz and Slavko Remenaric 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 2 The group started its concert activity in 1979 with a line up consisted of Mladen Puljiz keyboards vocals Slavko Remenaric guitar Igor Sostaric drums and Damir Kospic bass guitar 2 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 Dzuboks as the best upcoming act of the year 2 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 Bucevic 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 2 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 Tomljanovic 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 Remenaric recorded back in 1974 on their old Grundig 2 track open reel tape recorder The group is still active Discography editLP Boa Suzy 1982 LP Ritam strasti Suzy 1982 LP Govor tijela Suzy 1983 LP Prvi val Suzy 1990 CD 81 92 Orfej DEA Music 1992 CD Kraj djetinjstva Orfej 1994 CD Boa Ritam strasti Suzy Croatia Records 2002 CD Kao nekad Suzy Hit Records 2004 CD Dnevnik putovanja skice ostanka Dancing Bear 2006 References editThis article includes a list of general references but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations April 2014 Learn how and when to remove this message Tri desetljeca art rocka in Croatian 15 May 2012 Retrieved 15 November 2012 a b c d Bio at Menart Records record label Croatia in Croatian Janjatovic Petar Ilustrovana Enciklopedija Yu Rocka 1960 1997 page 34 publisher Geopoetika 1997 Archived 2011 07 11 at the Wayback Machine in Serbian Boa hitrecords hr in Croatian HitRecords Archived from the original on 9 July 2009 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Boa Croatian band amp oldid 1180551927, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
